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