Experimental Data - Victims of Family and Domestic Violence

Australian Bureau of Statistics
45100DO007_2015 Recorded Crime - Victims, Australia, 2015

Released at 11.30am (Canberra time) Wed 13 Jul 2016
Contents
Tables
1 EXPERIMENTAL DATA - VICTIMS OF FAMILY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, Selected offences by sex, States and territories, 20142015
2 EXPERIMENTAL DATA - VICTIMS OF FAMILY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, Homicide and related offences, Selected characteristics by states and territories, 20142015
3 EXPERIMENTAL DATA - VICTIMS OF FAMILY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, Assault, Selected characteristics by selected states and territories, 20142015
4 EXPERIMENTAL DATA - VICTIMS OF FAMILY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, Sexual assault, Selected characteristics by states and territories, 20142015
5 EXPERIMENTAL DATA - VICTIMS OF FAMILY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, Kidnapping/abduction, Selected characteristics, Australia, 20142015
6 EXPERIMENTAL DATA - VICTIMS OF FAMILY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, Indigenous status, Selected characteristics by selected offences, selected states and territories, 2015
Explanatory Notes
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Recorded Crime - Victims, 2015

Summary
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Table 1 EXPERIMENTAL DATA - VICTIMS OF FAMILY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, Selected offences by sex, states and territories, 20142015
NSW Vic. Qld SA WA Tas. NT ACT Aust.
2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015
NUMBER
Males
Assault 9,569 10,104 1,587 1,815 3,860 4,858 228 270 798 722 161 187
Sexual assault 591 599 164 187 211 211 74 74 70 71 11 0 5 3 11 10 1,138 1,148
Kidnapping/abduction 37 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 13
Females
Assault 19,918 20,338 5,143 5,926 10,648 13,291 903 929 3,483 3,351 480 510
Sexual assault 2,447 2,606 1,161 1,255 1,005 1,221 518 555 471 427 71 60 101 112 41 58 5,811 6,291
Persons
Assault 29,518 30,467 6,727 7,740 14,603 18,274 1,137 1,198 4,282 4,076 639 693
Sexual assault 3,044 3,201 1,325 1,450 1,214 1,433 591 626 544 502 84 61 111 114 50 72 6,961 7,464
VICTIMISATION RATE
Males
Assault 256.8 267.3 190.1 215.7 298.8 371.3 88.9 104.9 619.7 558.7 84.1 96.4
Sexual assault 15.9 15.8 5.7 6.4 9.0 8.9 8.9 8.8 5.4 5.4 4.3 0.0 3.9 2.3 5.7 5.2 9.8 9.7
Kidnapping/abduction 1.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.1
Females
Assault 526.0 529.9 604.5 691.4 841.5 1036.8 349.5 358.4 3039.2 2911.7 247.5 259.2
Sexual assault 64.6 67.9 39.3 41.8 42.4 50.9 60.9 64.8 37.2 33.3 27.5 23.1 88.1 97.3 21.1 29.5 49.3 52.6
Persons
Assault 392.9 400.0 399.1 455.7 571.1 705.5 220.9 231.9 1759.5 1668.4 165.8 177.4
Sexual assault 40.5 42.0 22.7 24.4 25.7 30.0 35.1 36.9 21.3 19.4 16.3 11.8 45.6 46.7 13.0 18.4 29.7 31.4
PROPORTION (%) OF TOTAL VICTIMS
Males
Assault 27.2 29.1 20.1 22.1 36.0 40.2 17.2 18.5 30.1 29.7 17.6 17.8
Sexual assault 36.8 33.8 28.9 31.3 28.7 30.3 31.8 34.9 24.6 25.6 26.8 0.0 13.5 9.1 34.4 27.0 32.2 31.5
Kidnapping/abduction 28.2 5.4 8.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 42.1 0.0 17.5 5.4
Females
Assault 65.6 67.2 63.5 65.6 75.5 77.9 63.1 63.6 76.5 75.1 59.9 62.0
Sexual assault 37.2 38.2 32.8 35.4 30.2 35.4 39.4 40.2 28.6 24.8 38.8 43.8 27.6 31.3 23.3 31.2 33.9 35.7
Kidnapping/abduction 24.6 52.0 27.5 14.5 16.7 0.0 45.5 60.4 0.0 27.3 100.0 28.6 45.0
Persons
Assault 45.0 46.8 42.0 44.8 58.4 62.3 41.3 40.9 59.1 58.6 37.0 36.8
Sexual assault 37.2 37.2 31.8 34.5 29.9 34.1 38.3 39.4 28.0 25.0 37.0 38.1 27.7 29.2 24.6 32.9 33.6 34.9
Kidnapping/abduction 25.2 32.3 19.7 8.3 16.1 0.0 34.3 43.2 13.0 34.5 0.0 0.0 75.0 23.6 26.6

Table 2 EXPERIMENTAL DATA - VICTIMS OF FAMILY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, Homicide and related offences, Selected characteristics by states and territories, 20142015
NSW Vic. Qld SA WA Tas. NT ACT Aust.
2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015
Sex
Males 15 13 16 14 20 10 6 4 6 8 4 66 55
Females 32 21 19 23 24 23 6 12 8 11 6 94 103
Age group (years)

019 9 9 5 9 20 7 0 5 0 0 38 32
2034 7 5 10 13 9 13 3 6 6 0 35 49
3544 10 7 9 0 8 5 0 3 3 3 0 0 30 22
45 and over 21 13 9 14 6 8 6 6 9 5 0 0 5 52 53
Relationship of offender to victim

Intimate Partner 26 11 16 16 14 21 4 12 5
Other family member 16 18 19 18 30 12 8 4 3
Location
Residential 42 28 29 25 42 27 7 15 12 16 4 137 120
Use of weapon
Weapon Used 24 20 19 15 30 19 12 14 10 13 5 7 4 101 97
Firearm 7 8 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 16 12
Knife 8 10 11 7 13 11 10 7 5 0 47 43
No weapon used 23 14 16 22 14 14 0 3 0 0 57 55
Indigenous status
Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander 5 3 11 0 6 7
Non-Indigenous 39 29 22 23 7 3
Total 47 34 35 37 44 33 12 16 14 19 5 4 10 4 160 158
Victimisation Rate 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.5 0.7 1.0 1.6 4.1 1.0 0.7 0.7

Table 3 EXPERIMENTAL DATA - VICTIMS OF FAMILY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, Assault, Selected characteristics by selected states and territories, 20142015
NUMBER PROPORTION (%)
Males Females Persons Males Females Persons

2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015
NEW SOUTH WALES
Age group (years)
09 525 645 378 477 904 1,123 5.5 6.4 1.9 2.3 3.1 3.7
1014 572 624 635 630 1,208 1,254 6.0 6.2 3.2 3.1 4.1 4.1
1519 1,002 962 2,265 2,141 3,268 3,098 10.5 9.5 11.4 10.5 11.1 10.2
2024 1,124 1,133 2,956 3,037 4,086 4,181 11.7 11.2 14.8 14.9 13.8 13.7
2534 1,891 2,130 5,416 5,542 7,321 7,676 19.8 21.1 27.2 27.2 24.8 25.2
3544 1,848 1,926 4,409 4,539 6,265 6,471 19.3 19.1 22.1 22.3 21.2 21.2
4554 1,492 1,487 2,474 2,480 3,968 3,968 15.6 14.7 12.4 12.2 13.4 13.0
5564 682 755 899 950 1,590 1,701 7.1 7.5 4.5 4.7 5.4 5.6
65 and over 413 435 490 529 905 967 4.3 4.3 2.5 2.6 3.1 3.2

Intimate Partner 3,392 3,419 12,794 13,124 16,194 16,564 35.4 33.8 64.2 64.5 54.9 54.4
Partner 2,517 2,521 9,739 10,086 12,266 12,621 26.3 25.0 48.9 49.6 41.6 41.4
Ex-partner 871 900 3,058 3,037 3,928 3,934 9.1 8.9 15.4 14.9 13.3 12.9
Other family member 4,683 4,619 5,813 5,721 10,505 10,347 48.9 45.7 29.2 28.1 35.6 34.0
Parent 1,312 1,435 1,690 1,546 3,010 2,987 13.7 14.2 8.5 7.6 10.2 9.8
Other non-family member 1,340 1,611 1,191 1,347 2,525 2,965 14.0 15.9 6.0 6.6 8.6 9.7
Location
Residential 8,220 8,677 17,362 17,586 25,609 26,298 85.9 85.9 87.2 86.5 86.8 86.3
Community 827 883 1,794 1,834 2,628 2,712 8.6 8.7 9.0 9.0 8.9 8.9
Transport 84 67 180 186 267 255 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8
Open space 45 25 112 52 155 76 0.5 0.2 0.6 0.3 0.5 0.2
Street/footpath 605 614 1,320 1,384 1,929 1,998 6.3 6.1 6.6 6.8 6.5 6.6
Other community location 96 176 187 215 283 385 1.0 1.7 0.9 1.1 1.0 1.3
Other 509 461 742 825 1,250 1,280 5.3 4.6 3.7 4.1 4.2 4.2
Retail 323 281 441 470 767 748 3.4 2.8 2.2 2.3 2.6 2.5
Use of weapon
Weapon used 801 833 817 729 1,621 1,562 8.4 8.2 4.1 3.6 5.5 5.1
Firearm 9 9 16 22 30 33 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Knife 476 577 438 489 913 1,063 5.0 5.7 2.2 2.4 3.1 3.5
Bat/bar/club 122 135 118 109 241 244 1.3 1.3 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.8
No weapon used 8,765 9,268 19,099 19,610 27,895 28,901 91.6 91.7 95.9 96.4 94.5 94.9
Total 9,569 10,104 19,918 20,338 29,518 30,467 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Age group (years)
09 126 155 73 91 202 255 7.9 8.5 1.4 1.5 3.0 3.3
1014 134 128 123 132 253 256 8.4 7.1 2.4 2.2 3.8 3.3
1519 145 163 470 484 606 647 9.1 9.0 9.1 8.2 9.0 8.4
2024 132 151 745 818 878 967 8.3 8.3 14.5 13.8 13.1 12.5
2534 296 374 1,619 1,954 1,919 2,331 18.7 20.6 31.5 33.0 28.5 30.1
3544 313 352 1,182 1,364 1,491 1,718 19.7 19.4 23.0 23.0 22.2 22.2
4554 244 247 561 657 807 908 15.4 13.6 10.9 11.1 12.0 11.7
5564 91 154 183 213 277 364 5.7 8.5 3.6 3.6 4.1 4.7
65 and over 78 62 94 115 170 179 4.9 3.4 1.8 1.9 2.5 2.3

