Family, domestic and sexual violence data in Australia

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Last updated: 30 Jun 2022

Topic: Family, domestic and sexual violence

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2022) Family, domestic and sexual violence data in Australia , AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 11 August 2022.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2022). Family, domestic and sexual violence data in Australia . Retrieved from https://pp.aihw.gov.au/reports/domestic-violence/family-domestic-sexual-violence-data

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Family, domestic and sexual violence data in Australia . Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 30 June 2022, https://pp.aihw.gov.au/reports/domestic-violence/family-domestic-sexual-violence-data

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Family, domestic and sexual violence data in Australia [Internet]. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2022 [cited 2022 Aug. 11]. Available from: https://pp.aihw.gov.au/reports/domestic-violence/family-domestic-sexual-violence-data

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2022, Family, domestic and sexual violence data in Australia , viewed 11 August 2022, https://pp.aihw.gov.au/reports/domestic-violence/family-domestic-sexual-violence-data

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Family and domestic violence homicide

Some family and domestic violence incidents are fatal. The unlawful killing of an intimate partner or family member is considered domestic homicide. Data on domestic homicides is available from the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) National Homicide Monitoring Program, which is based on information on homicides from police records and coronial records.

Examining domestic homicide incidents over time can help to identify patterns in homicide and evaluate the possible impact of changes in policy and programs. The visualisation below shows the number and rate of domestic homicide incidents and intimate partner homicides over time.

Domestic homicide victims, by sex, 1989–90 to 2019–20

Examining the relationships between victims and offenders in domestic homicides can help to identify people at higher risk. The visualisation below shows the proportion and number of domestic homicides by victim relationship with the offender.

Domestic homicide victims, by relationship with offender and sex, 2019–20

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Domestic homicide classification is based on the closest relationship between the victim and primary offender.
Domestic homicide includes five sub-classifications of homicide based on relationship categories: intimate partner homicide refers to homicide where victim and offender are current or former partners; Filicide refers to homicide where the victim is the child of the offender; Parricide refers to homicide where the victim is the parent of the offender; Siblicide refers to homicide where the victim and offender are siblings; Other family homicide refers to homicide where any other family relationship exists between victim and offender, including nephew/niece, uncle/aunty, cousins, grandparents and kinship groups.
Family relationships include biological, adoptive, foster and kinship care, and step relatives.
Domestic homicide excludes culpable driving causing death.
Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding.
'Persons' may include victims for whom sex was 'not stated/unknown'.

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Annual AIC Homicide in Australia report

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