Intimate Partner 697 816 3,895 4,490 4,594 5,312 43.9 45.0 75.7 75.8 68.3 68.6
Partner 423 485 2,589 2,911 3,007 3,400 26.7 26.7 50.3 49.1 44.7 43.9
Ex-partner 279 335 1,306 1,576 1,585 1,914 17.6 18.5 25.4 26.6 23.6 24.7
Other family member 874 966 1,201 1,377 2,082 2,343 55.1 53.2 23.4 23.2 30.9 30.3
Parent 333 377 365 367 698 749 21.0 20.8 7.1 6.2 10.4 9.7
Other non-family member 8 14 25 35 36 53 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.7
Location
Residential 1,326 1,531 4,332 4,982 5,661 6,514 83.6 84.4 84.2 84.1 84.2 84.2
Community 186 200 625 715 815 916 11.7 11.0 12.2 12.1 12.1 11.8
Transport 18 13 57 82 76 97 1.1 0.7 1.1 1.4 1.1 1.3
Open space 0 6 19 21 24 22 0.0 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3
Street/footpath 154 160 523 579 675 742 9.7 8.8 10.2 9.8 10.0 9.6
Other 74 86 179 223 260 311 4.7 4.7 3.5 3.8 3.9 4.0
Retail 61 56 132 163 188 214 3.8 3.1 2.6 2.8 2.8 2.8
Use of weapon
Weapon used 473 562 881 1,099 1,354 1,658 29.8 31.0 17.1 18.5 20.1 21.4
Firearm 3 4 4 6 6 11 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Knife 137 167 254 286 388 456 8.6 9.2 4.9 4.8 5.8 5.9
Bat/bar/club 67 87 117 137 186 219 4.2 4.8 2.3 2.3 2.8 2.8
No weapon used 1,111 1,256 4,256 4,824 5,369 6,082 70.0 69.2 82.8 81.4 79.8 78.6
Total 1,587 1,815 5,143 5,926 6,727 7,740 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Age group (years)
09 135 144 82 127 218 274 3.5 3.0 0.8 1.0 1.5 1.5
1014 166 224 214 240 383 469 4.3 4.6 2.0 1.8 2.6 2.6
1519 346 429 1,029 1,177 1,380 1,619 9.0 8.8 9.7 8.9 9.5 8.9
2024 422 512 1,947 2,081 2,373 2,595 10.9 10.5 18.3 15.7 16.3 14.2
2534 943 1,238 3,425 4,385 4,389 5,670 24.4 25.5 32.2 33.0 30.1 31.0
3544 929 1,105 2,440 3,217 3,386 4,335 24.1 22.7 22.9 24.2 23.2 23.7
4554 578 743 1,101 1,463 1,689 2,226 15.0 15.3 10.3 11.0 11.6 12.2
5564 233 308 291 426 527 740 6.0 6.3 2.7 3.2 3.6 4.0
65 and over 117 155 116 160 232 316 3.0 3.2 1.1 1.2 1.6 1.7
Location
Residential 3,360 4,243 8,962 11,206 12,398 15,555 87.0 87.3 84.2 84.3 84.9 85.1
Community 359 451 1,254 1,561 1,617 2,018 9.3 9.3 11.8 11.7 11.1 11.0
Transport 54 84 186 252 238 337 1.4 1.7 1.7 1.9 1.6 1.8
Open space 15 12 49 55 66 66 0.4 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4
Street/footpath 269 332 961 1,191 1,229 1,520 7.0 6.8 9.0 9.0 8.4 8.3
Other 134 146 391 456 535 598 3.5 3.0 3.7 3.4 3.7 3.3
Retail 61 57 153 190 216 249 1.6 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.4
Use of weapon
Weapon used 703 886 1,317 1,580 2,027 2,477 18.2 18.2 12.4 11.9 13.9 13.6
Firearm 10 19 38 35 49 50 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3
Knife 130 148 162 213 300 371 3.4 3.0 1.5 1.6 2.1 2.0
Bat/bar/club 56 84 138 171 198 251 1.5 1.7 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4
No weapon used 2,895 3,670 8,775 10,966 11,741 14,736 75.0 75.5 82.4 82.5 80.4 80.6
Total 3,860 4,858 10,648 13,291 14,603 18,274 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
TASMANIA
Age group (years)
09 7 6 10 13 13 21 3.1 2.2 1.1 1.4 1.1 1.8
1014 9 11 9 12 18 24 3.9 4.1 1.0 1.3 1.6 2.0
1519 22 14 101 116 118 126 9.6 5.2 11.2 12.5 10.4 10.5
2024 35 37 171 163 211 201 15.4 13.7 18.9 17.5 18.6 16.8
2534 47 80 347 276 395 351 20.6 29.6 38.4 29.7 34.7 29.3
3544 44 57 167 200 210 255 19.3 21.1 18.5 21.5 18.5 21.3
4554 41 37 63 103 103 144 18.0 13.7 7.0 11.1 9.1 12.0
5564 14 24 27 34 38 50 6.1 8.9 3.0 3.7 3.3 4.2
65 and over 6 11 13 8 19 18 2.6 4.1 1.4 0.9 1.7 1.5

Intimate Partner 142 180 796 808 939 985 62.3 66.7 88.2 87.0 82.6 82.2
Partner 84 97 458 493 540 586 36.8 35.9 50.7 53.1 47.5 48.9
Ex-partner 64 88 336 310 400 396 28.1 32.6 37.2 33.4 35.2 33.1
Other family member 84 86 112 124 198 211 36.8 31.9 12.4 13.3 17.4 17.6
Parent 25 29 33 30 55 55 11.0 10.7 3.7 3.2 4.8 4.6
Location
Residential 182 211 784 797 968 1,002 79.8 78.1 86.8 85.8 85.1 83.6
Community 40 44 90 96 128 141 17.5 16.3 10.0 10.3 11.3 11.8
Transport 7 4 14 13 21 21 3.1 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.8 1.8
Open space 3 10 4 11 5 18 1.3 3.7 0.4 1.2 0.4 1.5
Street/footpath 21 24 54 70 80 96 9.2 8.9 6.0 7.5 7.0 8.0
Other 10 23 35 32 45 55 4.4 8.5 3.9 3.4 4.0 4.6
Retail 5 12 17 21 29 28 2.2 4.4 1.9 2.3 2.6 2.3
Use of weapon
Weapon used 46 59 109 105 159 166 20.2 21.9 12.1 11.3 14.0 13.9
Firearm 0 3 8 0 8 3 0.0 1.1 0.9 0.0 0.7 0.3
Knife 17 17 33 32 53 47 7.5 6.3 3.7 3.4 4.7 3.9
Bat/bar/club 4 4 5 6 11 11 1.8 1.5 0.6 0.6 1.0 0.9
No weapon used 179 204 795 820 977 1,027 78.5 75.6 88.0 88.3 85.9 85.7
Total 228 270 903 929 1,137 1,198 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
NORTHERN TERRITORY
Age group (years)
09 39 31 34 22 71 59 4.9 4.3 1.0 0.7 1.7 1.4
1014 49 15 59 67 105 86 6.1 2.1 1.7 2.0 2.5 2.1
1519 47 36 330 351 370 388 5.9 5.0 9.5 10.5 8.6 9.5
2024 75 71 605 602 675 676 9.4 9.8 17.4 18.0 15.8 16.6
2534 206 207 1,219 1,139 1,420 1,352 25.8 28.7 35.0 34.0 33.2 33.2
3544 205 194 833 731 1,040 927 25.7 26.9 23.9 21.8 24.3 22.7
4554 134 108 321 332 454 442 16.8 15.0 9.2 9.9 10.6 10.8
5564 36 36 69 79 103 115 4.5 5.0 2.0 2.4 2.4 2.8
65 and over 14 11 15 18 25 28 1.8 1.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7

Intimate Partner 394 371 2,664 2,570 3,060 2,942 49.4 51.4 76.5 76.7 71.5 72.2
Partner 321 301 2,254 2,184 2,575 2,482 40.2 41.7 64.7 65.2 60.1 60.9
Ex-partner 73 70 406 394 483 457 9.1 9.7 11.7 11.8 11.3 11.2
Other family member 338 300 689 691 1,030 987 42.4 41.6 19.8 20.6 24.1 24.2
Parent 65 40 102 119 167 159 8.1 5.5 2.9 3.6 3.9 3.9
Location
Residential 362 341 1,529 1,494 1,892 1,836 45.4 47.2 43.9 44.6 44.2 45.0
Community 318 261 1,395 1,357 1,709 1,617 39.8 36.1 40.1 40.5 39.9 39.7
Transport 7 3 26 35 33 43 0.9 0.4 0.7 1.0 0.8 1.1
Open space 10 6 45 37 50 41 1.3 0.8 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.0
Street/footpath 59 42 201 217 261 260 7.4 5.8 5.8 6.5 6.1 6.4
Other 122 119 564 501 684 618 15.3 16.5 16.2 15.0 16.0 15.2
Retail 10 3 31 16 41 25 1.3 0.4 0.9 0.5 1.0 0.6
Use of weapon
Weapon used 449 410 1,229 1,234 1,677 1,643 56.3 56.8 35.3 36.8 39.2 40.3
Firearm 3 6 3 9 9 15 0.4 0.8 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.4
Knife 100 107 142 138 238 243 12.5 14.8 4.1 4.1 5.6 6.0
Bat/bar/club 87 72 302 325 382 395 10.9 10.0 8.7 9.7 8.9 9.7
No weapon used 354 306 2,251 2,122 2,610 2,430 44.4 42.4 64.6 63.3 61.0 59.6
Total 798 722 3,483 3,351 4,282 4,076 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
Age group (years)
09 11 12 9 7 24 23 6.8 6.4 1.9 1.4 3.8 3.3
1014 17 23 18 16 38 42 10.6 12.3 3.8 3.1 5.9 6.1
1519 13 22 54 47 70 63 8.1 11.8 11.3 9.2 11.0 9.1
2024 11 22 100 54 115 78 6.8 11.8 20.8 10.6 18.0 11.3
2534 37 38 128 166 167 212 23.0 20.3 26.7 32.5 26.1 30.6
3544 17 26 86 108 104 137 10.6 13.9 17.9 21.2 16.3 19.8
4554 33 14 56 68 88 81 20.5 7.5 11.7 13.3 13.8 11.7
5564 13 17 12 21 20 33 8.1 9.1 2.5 4.1 3.1 4.8
65 and over 4 6 6 14 12 25 2.5 3.2 1.3 2.7 1.9 3.6

Partner 29 55 232 219 261 268 18.0 29.4 48.3 42.9 40.8 38.7
Ex-partner 17 20 92 112 114 133 10.6 10.7 19.2 22.0 17.8 19.2
Parent 29 44 55 38 84 89 18.0 23.5 11.5 7.5 13.1 12.8
Location
Residential 126 149 396 426 524 575 78.3 79.7 82.5 83.5 82.0 83.0
Community 26 23 70 72 97 102 16.1 12.3 14.6 14.1 15.2 14.7
Transport 0 5 9 8 10 12 0.0 2.7 1.9 1.6 1.6 1.7
Open space 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Street/footpath 24 21 67 64 86 88 14.9 11.2 14.0 12.5 13.5 12.7
Other 3 3 10 10 14 10 1.9 1.6 2.1 2.0 2.2 1.4
Retail 0 3 10 10 11 10 0.0 1.6 2.1 2.0 1.7 1.4
Use of weapon
Weapon used 34 36 51 66 90 97 21.1 19.3 10.6 12.9 14.1 14.0
Firearm 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Knife 9 9 9 7 23 16 5.6 4.8 1.9 1.4 3.6 2.3
Bat/bar/club 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
No weapon used 119 149 432 446 555 593 73.9 79.7 90.0 87.5 86.9 85.6
Total 161 187 480 510 639 693 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Table 4 EXPERIMENTAL DATA - VICTIMS OF FAMILY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, Sexual Assault, Selected characteristics by states and territories, 20142015

2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015
NEW SOUTH WALES
Age group (years)
09 265 267 513 513 778 785 44.8 44.6 21.0 19.7 25.6 24.5
1014 135 119 578 551 709 677 22.8 19.9 23.6 21.1 23.3 21.1
1519 74 70 570 536 635 607 12.5 11.7 23.3 20.6 20.9 19.0
2024 15 26 159 204 173 232 2.5 4.3 6.5 7.8 5.7 7.2
2534 35 40 263 332 302 369 5.9 6.7 10.7 12.7 9.9 11.5
3534 33 36 193 241 231 280 5.6 6.0 7.9 9.2 7.6 8.7
4554 30 24 137 150 164 172 5.1 4.0 5.6 5.8 5.4 5.4
5564 4 13 32 59 35 72 0.7 2.2 1.3 2.3 1.1 2.2
65 and over 0 3 13 17 10 20 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.3 0.6

Partner 27 22 493 520 516 541 4.6 3.7 20.1 20.0 17.0 16.9
Ex-partner 8 10 148 171 154 178 1.4 1.7 6.0 6.6 5.1 5.6
Other family member 534 533 1,623 1,621 2,153 2,147 90.4 89.0 66.3 62.2 70.7 67.1
Parent 237 199 768 660 1,003 859 40.1 33.2 31.4 25.3 33.0 26.8
Location
Residential 561 469 2,259 2,081 2,817 2,551 94.9 78.3 92.3 79.9 92.5 79.7
Community 18 13 78 89 97 98 3.0 2.2 3.2 3.4 3.2 3.1
Other 9 4 49 41 51 49 1.5 0.7 2.0 1.6 1.7 1.5
Use of weapon
Weapon used 0 0 11 5 9 6 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.2
No weapon used 595 594 2,444 2,599 3,036 3,197 100.7 99.2 99.9 99.7 99.7 99.9
Total 591 599 2,447 2,606 3,044 3,201 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
VICTORIA
Age group (years)
09 58 73 123 130 186 204 35.4 39.0 10.6 10.4 14.0 14.1
1014 33 48 196 220 227 265 20.1 25.7 16.9 17.5 17.1 18.3
1519 32 18 259 264 291 282 19.5 9.6 22.3 21.0 22.0 19.4
2024 10 14 135 153 143 160 6.1 7.5 11.6 12.2 10.8 11.0
2534 18 16 221 238 238 258 11.0 8.6 19.0 19.0 18.0 17.8
3534 11 12 140 147 149 156 6.7 6.4 12.1 11.7 11.2 10.8
4554 3 3 53 67 56 75 1.8 1.6 4.6 5.3 4.2 5.2
5564 0 0 13 13 12 13 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.9
65 and over 0 0 11 9 11 8 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.6

Partner 7 7 272 318 281 327 4.3 3.7 23.4 25.3 21.2 22.6
Ex-partner 0 9 177 193 178 208 0.0 4.8 15.2 15.4 13.4 14.3
Parent 59 38 292 164 351 207 36.0 20.3 25.2 13.1 26.5 14.3
Location
Residential 153 163 1,043 1,108 1,203 1,278 93.3 87.2 89.8 88.3 90.8 88.1
Community 0 3 43 56 44 64 0.0 1.6 3.7 4.5 3.3 4.4
Other 7 6 25 43 32 49 4.3 3.2 2.2 3.4 2.4 3.4
Use of weapon
Weapon used 0 0 4 17 4 17 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.4 0.3 1.2
No weapon used 164 183 1,151 1,235 1,321 1,429 100.0 97.9 99.1 98.4 99.7 98.6
Total 164 187 1,161 1,255 1,325 1,450 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
QUEENSLAND
Age group (years)
09 98 98 198 224 302 328 46.4 46.4 19.7 18.3 24.9 22.9
1014 40 45 282 326 327 377 19.0 21.3 28.1 26.7 26.9 26.3
1519 27 24 239 299 265 323 12.8 11.4 23.8 24.5 21.8 22.5
2024 0 8 77 85 83 95 0.0 3.8 7.7 7.0 6.8 6.6
2534 15 15 94 133 111 148 7.1 7.1 9.4 10.9 9.1 10.3
3534 17 15 59 82 79 92 8.1 7.1 5.9 6.7 6.5 6.4
4554 0 3 35 51 43 52 0.0 1.4 3.5 4.2 3.5 3.6
5564 0 3 9 16 9 18 0.0 1.4 0.9 1.3 0.7 1.3
65 and over 0 0 0 5 0 5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.3

Partner 10 10 209 251 220 257 4.7 4.7 20.8 20.6 18.1 17.9
Ex-partner 0 0 35 34 35 34 0.0 0.0 3.5 2.8 2.9 2.4
Other family member 201 201 761 937 958 1,142 95.3 95.3 75.7 76.7 78.9 79.7
Parent 79 60 305 419 377 482 37.4 28.4 30.3 34.3 31.1 33.6
Location
Residential 188 186 905 1,108 1,089 1,299 89.1 88.2 90.0 90.7 89.7 90.6
Community 12 6 41 56 56 60 5.7 2.8 4.1 4.6 4.6 4.2
Other 6 15 26 39 33 51 2.8 7.1 2.6 3.2 2.7 3.6
Use of weapon
Weapon used 13 24 41 113 55 135 6.2 11.4 4.1 9.3 4.5 9.4
No weapon used 197 184 960 1,108 1,161 1,301 93.4 87.2 95.5 90.7 95.6 90.8
Total 211 211 1,005 1,221 1,214 1,433 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Age group (years)
09 17 17 50 53 66 72 23.0 23.0 9.7 9.5 11.2 11.5
1014 12 13 73 88 85 103 16.2 17.6 14.1 15.9 14.4 16.5
1519 14 20 124 137 140 157 18.9 27.0 23.9 24.7 23.7 25.1
2024 4 10 47 55 53 62 5.4 13.5 9.1 9.9 9.0 9.9
2534 12 3 90 85 98 85 16.2 4.1 17.4 15.3 16.6 13.6
3534 8 7 54 72 64 79 10.8 9.5 10.4 13.0 10.8 12.6
4554 3 10 40 45 46 48 4.1 13.5 7.7 8.1 7.8 7.7
5564 0 0 14 8 16 8 0.0 0.0 2.7 1.4 2.7 1.3
65 and over 0 0 6 0 6 3 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.0 1.0 0.5

Partner 14 5 143 151 155 159 18.9 6.8 27.6 27.2 26.2 25.4
Ex-partner 3 3 86 105 96 112 4.1 4.1 16.6 18.9 16.2 17.9
Parent 18 29 135 137 155 168 24.3 39.2 26.1 24.7 26.2 26.8
Location
Residential 69 63 480 515 547 581 93.2 85.1 92.7 92.8 92.6 92.8
Community 3 3 21 14 27 20 4.1 4.1 4.1 2.5 4.6 3.2
Other 4 3 9 23 12 24 5.4 4.1 1.7 4.1 2.0 3.8
Use of weapon
Weapon used 8 5 26 21 32 27 10.8 6.8 5.0 3.8 5.4 4.3
No weapon used 53 72 437 535 493 605 71.6 97.3 84.4 96.4 83.4 96.6
Total 74 74 518 555 591 626 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Age group (years)
09 41 43 98 79 140 126 58.6 60.6 20.8 18.5 25.7 25.1
1014 17 9 106 78 130 89 24.3 12.7 22.5 18.3 23.9 17.7
1519 4 9 101 92 108 106 5.7 12.7 21.4 21.5 19.9 21.1
2024 3 0 32 41 35 39 4.3 0.0 6.8 9.6 6.4 7.8
2534 0 3 72 55 79 63 0.0 4.2 15.3 12.9 14.5 12.5
3534 0 0 38 42 45 46 0.0 0.0 8.1 9.8 8.3 9.2
4554 0 0 6 26 11 29 0.0 0.0 1.3 6.1 2.0 5.8
5564 0 0 3 4 3 4 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.9 0.6 0.8
65 and over 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Location
Residential 70 67 431 403 506 476 100.0 94.4 91.5 94.4 93.0 94.8
Community 0 3 20 11 20 19 0.0 4.2 4.2 2.6 3.7 3.8
Other 0 0 15 3 15 5 0.0 0.0 3.2 0.7 2.8 1.0
Use of weapon
Weapon used 3 3 20 16 20 18 4.3 4.2 4.2 3.7 3.7 3.6
No weapon used 24 35 250 269 276 307 34.3 49.3 53.1 63.0 50.7 61.2
Total 70 71 471 427 544 502 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
TASMANIA
Age group (years)
09 3 0 12 11 12 11 27.3 16.9 18.3 14.3 18.0
1014 3 0 10 4 16 4 27.3 14.1 6.7 19.0 6.6
1519 0 0 12 12 17 12 0.0 16.9 20.0 20.2 19.7
2024 0 0 3 4 0 4 0.0 4.2 6.7 0.0 6.6
2534 0 0 13 13 13 11 0.0 18.3 21.7 15.5 18.0
3534 0 0 8 9 9 9 0.0 11.3 15.0 10.7 14.8
4554 0 0 9 0 9 0 0.0 12.7 0.0 10.7 0.0
5564 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
65 and over 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Intimate Partner 0 0 21 22 21 22 0.0 29.6 36.7 25.0 36.1
Partner 0 0 11 9 11 9 0.0 15.5 15.0 13.1 14.8
Ex-partner 0 0 15 12 15 12 0.0 21.1 20.0 17.9 19.7
Other family member 11 0 48 33 57 37 100.0 67.6 55.0 67.9 60.7
Parent 3 0 23 9 24 13 27.3 32.4 15.0 28.6 21.3
Other non-family member 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Location
Residential 9 0 67 48 77 48 81.8 94.4 80.0 91.7 78.7
Community 0 0 0 3 4 3 0.0 0.0 5.0 4.8 4.9
Other 0 0 3 0 3 0 0.0 4.2 0.0 3.6 0.0
Use of weapon
Weapon used 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
No weapon used 11 0 68 50 82 52 100.0 95.8 83.3 97.6 85.2
Total 11 0 71 60 84 61 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

NORTHERN TERRITORY
Age group (years)
09 3 3 7 13 10 16 60.0 100.0 6.9 11.6 9.0 14.0
1014 0 0 29 33 35 33 0.0 0.0 28.7 29.5 31.5 28.9
1519 3 0 15 22 17 23 60.0 0.0 14.9 19.6 15.3 20.2
2024 0 0 9 15 9 12 0.0 0.0 8.9 13.4 8.1 10.5
2534 0 0 13 19 17 24 0.0 0.0 12.9 17.0 15.3 21.1
3534 0 0 19 10 19 10 0.0 0.0 18.8 8.9 17.1 8.8
4554 0 0 7 0 7 0 0.0 0.0 6.9 0.0 6.3 0.0
5564 0 0 3 0 3 0 0.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 2.7 0.0
65 and over 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Partner 0 0 28 21 28 21 0.0 0.0 27.7 18.8 25.2 18.4
Ex-partner 0 0 26 27 26 27 0.0 0.0 25.7 24.1 23.4 23.7
Parent 0 0 7 16 10 16 0.0 0.0 6.9 14.3 9.0 14.0
Location
Residential 3 3 71 70 70 69 60.0 100.0 70.3 62.5 63.1 60.5
Community 0 0 16 13 20 15 0.0 0.0 15.8 11.6 18.0 13.2
Other 4 3 17 30 20 30 80.0 100.0 16.8 26.8 18.0 26.3
Use of weapon
Weapon used 0 0 12 9 12 9 0.0 0.0 11.9 8.0 10.8 7.9
No weapon used 5 3 95 104 98 109 100.0 100.0 94.1 92.9 88.3 95.6
Total 5 3 101 112 111 114 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
Age group (years)
09 3 0 7 10 8 10 27.3 0.0 17.1 17.2 16.0 13.9
1014 0 0 5 12 7 11 0.0 0.0 12.2 20.7 14.0 15.3
1519 0 3 3 14 3 16 0.0 30.0 7.3 24.1 6.0 22.2
2024 0 0 8 7 11 7 0.0 0.0 19.5 12.1 22.0 9.7
2534 0 0 10 13 10 13 0.0 0.0 24.4 22.4 20.0 18.1
3534 0 3 11 13 10 12 0.0 30.0 26.8 22.4 20.0 16.7
4554 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 0.0
5564 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
65 and over 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Partner 0 0 7 7 6 7 0.0 0.0 17.1 12.1 12.0 9.7
Ex-partner 0 0 14 17 16 22 0.0 0.0 34.1 29.3 32.0 30.6
Parent 6 0 13 15 15 14 54.5 0.0 31.7 25.9 30.0 19.4
Location
Residential 11 4 39 58 50 64 100.0 40.0 95.1 100.0 100.0 88.9
Community 0 0 3 0 3 6 0.0 0.0 7.3 0.0 6.0 8.3
Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Use of weapon
Weapon used 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
No weapon used 11 10 45 60 50 69 100.0 100.0 109.8 103.4 100.0 95.8
Total 11 10 41 58 50 72 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

AUSTRALIA
Age group (years)
09 491 503 1,019 1,040 1,514 1,553 43.1 43.8 17.5 16.5 21.7 20.8
1014 244 237 1,287 1,320 1,530 1,557 21.4 20.6 22.1 21.0 22.0 20.9
1519 151 145 1,318 1,370 1,471 1,519 13.3 12.6 22.7 21.8 21.1 20.4
2024 34 56 475 561 509 618 3.0 4.9 8.2 8.9 7.3 8.3
2534 81 80 777 888 856 971 7.1 7.0 13.4 14.1 12.3 13.0
3534 77 67 523 606 602 679 6.8 5.8 9.0 9.6 8.6 9.1
4554 36 35 295 345 335 380 3.2 3.0 5.1 5.5 4.8 5.1
5564 9 13 76 98 82 112 0.8 1.1 1.3 1.6 1.2 1.5
65 and over 0 9 22 29 26 37 0.0 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5
Location
Residential 1,052 961 5,303 5,391 6,360 6,372 92.4 83.7 91.3 85.7 91.4 85.4
Community 31 29 227 249 256 283 2.7 2.5 3.9 4.0 3.7 3.8
Other 27 28 137 176 166 209 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.8 2.4 2.8
Use of weapon
Weapon used 20 31 110 181 130 215 1.8 2.7 1.9 2.9 1.9 2.9
Firearm 0 0 4 5 4 8 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Knife 3 4 29 37 32 36 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5
No weapon used 1,061 1,079 5,444 5,965 6,513 7,066 93.2 94.0 93.7 94.8 93.6 94.7
Total 1,138 1,148 5,811 6,291 6,961 7,464 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Table 5 EXPERIMENTAL DATA - VICTIMS OF FAMILY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, Kidnapping/abduction, Selelcted characteristics, Australia, 20142015

2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015
Age group (years)
019 11 3 29 23 43 30 27.5 23.1 32.2 18.3 33.1 21.6
2034 17 3 34 67 57 76 42.5 23.1 37.8 53.2 43.8 54.7
3554 7 3 20 26 28 27 17.5 23.1 22.2 20.6 21.5 19.4
55 years and over 0 0 0 7 0 8 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.6 0.0 5.8
Location
Residential 31 13 66 100 95 108 77.5 100.0 73.3 79.4 73.1 77.7
Community 8 3 17 16 25 18 20.0 23.1 18.9 12.7 19.2 12.9
Other 0 0 7 13 8 12 0.0 0.0 7.8 10.3 6.2 8.6
Use of weapon
Weapon used 12 4 19 29 34 30 30.0 30.8 21.1 23.0 26.2 21.6
Firearm 0 3 3 3 5 3 0.0 23.1 3.3 2.4 3.8 2.2
Knife 3 0 14 16 18 17 7.5 0.0 15.6 12.7 13.8 12.2
No weapon used 28 4 64 96 94 106 70.0 30.8 71.1 76.2 72.3 76.3
Total 40 13 90 126 130 139 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Table 6 EXPERIMENTAL DATA - VICTIMS OF FAMILY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, Indigenous status, Selected characteristics by selected offences, selected states and territories, 2015
NSW Qld SA NT
Aboriginal & Aboriginal & Aboriginal & Aboriginal &

Torres Strait Non- Torres Strait Non- Torres Strait Non- Torres Strait Non-
Islander Indigenous Persons Islander Indigenous Persons Islander Indigenous Persons Islander Indigenous Persons
ASSAULT
Sex
Males 865 8,338 10,104 272 1,481 1,815 571 120 722
Females 2,709 16,184 20,338 1,250 4,520 5,926 2,949 310 3,351
Age group (years)

019 748 4,205 5,481 217 896 1,156 471 52 533
2034 1,597 9,413 11,856 747 2,462 3,301 1,778 196 2,028
3554 1,087 8,581 10,439 470 2,091 2,622 1,160 160 1,370
55 years and over 139 2,321 2,668 49 479 547 112 29 145

Intimate Partner 2,031 13,404 16,564 1,065 4,111 5,312 2,558 300 2,942
Partner 1,543 10,219 12,621 785 2,527 3,400 2,220 201 2,482
Ex-partner 488 3,187 3,934 278 1,587 1,914 333 101 457
Other family member 1,309 8,086 10,347 454 1,819 2,343 868 99 987
Parent 261 2,424 2,987 100 610 749 129 29 159
Other non-family member 200 2,508 2,965 4 43 53 63 31 99
Location
Residential 2,941 21,266 26,298 1,151 5,168 6,514 1,518 262 1,836
Community 466 2,099 2,712 291 607 916 1,508 79 1,617
Other 160 1,022 1,280 79 223 311 499 92 618
Use of weapon
Weapon used 319 1,108 1,562 521 1,087 1,658 1,510 102 1,643
Firearm 6 24 33 0 11 11 13 10 15
Knife 196 777 1,063 121 313 456 215 25 243
No weapon used 3,257 23,435 28,901 1,001 4,919 6,082 2,018 332 2,430
Total 3,572 24,543 30,467 1,520 6,005 7,740 3,525 434 4,076
SEXUAL ASSAULT
Sex
Males 47 480 599 24 160 211 9 62 74 0 3 3
Females 241 2,197 2,606 161 945 1,221 49 486 555 74 33 112
Age group (years)

019 203 1,699 2,065 144 762 1,018 33 287 333 47 22 71
2034 52 512 604 29 202 239 14 135 155 25 12 36
3554 35 383 449 13 120 149 12 111 127 8 4 13
55 years and over 3 81 87 6 24 27 0 11 10 0 0 0

Intimate Partner 69 615 717 40 239 294 18 243 267 25 18 44
Partner 55 464 541 38 206 257 13 137 159 16 3 21
Ex-partner 15 152 178 4 34 34 3 100 112 15 9 27
Other family member 195 1,770 2,147 146 870 1,142 36 299 347 43 18 64
Parent 60 726 859 41 378 482 18 146 168 11 6 16
Other non-family member 24 108 129 0 0 0 0 9 7 4 4 7
Location
Residential 254 2,084 2,551 170 994 1,299 52 507 581 41 21 69
Community 8 80 98 6 51 60 0 17 20 8 3 15
Other 7 40 49 4 45 51 5 21 24 19 6 30
Use of weapon
Weapon used 0 6 6 27 102 135 5 19 27 5 0 9
Firearm 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Knife 0 5 5 3 12 16 0 5 5 0 0 3
No weapon used 291 2,667 3,197 162 1,006 1,301 59 525 605 74 34 109
Total 291 2,677 3,201 184 1,105 1,433 61 547 626 73 37 114

Explanatory Notes
INTRODUCTION
DATASOURCE
REFERENCE PERIOD
SCOPE
CLASSIFICATIONS
COUNTING METHODOLOGY
VICTIMISATION RATES
EXPERIMENTAL FAMILYAND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE STATISTICS
CONFIDENTIALITY
BREAK IN SERIES
REVISIONS
DATACOMPARABILITY
STATEAND TERRITORYEVENTSAND SPECIFIC ISSUES
COMPARISONSTO OTHER ABS DATA
COMPARISONSTO NON-ABS SOURCES
More information on the ABS website

Recorded Crime - Victims,Australia, 2015
Key Findings
Explanatory Notes
INTRODUCTION
1 This pu bl icatio n prese nts n ation al statistics rel ating to victims of crime for a sele cted ran ge of offe nces as reco rde d by pol ice. Th ese offence s
may ha ve be en rep orted by a victim, witn ess or other pe rson, or th ey may ha ve bee n dete cte d by pol ice.
2 The statistics pre sented i n th is pub li cation a re not desi gne d to provi de a total cou nt of u niq ue victims, nor the total n umbe r o f in divi du al
offence s tha t ca me to the a tten ti on o f po lice . For fu rth er informa ti on o n th e coun ti ng me th odo log y re fe r to pa rag raph s 1 31 9.
DATA SOURCE
3 Statistics in thi s p ubl icatio n are de rived fro m i nformatio n hel d in ad mini stra ti ve systems whi ch are col lected a nd mai ntai ned b y p oli ce age nci es
wi th in ea ch state and terri to ry. Th is informa ti on is col lected b y the ABS an d compi led a ccordi ng to the Na ti ona l Crime R ecord ing Sta nda rd
(NC RS) in ord er to ma ximise co nsi ste ncy betwe en states an d te rritorie s. For informa ti on on th e NCR S re fe r to pa ragra phs 6 66 9.
REFERENCE PERIOD
4 Na ti on al crime statistics are p rodu ced an nu all y o n a cale nda r ye ar ba sis. The re fe rence p erio d fo r thi s p ub lica ti on rel ates to o ffen ces th at have
be en re ported to po lice b etwe en 1 Jan uary an d 31 D ecemb er 201 5.
5 The scop e of th is coll ection i nclu des victims of offe nces cla ssifie d to se lected d ivisi ons an d/or sub divi sion s o f the Australi an a nd Ne w Ze ala nd
Stand
SCOPE ard Offe nce Cl assifica ti on (ANZSOC). A vi cti m ca n be a pe rson , pre mises, orga nisa ti on, or motor veh icle d epe ndi ng o n th e typ e of o ffen ce
(for more in fo rmatio n refer to p arag raph s 1 3 19). Sele cte d offe nce cate gori es are:
Ho micid e and rela te d offe nces (in clud ing mu rder, a tte mp ted murd er and ma nsla ugh ter, bu t excl udi ng dri ving ca usin g de ath and
con spira cy to
murd er);
Assault;
Sexual assault;
Kidnapping/abduction;
Robbery;
Blackmail/extortion;
Unlawful entry with intent (UEWI);
Motor vehicle theft; and
Other theft.
6 The ab ove o ffenc e catego ries ge nera lly corre spo nd to divi sion s o f the ANZSOC , e xcept in the foll owi ng case s:
Kidnapping/abduction is ANZSOC subdivision 051;

Robbery is ANZSOC subdivision 061;
Blackmail/extortion is ANZSOC subdivision 062;
Motor vehicle theft is made up of ANZSOC groups 0811 and 0812; and
Other Theft is made up of ANZSOC groups 0813, 0821, 0823, 0829 and 0841.
7 Statistics in thi s p ubl icatio n rela te to b oth compl eted an d attempted o ffen ces, i .e . tho se whe re th e inten t is no t ful fi lle d. Atte mpts to commi t an
offence a re classi fi ed to the same ANZSOC divi sion s a nd /o r su bdi visio ns as compl eted o ffence s, w ith th e excep ti on of:
Murder, where murder and attempted murder are distinguished as separate offence categories; and
Attempted motor vehicle thefts due to difficulties in distinguishing these offences from criminal damage.
8 The scop e exclu de s the fol low ing :
Conspiracy offences;
Threa ts to commi t an o ffen ce (An excep ti on to this excl usio n is assau lt w here th ere is an a ppre hen sion th at the d irect th reat of fo rce,
in jury, o r vi ole nce cou ld b e ena cte d, w hich i s i n-scop e of th e coll ection . This al so app lie s to o ffen ces like ro bbe ry,
kid nap pi ng/ab ductio n and bla ckmail /e xto rti on wh ere an e leme nt of thre at i s i mpli cit i n th e na tu re of the cri me);
Aid, abet and accessory offences; and
Deprivation of liberty offences.
9 Where a n ou tco me of i nvestig atio n determi nes n o crime wa s co mmitte d i.e. th e offe nce wa s re ported to p oli ce but later de eme d to b e
un fo un ded , false , or ba sele ss; co unts are excl ude d fro m th e data. Fo r furthe r i nforma ti on see p arag raph s 2 5 26.
10 Vi cti ms o f crime a s re corde d by the Australi an Fede ral Po lice (AFP) are ou t of scope o f thi s p ubl icatio n. As such, victims of crime in Austral ias
o th er te rritorie s such as Ch ristmas Isl and , the C ocos (Kee lin g) Isl and s a nd Je rvis Bay Te rritory are o ut o f scop e as th ese terri to ries are u nde r
AFP j urisd iction .
CLASSIFICATIONS
11 The offence ca te go ries use d withi n th is pub lica ti on a re base d on the Au stra lia n and N ew Zeal and Sta nda rd Offence C lassi fi catio n (ANZSOC ),
(third e ditio n) (cat. n o. 1 234 .0 ). ANZSOC p rovid es a un iform natio nal frame work for cla ssifying o ffen ces across Australi a and N ew Zea lan d fo r
statistical p urp oses. Th e classi fi cation i s a h iera rchica l stru ctu re al low ing for varyi ng de gree s o f d etail to be p ubl ishe d de pen din g on the l evel o f
de ta il in th e source i nformatio n. The cl assifica ti on structure i s p rovid ed as an App en dix.
12 Thi s p ubl icatio n use s a n umbe r o f othe r classi fi cation s to categ orise va riab le s. Th e classi fi catio n stru ctu res fo r l ocatio n, w ea pon u se and
rel ation ship of o ffen der to victim have b een provi ded a s a n Ap pen di x.
COUNTING METHODOLOGY
Counting unit
13 A vi cti m ca n be a p erson , pre mises, orga ni sation o r mo to r ve hicl e dep en din g on the type o f offe nce . A victim of a crimin al in cide nt i s cl assifie d
to on e of the o ffen ce catego ries in scope o f this col lectio n (see p arag raph s 5 10 fo r o ffence s in scop e).
14 D ata are co mpil ed on the b asi s o f the da te a n offe nce i s re ported to po lice a nd re corde d withi n th e referen ce pe riod . This corre spon ds to
ei th er th e da te the o ffen ce was rep orted to po lice b y a me mber o f the pu bli c o r w hen i t wa s d etected b y p oli ce, a nd w as record ed on p oli ce
systems. The re port da te ma y n ot n ecessa rily be th e date wh en the o ffence occurre d. This is p articul arly the case for ho micid e an d rela te d
offence s a nd se xual a ssaul t offence s, wh ere in so me in sta nces there ma y b e a la rge time di ffere nce be tw een w hen th e offe nce(s) occu rred an d
the rep ort/detectio n date.
15 It shou ld be n oted tha t the Re corde d Crime Vi cti ms co lle cti on do es no t en umera te u niq ue p erson s o r o rgan isatio ns. If a perso n is a victim of
on e offe nce , they wi ll be co unted o nce i n th is pub lica ti on. If a pe rson:
Is a victim of the same offence multiple times in the same incident, the victim is counted once.
Is a victim of the same offence multiple times in different incidents throughout the year, the victim is counted once for each incident.
Is a vi cti m o f mu ltipl e offe nces in the sa me inci den t tha t fall w ithin the sa me offe nce ca te gory, the vi cti m i s co unted o nce, an d th e
lo west AN ZSOC cod e reco rded w ithin tha t offence ca tego ry i s re corde d as th e offe nce .
Is a vi cti m o f mu ltipl e offe nces that fa ll in d iffe rent offe nce categ ori es, the vi cti m i s co unted o nce i n each o f the di ffere nt ca tego ries,
mea nin g on e victim can be p resen te d mul ti ple time s u nde r d iffe rent offe nce categ ori es.
16 For a d iag ram ill ustrating the co untin g rul es fo r the R ecord ed Cri me Victims coll ection se e: Expla natory No te s Ta b.
17 Othe r e xampl es of h ow di ffere nt vi cti m sce nari os are co unted a re expl ain ed b elo w:
If a victim is assa ul te d by severa l offe nde rs o r a vi cti m i s re pe atedl y a ssaul te d by th e same o ffen der, b ut re ports th e victimisa ti on to
po lice a s part of the sa me inci den t, the victim wo uld b e coun te d on ce fo r a ssaul t.
On the other hand, if a victim reports these offences to police as separate incidents, then a count is made for each separate report.
If a b ank wi th se veral cu sto mers prese nt is ro bb ed, one ro bbe ry i s co un te d, w ith th e victim bei ng the b ank. If perso na l prop erty i s a lso
taken fro m two cu sto mers, the re wou ld be th ree victims; th e ban k a nd the two cu sto mers.
One victim is cou nted for ea ch motor veh icle stol en. Fo r e xampl e, i f five cars a re sto len from a car yard , this is cou nted a s five mo to r
veh icle th efts.
18 For the o ffen ce of U nla wful Entry Wi th Inte nt (U EWI) th e fo llo win g app lie s:
One victim is cou nted for ea ch pla ce/pre mises victimise d, whi ch can con sist o f ei th er a sin gle structure (e .g . ho use ), pa rt of a sing le
structure (e.g . flat), o r mu ltipl e stru ctu res (e.g. fa rmste ad wi th h ouse , ba rns an d shed s). The same p rope rty con ta in ing the sa me
structure(s) can be cou nted di ffere ntly dep en din g on the occu pa ncy arran geme nts a t the time .
For multip le structure s o n th e same pro perty with the sa me occup ant(s), o ne vi cti m i s co unted re gard less of the nu mber of sepa rate
structures u nla wfull y e ntered w ith inten t. Th is wou ld a ppl y to a ho use wi th a tta ched o r u nattache d ga rage a nd a b ackyard sh ed
lo cated o n th e one p rope rty; an d ware hou ses occup ie d by a sole o rgan isatio n lo cated on the sa me pro perty.
For multip le structure s o n th e same pro perty, bu t occu pi ed by more tha n one hou seho ld or org ani satio n, o ne victim is cou nted for
ea ch sep arate ho useh old o r orga nisa ti on. Wh ere a bu sin ess premi ses has an a ttach ed re side nce that is occup ie d by th e same
pe rson(s), th e reg istered b usin ess is consi de red to be a sep arate vi cti m.
In th e case of UEWI to ind ivid ual area s i n a bui ldi ng that is ren te d, l ease d or occup ie d sepa rately, o ne victim is cou nted for ea ch
sep arate ten ant/own er. For examp le, in a b lock of 10 flats lea sed b y 1 0 differen t tena nts whe re th ree flats are un law fu lly e ntered ,
there w ou ld be a co unt of th ree UEWIs. If un law fu l entry to th e bui ldi ng itsel f is reco rded , a n add ition al offence o f UEWI to tha t
bu ild ing is coun te d. Thi s i nstance w oul d app ly to apa rtme nts i n one b ui ldi ng, offi ces of se veral co mmercia l fi rms i n one b usin ess
bu ild ing , sh ops in a sh opp ing compl ex, h otel roo ms a nd lo dg ing h ouse s.
19 The d efini ti on o f victim vari es betwe en offence type s, se e Gl ossary for fu rth er informa ti on .
Age of victims
20 The a ge o f a victim as pre sented i n th is pu bli cation re fe rs to the a ge the victim wa s a t the time the y b ecame kn own to p oli ce, ra th er th an the
ag e that th e perso n was wh en the y e xperi ence d victimisa ti on. For examp le, if a vi cti m w as sexua lly assa ulte d at a ge 14 ye ars bu t di d not repo rt
the o ffence to p oli ce until the y w ere 18 years of age ; thei r a ge i n th is pub lica ti on wo uld b e 18 ye ars.
21 Pre limi nary a nal ysis by th e NCSU i ndi cates th at th e prop ortion o f hi sto rica l offen ces pre sent in the Re corde d Crime - Victims da ta d iffe rs b y
offence g roup in g. Se xual a ssaul t cou nts in pa rti cula r, have the h ig hest prop ortion o f offence s th at w ere commi tted mo re th an 12 months ag o.
Ca re shou ld b e exerci sed wh en in te rpre ti ng ag e data for sexu al assa ult victims.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander victims
22 In dig eno us sta tu s i s b ase d on sel f-i den ti fi cation b y th e ind ivid ual w ho come s i nto con ta ct wi th p oli ce. The q ual ity o f the d ata is dep end en t on
po lice a skin g ind ivid ual s to sel f-i den ti fy an d resp onse s b ein g record ed o n pol ice systems. Whe re ind ivid ua ls are no t ab le to pro vide a n answ er fo r
themse lves, ju risdi cti ons may acce pt a re spon se wh ere a ne xt of kin/gu ard ian p rovid es th e informa ti on .
23 Thi s p ubl icatio n pre sents data for Ab orig ina l an d To rres Stra it Isl and er victims fo r a se lected ra ng e of p erson al offence s for Ne w Sou th Wale s,
Quee nsl and , Sou th Austral ia an d the No rth ern Terri to ry. Ba sed o n an ABS a ssessmen t o f da ta q ual ity, Ab orig ina l and To rres Stra it Isla nde r d ata
for record ed vi cti ms o f crime for othe r j urisd iction s a re no t of suffi cien t qu ali ty for natio nal re po rti ng.
24 For in formatio n abo ut Abo rigi nal a nd Torre s Strai t Islan de r vi cti misatio n rates refer to p arag rap hs 34 38.
Outcome of Investigation
25 D ata are p resen te d in this p ubl icatio n fo r o utcome of in vestiga ti on at 30 da ys afte r the d ate of re po rt. How ever, w here p oli ce have d etermi ned
after an i nvestig ation tha t 'n o crime' ha s occurre d at 3 0, 9 0 or 18 0 days sin ce th e ini ti al rep ort to p oli ce, the o ffen ce is exclu de d fro m the d ata.
26 The N orthern Te rritory is una ble to co de thei r o utcome of inve stiga ti on da ta i n lin e with the re qui remen ts of th e na ti ona l outcome co de 'n o
crime '. As a resul t, Northe rn Territory da ta ma y i nclu de victim cou nts fo r tho se situatio ns whe re po lice h ave de te rmine d after inve sti gatio n th at ' no
crime ' has occu rred.
27 The re latio nsh ip of offe nde r to victim in fo rmation i s i nitia lly reco rde d as th e rela ti onsh ip as p ercei ved by the victim at th e time of th e offe nce,
wi th so me juri sdictio ns up datin g th is data i te m a s the i nvestig ation p rog resses.
28 R ela tion ship o f offend er to vi cti m d ata is no t curre ntly avai lab le for We ste rn Au stra lia d ue to system constrai nts.
29 The re are some inco nsisten cies in re latio nshi p of offen de r to victim da ta a cross juri sdictio ns:
New South Wales is unable to provide relationship data for robbery offences.
Victori a record s the re latio nsh ip of th e victim to o ffen der rath er th an the offend er to th e victim, a nd da ta i s su bseq ue ntly re-cod ed to
mee t the re qui remen ts of th e Reco rde d Crime - Victims rela ti onsh ip cl assifica ti on.
Seve ral ju risdi cti on s a re una ble to pro vide rela ti onsh ip da ta for oth er th eft an d bla ckmail /e xto rtion o ffen ces, a s the y a re sometime s
un ab le to determi ne wh ether the vi cti m i s a p erson o r a n orga nisa tion . As a re sult, the se offe nces h ave be en excl ude d from some
tabl es.
30 The re are some inco nsisten cies in the co din g of curren t an d fo rmer boyfrie nd s a nd gi rlfrien ds across the ju risdi ction s, wh ich sho uld b e ta ken
in to a ccou nt w hen ma king co mpari sons:
Boyfriend/girlfriend:
For New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania, boyfriend and girlfriend are coded to boyfriend/girlfriend;
For the Northern Territory, some boyfriends and girlfriends may be included in 'Other non-family member n.e.c.' or in 'Partner'; and
For the Australian Capital Territory, boyfriend and girlfriend are coded to 'Partner'.
Ex-boyfriend/ex-girlfriend:
For Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania ex-boyfriends and ex-girlfriends are coded to ex-boyfriend/ex-girlfriend;
For New South Wales, ex-boyfriends and ex-girlfriends are coded to 'Boyfriend/girlfriend'; and
For the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory, ex-boyfriends and ex-girlfriends are coded to Ex-partner.
VICTIMISATION RATES
31 Vi cti misatio n rates are e xpresse d as victims per 10 0,00 0 of the ABS Esti mated R esid ent Popu latio n (ERP). The y a re calcu la te d usin g th e ERP
as at the mid poi nt o f the refe re nce p erio d (i.e. 3 0 June ).Th ese rates ge nera lly acco rd with i nterna ti ona l and state a nd territory pra cti ce.
32 The ra te s p rese nted in thi s i ssue are ca lcu lated u sing ER P d ata base d on the 2 011 Ce nsus of Popu la ti on an d Hou sing . For po pul ation
estima te s a nd i nformatio n on the me th odo log y u sed to pro duce ER P, se e Au stra lia n Demo grap hic Statistics (cat. n o. 3 101 .0 ). For Re corde d
Cri me Victims data, all e sti mates an d proj ection s for the Austral ian C api ta l Te rritory exclu de Je rvis Bay Te rritory. All estima te s a nd p roje cti ons
for Au stra lia e xclu de the extern al territori es of Chri stma s Isla nd an d th e Coco s (Keel ing ) Isla nds.
33 Vi cti misatio n rates vary acro ss se x a nd ag e categ orie s. Th is pu bli cation p resen ts ag e an d sex speci fi c vi cti misatio n rates, w hich are cal cula te d
usi ng e sti ma tes of the a ge an d sex bre akdo wns of th e po pul ation .
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander victimisation rates
34 Vi cti misatio n rates fo r th e Ab orig ina l and To rres Stra it Isla nde r a nd n on-Ind ige nou s p erso ns are cal cula te d usin g reca st estima te s (for the
pe riod 1 99 6 to 2 011) an d proj ection s (2 01 2 to 2 026 ) o f the Abo rigi nal a nd Torre s Strai t Islan der po pul atio n base d on da ta fro m the 2 011 Ce nsus
of Pop ula ti on an d Hou sing , a nd rel y u pon a ssumptio ns ab out fu tu re fe rti lity, pa te rnity, li fe e xpectan cy a t b irth and mi gratio n.
35 The Abo rigi nal a nd Torre s Strai t Isla nde r p roje cti ons use d are b ased o n Serie s B in th e ABS pu bli cation Estima te s a nd Pro jectio ns, Ab orig ina l
an d Torre s Strai t Islan der Austral ian s, 20 01 to 20 26 (cat. n o. 3 238 .0 ).
36 R ates for th e non -In dig en ous po pul ation a re calcu la te d usin g th e ERP fo r the to ta l pop ula ti on of th e state or te rritory minu s the p roje cted
Abo rigi na l and Torre s Strai t Isla nde r p opu latio n fo r th e rele vant juri sdictio n.
37 C are sh oul d be exe rcised i n inte rp retin g rates base d on sma ll nu mbers of victims.
EXPERIMENTAL FAMILYAND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE STATISTICS
Introduction
38 Thi s re le ase pre sents expe rimen ta l sta tistics abo ut se lected ch ara cte ristics of vi cti ms o f Famil y a nd Do mestic Viol ence (FDV) rel ated offence s
wh ich we re rep orted to, o r d etected b y p oli ce betwe en 1 Ja nua ry a nd 31 D ecemb er 20 15. Users sho uld b e awa re that moveme nts i n th is data
be tw ee n 201 4 and 2 01 5 may be refle cti ve of ch an ges in re portin g beh avio ur or vari ance s i n th e pol ice de tection tha t ha ve occu rre d ove r the
refere nce p erio d.
39 The se da ta a re not de sign ed to provi de a total co unt of u niq ue victims o f FDV rela te d offe nces, nor the total n umbe r o f in divi dua l FD V re late d
offence s tha t ca me to the a tten ti on o f po lice . For fu rth er informa ti on o n th e coun ti ng me th odo log y re fe r to pa rag raph s 1 31 9.
Definition
40 Withi n the con te xt of natio na l Reco rded C rime Victims statistics, a Fami ly and D omestic Vio len ce (FD V) -re lated offen ce is de fi ned a s An
offence i nvol ving at l east tw o perso ns who w ere i n a speci fi ed famil y o r d omestic rel atio nshi p at the time o f the o ffen ce; o r w here the o ffen ce was
de te rmine d by a po lice o ffice r to be to be fa mily an d/or dome sti c vi ole nce rel ated a s p art o f thei r i nvestig atio n.
For the purposes of this release, a specified family or domestic relationship includes:
Partner (spouse, husband, wife, boyfriend, and girlfriend);

Ex-partner (Ex-spouse, ex-husband, ex-wife, ex- boyfriend, ex-girlfriend);
Parent (including step- parents);
Other family member (including, but not limited to, child, sibling, grandparent, aunt, uncle, cousin, niece, nephew);
Other non-family member (carer, guardian, kinship relationships).
Selected offences are limited to the following ANZSOC Divisions and Sub-division offences:
Murder
Attempted Murder
Manslaughter
Assault
Sexual assault
Kidnapping and abduction.
Methodology
41 For the 2 015 re lea se, e xpe rimen ta l data ab out victims of sele cte d offe nces ha ve bee n de te rmine d to b e FD V re late d whe re th e rela ti onsh ip o f
offend er to vi cti m (R OV), as reco rded b y p oli ce, h as be en cla ssified to on e of th e fo llo win g catego ries:
Partner (spouse, husband, wife, boyfriend, and girlfriend);

Ex-partner (Ex-spouse, ex-husband, ex-wife, ex- boyfriend, ex-girlfriend);
Parent (including step- parents);
Other family member (including but not limited to child, sibling, grandparent, aunt, uncle, cousin, niece, nephew).
Offen ces may also h ave b een d etermin ed to be FDV-rel ated wh ere a po lice office r h as flag ged a vi cti m, or in cide nt re po rt as FDV-rel ated on
thei r cri me record ing syste ms, foll owi ng a po lice i nvestig atio n. Victims that have b een d etermi ned to be FDV-rel ated ba sed o n th e pol ice FDV
flag ma y i nclu de vi cti ms w ith a ROV tha t ha s b ee n classi fi ed to one o f the fol low ing ca te gori es:
Other non-family member(includes carer or kinship relationships); or

Not stated (where no relationship information was provided to,or recorded by police at the time of report); or
Where no information about the relationship of offender to victim was able to be provided by police.
This is the se cond time e xperi mental d ata ab out victims of FDV-rel ated offence s h as be en rel ease d as pa rt of th is pub lica ti on. Th e method olo gy
use d in thi s re lea se differs fro m the p revio us issue . Use rs are ad vised n ot to make compa rison s b etwee n victims of FDV-rel ated o ffence s in this
rel ease a nd the p revio us issue o f thi s p ubl icatio n.
Data comparability
42 U sers sho uld n ote th at the compa rabi lity of the p oli ce FD V Fla g an d ROV d ata, u sed to de rive these co un ts, are in fl uen ced by vari an ces in
ava ila bil ity, leg isla ti on, bu sine ss ru les, and d iffe rence s i n th e crime reco rdi ng systems across the vari ous states an d te rritorie s.
Relationship of Offender to Victim Comparability
43 For the p urpo ses of i mprovi ng comp ara bil ity, d ata for th is rele ase ha ve bee n ba sed on sp ecifie d rel ation ship ca te gori es th at may not dire ctl y
al ign w ith the rel ation ship s a s o utlin ed i n sta te a nd territory spe cific FD V re la te d leg isla ti on (see p arag rap h 40).
There a re some kn own va rian ces in the re cordi ng of rela ti onsh ip of offe nd er to vi cti m d ata across the states an d te rritorie s w hich ma y i mpact on
comp arab ili ty o f da ta i n th is rele ase (see para grap hs 27-3 0).
44 Western Austral ia are curren tl y u nab le to provi de re latio nshi p of o ffen der to victim data d ue to syste m co nstrain ts. As su ch, Western Austral ian
da ta abo ut vi cti ms o f FDV rela te d offe nces a re base d sole ly on the FDV Flag a s re corde d by pol ice. As a re sult, d ata fo r Western Austral ia may
excl ude victims o f se lected o ffen ces whi ch occurre d in a sp ecifie d fa mily or do mestic rela ti onsh ip i n instan ces whe re th ese h ave no t be en fla gge d
by po lice .
45 In fo rmation a bou t victims of FD V re late d offe nces for Ta smani a are b ased so lel y o n th e ROV data as reco rded b y pol ice. Ta smani a Pol ice are
curre ntly un abl e to p rovid e an FDV fl ag d ue to syste m co nstrain ts. Th is is not like ly to impa ct the da ta for Tasma nia a s state sp ecific le gisl ation ,
un de r wh ich the p oli ce fl ag is ap pli ed , on ly extend s to in clud e in ti mate partne rs a nd the ir affecte d chil dren i n Ta sman ia.
Carer and kinship relationships
46 For the p urpo ses of thi s re lea se, data in clud es victims of se lecte d offe nces wh o expe rien ced victimi sation withi n a care r and /o r kinsh ip
rel ation ship onl y w here thi s h as bee n flag ged a s FDV rel ated b y p oli ce. Thi s i s b ecau se th ese rel ation shi p typ es are un abl e to be sep aratel y
id entifie d usi ng the ROV data a s p rovid ed for th e Reco rde d Crime Victims col lectio n. As a resu lt, rel ated da ta ma y vary across the states an d
territori es due to l egi slative d iffe rence s.
FDV Flag Comparability
47 U sers sho uld b e awa re th at fo r thi s re lea se, the u ti lisa ti on o f the FDV fl ag as a mea sure o f victims of FD V re lated o ffen ces varie s a cross the
states an d te rritorie s a s fol low s:
Western Australi an da ta abo ut vi cti ms o f FDV rela te d offe nces a re base d sole ly upo n the FDV fl ag, as ROV d ata are n ot cu rrently pro vide d du e
to syste m co nstrai nts. See p arag raph 44.
Da ta fo r Ne w Sou th Wale s, Victori a, Que en slan d, So uth Au stra lia , the N orthern Terri to ry a nd the Austral ian C api ta l Territory are l arge ly base d on
ROV. Ho weve r, data al so incl ude s vi cti ms o f se lected o ffen ces th at w ere flag ge d by pol ice to be fami ly a nd d omestic vio len ce rela te d wh ere the
ROV, as reco rded b y p oli ce, w as classi fi ed a s o ne of th e fo llo win g categ orie s:
Other non-family member;

No offender identified; or
Not stated/inadequately described.
Data for Tasmania are solely based on the ROV. Tasmania are currently unable to provide an FDV flag due to system constraints.
48 The FD V fla g is one o f a nu mbe r o f in fo rmation so urces use d by po lice to de te rmine w he th er an offence w as FD V-re lated , an d pro cedu res fo r
the u se of the fla g may vary across the j urisd iction s a s a re sult of l eg isla ti ve diffe ren ces.
49 In N ew Sou th Wale s, Que ensl and , Victori a, the N orthern Te rritory and the Austral ian Cap ital Territory, the FDV flag i s re corde d at th e inci den t
le vel. Th is may resul t in a sma ll n umbe r o f victims in the se juri sdictio ns be ing fla gge d as FD V re lated whi ch do no t mee t the d efini ti on of a
spe cified fa mily or do mestic rela ti onsh ip. See p arag raph 4 0.
50 In So uth Au stra lia a nd Western Australi a th e FDV fl ag is reco rded a t the vi cti m le vel . Th is mean s th at the fla g is app lie d sep aratel y to ea ch
victim reco rd and onl y p rescrib ed offence s w hich o ccurred w ithin an FDV rela ti onsh ip, as spe cified i n sta te l egi slatio n, a re flag ged .
Comment and Further Information

51 U sers sho uld n ote th at the FD V d ata contai ned i n this pu bli cation i s co nsid ered to b e expe rimen ta l, a nd i s su bje ct to fu rth er eval uati on. The
ABS is inte rested in fee dba ck from u sers of the se sta ti sti cs o n an y a spect of the re lea se. Plea se send w ritte n fe ed back to:
crime .j ustice@ abs.go v.au
CONFIDENTIALITY
52 The C ensu s a nd Statistics Act 19 05 pro vid es th e autho rity for the ABS to co lle ct statistical i nformatio n, and re qui res th at statistica l ou tp ut sh all
no t b e pub lish ed or di ssemin ated i n a mann er th at i s l ikel y to e nab le the id entifica ti on o f a pa rti cula r p erson o r o rga nisa ti on. Th is requ ireme nt
mea ns th at th e ABS must ensu re that any statistical i nformatio n ab out ind ivid ual s ca nno t b e deri ved from pub lish ed d ata.
53 To mi nimi se th e risk of i den tify ing i ndi vidu als in a ggre gate statistics, a te chni que i s u sed to ran doml y a dju st cel l valu es an d summary
vari abl es. Thi s tech niq ue i s ca lle d perturb ation a nd w as app lie d to the Reco rded C rime - Vi cti ms co lle ction for the first time for the 2 014 re lea se.
Perturb atio n invo lves smal l rand om adj ustment of th e sta ti sti cs a nd is con sid ered the mo st satisfactory tech niq ue for avoi din g th e rel ease o f
id entifia bl e sta ti sti cs w hil e maximi sing the ra nge o f i nformatio n th at ca n be re lea sed. Th ese ad justmen ts ha ve a ne gli gib le imp act o n th e
un de rl ying pattern of th e sta tistics fo r the ma jori ty of th is pub lica ti on .
54 Afte r perturb ation , a gi ven p ubl ishe d cell va lue w ill b e consi ste nt across al l ta ble s. Ho weve r, th e sum of compo nen ts of a total wi ll no t
ne cessa ri ly give th e same resu lt a s the p ub lish ed total in a p articu lar tabl e. As such, prop ortion s ma y add to more o r l ess th an 1 00% . Re ade rs
are a dvise d to use the pu bli she d to ta ls rather than d eri ving total s b ased o n the comp one nt ce lls.
55 C ell s w ith rela tivel y sma ll val ues may be p ropo rti ona lly mo re affecte d by perturb ation tha n la rge val ues. Users are a dvise d ag ain st con ductin g
an alyse s and d rawi ng con clusi ons ba sed o n small va lue s.
56 Pe rturba ti on ha s b een a pp lie d to the ma jori ty of th e da ta p resen te d in thi s p ubl icatio n. H owe ver, the lo w le vels of preva len ce fo r the Homi cide
an d rela ted offence s d ivisi on do n ot su pp ort the u se of p erturb ation a s a n effe cti ve confid en ti ali ty techn iqu e fo r thi s d ata item. Th is issue , in
comb ina ti on w ith th e hig h profil e na tu re of H omici de case s, le d to th e deci sion to pre sent this da ta i te m se para te ly fro m o ther offence ca te gori es
an d ap ply a di ffere nt co nfide ntial ity p roce ss. Da ta i n th e Victims of Homi cide d ata cub e have n ot b ee n perturb ed an d some d ata have b een
sup presse d to mini mise the risk of ide ntifying ind ivid ual s i n th e agg rega te sta ti sti cs.
Simi larl y, expe rimen ta l Fa mily an d Dome sti c Vi ole nce da ta fo r H omici de ha ve not be en pe rtu rbed , an d are p resen te d in Tab le 2 of th e
Exp erime ntal Da ta Victims o f Fami ly and D omestic Vio len ce data cu be.
57 Pe rturba ti on ha s b een a pp lie d to the 2 015 data as we ll as to histori cal d ata prese nted in thi s p ub lica ti on for all o ffen ces excep t Ho micid e.
Previ ousl y, a differen t techn iqu e wa s u sed to confid en ti ali se th ese da ta a nd the refore there ma y b e smal l diffe rence s betwe en hi sto rical d ata
pre sente d in this issu e and tho se pu bli shed i n previ ous issu es of th is pub lica ti on.
BREAK IN SERIES
5 8 The 201 0 pub lica ti on marke d a bre ak in seri es fo r the R eco rd ed C rime Victims coll ectio n. This wa s due to cha nge s i n po lice re cordi ng
p ractices, impl emen ta ti on of revisi on s to the ANZSOC a nd the imp le me ntatio n of the N ation al C rime Re cordi ng Stand ard (NC RS). D ata
p ubl ishe d prio r to the 2 010 co lle cti on are n ot strictly co mp ara ble , an d compa rison s w ith the seri es pub lish ed pri or to th is peri od sho uld b e
a void ed.
REVISIONS
59 Sta ti sti cs p rodu ced on the basi s o f da te re ported ma y be affected ove r time b y l ags in co mpl eting a nd/or pro cessin g some cri me repo rts.
Where o ffen ces rep orted in the re fe rence ye ar are n ot p rocesse d fo r i nclu sio n in the na ti ona l sta tistics until the fol low ing ye ar, revi sed d ata are
in clud ed i n subse que nt p ub lica ti ons an d noted a ccord ing ly. In th is issue , 20 14 da ta h ave b een re vised for Ne w Sou th Wale s, Tasma nia , the
No rth ern Terri to ry a nd the Austral ian C api ta l Te rritory.
DATA COMPARABILITY
60 Give n the comp lex na tu re of p ol icin g, ma ny fa cto rs u ltimatel y i nflue nce the l evel o f reco rded crime, whi ch may not nece ssaril y re fl ect ch an ges
in the actual n umbe r o f crimi nal i ncid ents:
Social, cultural and economic factors may influence the level of criminal offending or the level of reporting to police.
Recorded crime statistics are the by-product of an administrative system and are affected by changes within that system.
The introduction of new technologies or changes in police business practices and resources are likely to influence levels of recorded crime.
Changes to legislation may also have an impact on the level of recorded crime and on the types of offences recorded.
61 N atio nal statistics, th erefore , req uire a leve l of u niformi ty wh en comp ili ng d ata fro m d iffe rent sta te s a nd territo ri es. Ove r time si gni fi cant
di ffere nces an d cha nge s i n th e busi ne ss ru les, proce dure s, systems, p oli cies a nd reco rdin g practice s o f p oli ce age ncie s a cross Au stra lia h ave
resu lted in some di screpa ncie s i n data b etwee n sta te s a nd territo ries for some offence type s. A nu mber of stand ards, classi fi cation s a nd co untin g
rul es have bee n deve lop ed sin ce the in ceptio n of th is coll ection to imp rove na ti ona l comp arab ili ty.
Differences in Recorded Crime Statistics Project
62 In the e arly 20 00s the Na tion al Cri me Sta ti sti cs U nit (NCSU ) Bo ard of Mana ge ment commissi one d th e ABS to in vestiga te d iscrep anci es in the
reco rdin g of crime statistics across ju risdi cti ons. A pap er ou tl ini ng the con duct an d outcome s o f the Di ffere nces in R eco rd ed C rime Statistics
(Di RCS) pro ject was rel ease d in 2 005 a nd is ava ila bl e on the Na ti ona l Statistical Se rvice we bsite <www.nss.go v.au>.
63 Fin din gs from th e DiR CS proj ect i ndi cated tha t da ta for assa ult we re not compa rabl e across al l sta tes and terri to ries. Testing o f this offence
type h igh lig hted that th ere we re in consi ste nt re cordi ng pra cti ces acro ss the states an d territorie s. So me juri sdictio ns almo st al ways reco rded a
rep orted crimi na l inci den t on the ir crime reco rdin g syste m, w here as other ju risdi cti ons ap pli ed a thre shol d te st pri or to a record b ein g made (e .g .
wh ethe r the vi cti m w ishe d to p rocee d ag ain st the offend er or th e serio usn ess of the i ncid ent). The se th resh old s va ried a cross juri sdictio ns and
we re not gu ide d by natio nal sta nda rds.
64 The p roje ct a lso con clud ed that on ce a crime ha d bee n record ed i n a crime reco rdin g syste m, there was no e vide nce to sug gest th at
pro cesses wi th in a ny sta te o r terri to ry h ad a si gni fi cant impa ct on d iffe rence s i n reco rd ed cri me sta ti sti cs.
65 In co nsid erin g other asp ects o f re corde d crime statistics, the D iRC S p roje ct a nd sub sequ ent da ta q ual ity i nvestig ation s concl ude d th at
in fo rmation fo r o ffen ce typ es other than assau lt w ere satisfactory for th e le vel of compa rison p resen te d in thi s p ubl icatio n. Whe re th ere a re know n
spe cific issue s fo r i ndi vidu al states and te rri to rie s, these a re descri bed i n pa ragra phs 75 97 .
National Crime Recording Standard (NCRS)
66 As pa rt of th e ABS' s o ngo ing co mmitment to e nsu ring d ata compa rabi lity and qua lity, th e NC RS was de velo ped to ad dre ss the l ack of a
un iform sta nd ard in the i nitia l pol ice reco rdin g pro cesses id entifie d in the D iRC S p roje ct. Th e NCR S co mple mented the a lrea dy estab lish ed
cla ssificatio ns an d coun ti ng rul es fo r th e Reco rded C rime Victims col lectio n and i mprove d th e le vel of compa rabi lity of the se statistics across
ju risdi cti ons.
67 The ma in ob je cti ve of the N CRS wa s to pro vide cl ea r g uid ance to po lice a ge ncie s o n th e criteria to b e consi dere d whe n makin g a ju dge ment
as to wh at sh oul d be reco rded on po lice re cordi ng systems in ord er to meet natio nal cri me sta ti sti cal req ui remen ts.
68 The N CRS comp rised a uni fo rm se t of busi ness rul es an d requ ireme nts tha t we re de velo ped i n coll abo ration with po lice a gen cies acro ss
Austral ia to gu ide the re cordi ng a nd cou nting o f crimi nal i ncid en ts for sta ti sti cal pu rpose s a nd e nab le con sistency in re cord ing . A comp rehe nsive
set of scena rios ha s a lso be en d evel ope d whi ch und erp in the rul es and re qui remen ts o f the NC RS. The se scena rios pro vide p ol ice ag enci es with
gu ida nce a bou t ho w to re cord a n inci den t from th e po int at w hich i t come s to po lice a tte ntion , to th e po int at w hich i t is reco rded i nto crime
statistics.
69 The a ppl icatio n of th e rule s a nd req ui remen ts of th e NCR S e nab le the re cordi ng of crime for sta ti sti cal p urpo ses in a comp arab le man ne r,
wh ile stil l all owi ng for the reco rdin g and re ta in ing o f in fo rmation o n po lice systems for th e prima ry re ason s o f o pera ti ona l inve sti gatio n an d law
en fo rceme nt.
Differences in rule interpretation
70 Whi le the a ppl icatio n of ru les an d req uire ments of the N CRS wa s d esi gne d to e nab le the re cordi ng of crime in a co mpa rabl e mann er across
al l juri sdictio ns, th ere is some va riab ili ty in the i nterpre tation o f the rul es. In p articul ar Rul e 2, w hich g uid es wha t i s re corde d on po lice systems
wh en a n inci den t is rep orted to po lice . Accordi ng to th e NCR S Po lice office rs a re req uire d to take a re port at 'fa ce valu e' an d record a n in cide nt
on th eir crime re cordi ng system. An in vestiga ti on wi ll the n fo llo w to d etermin e whe th er a crime h as bee n committed a t la w.
71 As a con sequ ence o f the l ack of d ata compa rabi lity fo r assau lt a nd as pa rt of an o ngo ing co mmitment to ensu ring n ation al da ta compa rabi lity,
it has b een d etermin ed that assa ult data wi ll on ly be pu bl ishe d fo r tho se juri sdictio ns compl ying with the NC RS.
72 In re latio n to re portin g of i ncid en ts of assau lt the re are d iffere nce s i n interp retation a nd i mp le mentatio n of thi s ru le acro ss sta te s a nd
territori es. N ew So uth Wal es, So uth A ustrali a, Tasma nia , No rthern Terri to ry, Au stra lia n Cap ital Terri to ry a nd Western Australi a have i nterpre ted
an d impl eme nted the rul e as requ ired , a nd da ta for the se juri sdictio ns are ava ila ble . Pub lish ed a ssaul t da ta a re sui ta ble for cross-j urisd iction al
comp ariso ns.
73 The i nterpre ta tion a nd imp leme ntation o f the re cordi ng rul e fo r a ssau lt i ncid ents varie s from the stan dard for Victori a and Que ensl and . The
vari ation i s p articu larl y a roun d whe th er an e leme nt o f in vestiga ti on o ccurs before d ecid ing to reco rd an i ncid ent on the ir cri me reco rd in g syste m.
The de gre e to w hich thi s a ppro ach i s take n and the p oten ti al imp act o n data a cross th e juri sdictio ns varie s a nd is d iscusse d bel ow un der State /
Terri to ry e vents an d speci fi c i ssues .
74 N atio nal d ata fo r a ssaul t are not avai lab le in the R eco rd ed C rime Victims pu bli cation ; it is recomme nde d th at th e ABS Na ti ona l Crime
Victimi sation Su rvey be u sed to make na ti ona l cross-ju risdi cti on co mpari sons. Fo r furthe r i nformatio n see C rime Victimisa ti on, Au strali a (cat. no .
45 30 .0 ).
STATE/TERRITORY EVENTS AND SPECIFIC ISSUES
75 The fol low ing i nforma ti on hi ghl igh ts eve nts o r proce sses uni que to a state/territory that may have a n imp act o n th e data for this col lectio n. Thi s
may in clud e spe cific ini ti atives, record ing p ractices, or cha nge s to le gisl ation o r pol icy supp lie d by each sta te /terri to ry. Whe re di fferen ces be tw een
ju risdi cti ons rel ate to speci fi c d ata items, the y are di scussed i n para grap hs 22 -30.
New South Wales
76 D urin g the 20 15 col lectio n cycle, an e rror was id entifie d in pre viou s referen ce years wi th N SW Outcome o f Investig ation d ata for th e offe nce
categ ory of Othe r the ft. R ecord s h ad b een mi scode d to Investig ation fin ali sed n o offe nde r p rocee ded a ga inst rather than In vestig ation n ot
fina lise d. Co nseq uen tl y, revise d natio nal d ata for 201 4 have b ee n incl ude d in the 20 15 p ubl icatio n to faci litate co mpari son. How ever, thi s i ssue
wa s u na ble to be re cti fi ed for th e 20 10-2 013 n ation al d ata and the se da ta h ave be en su ppre ssed. Th is issue d oes no t affect the 201 5 data.
77 D urin g the 20 14 col lectio n cycle, a nu mber of data extra cti on an d codi ng erro rs w ere id en ti fi ed in p revio usly pro vide d Re corde d Crime
Victims da ta for NSW. Among o ther issu es, i t wa s d iscove red tha t sexu al assa ult coun ts h ad be en un derco un te d, a nd that th ere w as an
ove rcoun t i n th e numb er of vi cti ms w ith an 'i nvestig ation n ot fi nal ised .' Co nse que ntly, al l NSW d ata fro m 2 010 to 2 013 w ere revi sed. Users are
ad vised to re fe r to the most recen t p ubl icatio n and d atacu bes for NSW R ecord ed Cri me Victims sta ti sti cs from 20 10 o nwa rds.
78 Pri or to 201 2, N SW ag e data w as base d on the ag e of victim at the d ate the in cide nt o ccurred . From 20 12 on ward s, NSW age d ata is ba sed
on a ge o f victim at th e date a n offe nce is rep orted to pol ice in accord ance w ith all o th er juri sdictio ns.
79 C ou nts o f kid nap pin g/ab ductio n may be sli ghtly in fl ated . 'De priva ti on of lib erty' (whi ch is out of scope for this col lectio n) is not sep aratel y
id entifia bl e on the NSW Poli ce record ing syste m; there fo re coun ts of this offe nce type a re also i nclu de d in the kid nap pin g/ab ductio n offe nce
categ ory.
80 All fami ly an d dome sti c vi ole nce rel ated a ssaul ts are re corde d even i f the vi cti m d oes no t wa nt to p rocee d.
81 An a ssaul t wi ll still b e record ed if th ere a re no sig ns of i nju ry a nd the vi cti m d oes no t wi sh to take th e matte r furthe r. Th ere is al so a prop en sity
in N ew Sou th Wal es to re cord assa ul ts that occur as a pa rt o f pu bli c d isturba nces (e.g. a pu b braw l).
Victoria
82 Ad di ti ona l code s w ere ad de d to the Vi cto ria Pol ice La w Enforceme nt Assi sta nce Prog ram (LEAP) compu te r syste m i n July 20 15 to supp ort
fine r d isag gre gatio n of re latio nshi p type. Prior to th is syste m u pda te, the re latio nshi p typ e of pare nt a nd chi ld we re gro upe d to gethe r in the same
cod e wh en reco rded i n LEAP and w ere the n disa ggre gated i nto the sep arate cate gori es by Victoria Po lice w hen the d ata wa s p rovid ed to ABS.
Ca ution shou ld be u sed wh en co mpari ng 20 15 da ta with othe r re fe rence ye ars fo r th ese categ orie s.
83 D urin g the 20 14 col lectio n cycle, it was di scovere d th at the natio nal co untin g rule s h ad n ot b een a pp lie d correctly to Victoria n data in p revio us
refere nce ye ars, re sultin g in an o verstateme nt o f the nu mber o f victims for most o ffen ce typ es. The statistica l impa ct of th is erro r w as fo und to be
ne gli gib le for most offe nce types, with the e xceptio n of se xual a ssau lt a nd motor veh icle the ft. Con sequ ently, d ata were re vised for 20 13 a nd
use rs a re ad vised tha t pu bli shed data from 201 0-20 12 a re not dire ctl y co mpara ble w ith da ta p ubl ishe d fo r 2 01 3 onw ards.
84 Vi cto ria may reco rd an o ffen ce (whe re th e fa cts in dica te th at a cri me has be en co mmi tte d) if the vi cti m d oes no t wi sh to proce ed, dep end in g
on th e severi ty of th at o ffen ce.
85 Pro pe rty taken i n associ ation w ith UEWI ma y n ot a lwa ys b e ide ntified due to li mitation s i n record ing optio ns in the Victori a Poli ce Law
Enforce men t Assistance Pro gram (LEAP) comp uter system. There fore, cautio n shou ld be used w hen a ssessin g th e sub co mpon ents of UEWI.
The total co unts fo r U EWI are corre ct, ho weve r furthe r d isag greg ation re sul ts in a n und ercou nt fo r 'U EWI - i nvol ving the ta king o f pro perty' an d
an o ver cou nt o f 'UEWI - o th er'.
86 For in cid ents of a ssaul t, Victoria d iffe rs from othe r j urisd iction s i n th e in te rpretatio n and i mple men ta ti on of th e NCR S (se e pa ragra phs 66 -74
for more in fo rmatio n). So me ele ment of a n in vestiga ti on wi ll be u nde rta ken b efore de cidi ng wh ethe r to reco rd an in cide nt on thei r cri me record ing
system. A re cord o f the in cide nt ma y b e ta ken o n other systems how eve r the i ncid ent wil l not be reco rde d on the po lice re cord ing system un ti l it i s
de te rmine d that a crime ha s b een committed. As a resu lt o f the co mp ara bil ity i ssues ari sing from this di ffere nce in i nterpre tation a nd
imp leme ntatio n of the N CRS a de cisio n ha s b een ma de no t to make a vail abl e assau lt d ata for Vi cto ria .
Queensland
87 Whe re an i ncid ent invo lvin g assau lt is repo rte d to p oli ce, i t is no t take n on face val ue a nd reco rded o n th e Quee nsla nd Pol ice Re cord s a nd
Informatio n Man age ment Exchan ge (QPRIME). Whe re a dome sti c vi ole nce in cid ent occurs wh ich in volve s a n all eg ed assa ult and the victim doe s
no t co nsen t to proce edi ng wi th an assa ult charg e, th e assau lt ma tter is no t reco rde d on QPRIME. In other ju risdi cti on s, the in cide nt w oul d be
in clud ed i n th e pol ice reco rded cri me da ta e ven if th e victim doe s n ot wan t to proce ed wi th th e assau lt i nvestig ation . The imp act of thi s i s tha t
assa ult statistics prod uced for Quee nsl and a re low er th an tho se repo rte d in the Cri me Victimisa ti on Surve y. As a re sul t of th e compa rabi lity
issu es arisi ng from this di ffere nce in the i nterpre ta ti on a nd imp leme ntation o f the N CRS a de cisio n has be en ma de no t to make ava ila bl e assau lt
da ta fo r Que ensl and .
88 For Que ensl and , wh en an assau lt co -occurs wi th a U EWI offe nce, onl y th e UEWI offence i s co unted i n th is pu bli cation .
South Australia
89 So uth Australi a doe s n ot re cord a n assau lt for an u nkn own vi cti m b ut ma y re cord an othe r o ffen ce such as theft (w hen evid ence su gge sts an
assa ult or an other offence h as ta ken p lace ) i f they can not loca te a victim or th eir rep resen ta ti ve.
90 So uth Australi a record s a ll famil y a nd d omestic vio len ce rela te d assau lts even i f the victim do es not wa nt to pro ceed .
91 So uth Australi a Poli ce record a si ng le victim in i nstance s w here mu ltipl e vehi cles b elo ngi ng to th e same o wne r a re sto len i n a sing le i ncid ent.
Victims of motor vehi cle the ft may th erefore b e und erstated . Ho weve r, impa ct to victim coun ts i s co nsid ered mi nima l.
92 The l ega l ag e of co nsen t to sex for South Australi a and Ta smani a is 17 yea rs of a ge. Th e leg al ag e of co nse nt i n all o th er sta te s and terri to ries
is 16 ye ars.
Western Australia
93 It is a leg al req uire ment in Western Australi a fo r d octors, nurse s, mid wive s, teach ers and pol ice officers to repo rt al l reaso nab le b eli efs o f chi ld
sexu al a buse to the De partmen t for Ch ild Pro te cti on.
Tasmania
94 The l ega l ag e of co nsen t to sex for South Australi a and Ta smani a is 17 yea rs of a ge. Th e leg al ag e of co nse nt i n all o th er sta te s and terri to ries
is 16 ye ars.
Northern Territory
95 Assau lt in the No rth ern Terri to ry i s cl earl y d efine d und er sectio ns 187 -188 o f the N T Crimi nal C ode Act a nd the refore do es no t rel y o n common
la w defin itio ns.
96 The N orthern Te rritory case man age men t system doe s n ot i nclu de a 'n o crime' o utcome of inve sti gatio n cod e. As a resul t, Northe rn Territory
da ta ma y incl ude vi cti m co unts fo r tho se situa ti ons wh ere po lice h ave d etermin ed after inve sti gatio n that 'no crime ' has occu rred. Th is differs to
al l othe r states an d te rritorie s w here ' no crime ' d ata ha s b een e xclud ed from the victim cou nts.
Australian Capital Territory
97 Mo to r vehi cles that are stole n in the Austral ian C api ta l Territory, bu t rec overe d in an other state/territory are re corde d on the Austral ian C api ta l
Terri to ry o pera ti ona l IT syste ms a nd i nclu ded i n th e coun ts.
COMPARISONS TO OTHER ABS DATA
98 As differen t meth odo log ies are u sed; cau ti on sho uld b e exe rci sed i n makin g any di rect co mpari sons b etwee n differen t da ta so urces. Th e
in fo rmation pap er Measu ring Vi cti ms o f Cri me: A Gui de to Usin g Ad mini stra ti ve an d Survey Da ta (ca t. no . 45 22.0.55 .0 01 ), rel ease d by th e ABS in
Jun e 20 11 , o utlin es natio nal cri me victimisa ti on statistics ava ila ble from seve ral di ffere nt so urces in the Au stra lia n context (incl udi ng Re cord ed
Cri me Victims) and d raws comp ariso ns be tw een the statistics from th ese so urces.
99 The ma in ai m o f thi s p ape r i s to in crease co mmuni ty u nde rsta ndi ng of th e na tu re of d iffe rent coll ection me th od olo gie s o f crime vi cti misatio n
da ta in Australi a and w hy th e fi nd ing s from di ffere nt d ata source s ma y d iffe r. Th e pap er also d escrib es metho dol ogi cal di ffere nces be tw ee n
surve y so urce s a nd the po ssibl e impa cts o f the metho dol ogi cal d iffere nces b etwee n th e survey veh icle s.
Recorded Crime Offenders, Australia
10 0 Th ere a re stro ng li nks betwe en vi cti ms a nd offend ers record ed by po lice in thei r a dmin istrative systems. Once a v icti m i s re cord ed by po lice
an i nve sti gatio n may ensu e whi ch cou ld resu lt, al th oug h no t al ways, in an o ffen der be ing p roce ede d aga inst by po lice . Ho weve r, th ere are a
nu mber o f li mi ta tion s i n compa ring the R ecord ed C rime Victims coll ectio n and the R ecord ed Cri me Offen ders col lectio n:
Data cannot be directly linked;

C oun ti ng un its va ry a s the conce pt o f a pri ncip al o ffence is not app lie d in the Victims col lectio n. Vi cti ms ma y b e coun ted more tha n
o nce if multip le offence s re side i n differen t ANZSOC d ivisi on s, or if th ere are mu ltipl e occurre nce s o f victimi sation i n th e referen ce
p eriorefe
d; re nce p erio d used i n th e Victims coll ection is base d on the cal en dar yea r, whi le the Offen ders col lectio n is ba sed on the
The
fina ncia l yea r;
Pol ice may d etect a cri me witho ut i t be ing re po rte d by a victim. Add ition all y, victiml ess crimes, such as Illi cit d rug o ffen ces or
Re gul atory offe nce s a re exclu ded from the Victims col lectio n; a nd
Statistics about victims of Assault are not comparable across all states and territories. As a consequence, national data are not published.
10 1 De spite these d iffe rence s, bro ad co mp ari sons can b e made b etwe en the two col lectio ns. Fo r mo re informa ti on refer to Reco rded Crime
Offen ders, Au stra lia (ca t. no . 45 19.0).
Crime Victimisation, Australia
10 2 An othe r ke y so urce of data a bou t pe opl e's exp erie nce of crime is the a nnu al ABS C rime Victimi sation Su rvey, wh ich is a comp leme ntary
sou rce to th e Reco rded C rime - Victims coll ection . This surve y co lle cts in fo rmation a bo ut e xperi ence s o f crime , the e xte nt to wh ich in cide nts of
crime w ere sub seq uen tl y re ported to po lice and p ercep ti ons of ne igh bou rhoo d prob le ms a nd feel ing s o f safety for a broa d sele cte d set of
offence s (se e Crime Vi cti misatio n, Austral ia (cat. no. 453 0.0)).
10 3 Du e to d iffe rence s i n record ing a cross sta te s and terri to ries, it i s re commen ded th at the su rvey data b e used a s the so urce to comp are
assa ult da ta a cross juri sdictio ns, ra th er th an d ata prese nted in th is pub lica ti on.
Personal Safety Survey, Australia

10 4 A furthe r so urce of crime victimi sation d ata that measu res peo ple 's expe rien ce of vi ole nce , ha rassmen t an d sta lkin g is the ABS Pe rsona l
Safety Surve y, l ast ru n in 2 012 . This surve y p rovid es detai led informa ti on col lected from in divi dua ls ab out th eir exp erie nces o f threa ts/attempts or
actua l ph ysical a ssaul t or sexu al assa ult; th e typ e of p erpe tra tor; e xperi ence o f ha rassmen t a nd stalki ng; repo rti ng o f in cide nts to po lice ; fee lin gs
of safety; a nd in clud es a rang e of chara cte ristics abo ut so me of th ese in cide nts o f vi ole nce (see Pe rsona l Safety Survey, Austral ia (cat. n o.
49 06 .0 )).
Causes of Death, Australia
10 5 Th e numb er of victims of mu rder an d mansl aug hter pu bli shed i n Reco rded Crime - Victims differ fro m the n umbe r o f d eaths reco rded a s
Assau lt (X8 5-Y0 9, Y8 7.1) i.e. mu rder, ma nsla ugh te r and the ir sequ ela e pu bli shed i n Cau ses of D eath , Australi a (cat. no . 3 303 .0 ). Re ason s for
the d iffere nt co un ts in clud e differen ces in scop e an d covera ge be tw een th e tw o coll ection s.
COMPARISONS TO NON-ABS SOURCES
10 6 Re corde d Crime - Victims sta tistics are comp ile d on a victim ba sis in tha t they cou nt the numb er of vi cti ms for ea ch ind ivid ua l o ffen ce
categ ory, rathe r tha n the nu mber of brea che s o f the crimi nal l aw. The statistics pre sented in this pu bli cation ma y b e differen t from those
pu bli she d by pol ice forces in i ndi vidu al states an d te rritorie s. Di ffere nt d efini ti ons o f offe nce s (se e Gl ossary) an d coun ting me th odo log y (se e
pa ragra ph s 1 31 9) wil l resul t in va riatio ns.
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45100DO007_2015 Recorded Crime - Victims, Australia, 2015

More information available from the ABS website

Recorded Crime - Victims, 2015

Commonwealth of Australia 2016

Commonwealth of Australia 2016

Age group (years)

Relationship of offender to victim

Total 47 34 35 37 44 33 12 16 14 19 5 4 10 4 160 158

Commonwealth of Australia 2016

NUMBER PROPORTION (%)

Males Females Persons Males Females Persons

Relationship of offender to victim

Relationship of offender to victim

Relationship of offender to victim

Relationship of offender to victim

Relationship of offender to victim

Commonwealth of Australia 2016

Males Females Persons Males Females Persons

Relationship of offender to victim

Relationship of offender to victim

Relationship of offender to victim

Relationship of offender to victim

Relationship of offender to victim

Total 11 0 71 60 84 61 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Relationship of offender to victim

Relationship of offender to victim

Total 11 10 41 58 50 72 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Commonwealth of Australia 2016

Males Females Persons Males Females Persons

No weapon used 28 4 64 96 94 106 70.0 30.8 71.1 76.2 72.3 76.3

Commonwealth of Australia 2016

Aboriginal & Aboriginal & Aboriginal & Aboriginal &

Age group (years)

Relationship of offender to victim

Age group (years)

Relationship of offender to victim

Commonwealth of Australia 2016

More information on the ABS website

Kidnapping/abduction is ANZSOC subdivision 051;

8 The scop e exclu de s the fol low ing :

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander victims

Relationship of offender to victim

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander victimisation rates

EXPERIMENTAL FAMILYAND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE STATISTICS

Partner (spouse, husband, wife, boyfriend, and girlfriend);

Partner (spouse, husband, wife, boyfriend, and girlfriend);

Other non-family member(includes carer or kinship relationships); or

Relationship of Offender to Victim Comparability

Carer and kinship relationships

FDV Flag Comparability

Other non-family member;

Comment and Further Information

Differences in Recorded Crime Statistics Project

National Crime Recording Standard (NCRS)

Differences in rule interpretation

STATE/TERRITORY EVENTS AND SPECIFIC ISSUES

New South Wales