Prevalence:

• 3.2% of Queenslanders over the age of 15 yrs in the previous year

Victims:

• Most common victim group is males aged 15 – 19;
• Other risk characteristics = single people, the unemployed, indigenous people and those previously assaulted.
• risk decreases with age

Offenders:

• 58% known to the victim;
• Majority of young men assaulted by stranger; and
• Females are more likely to know their assailant.

Location:

• Two most common locations = Streets (24%) and
  Dwellings (21%);
• Women are more commonly assaulted in a dwelling; and
• Men are more commonly assaulted away from dwelling.

Offence Time:

• Majority occur after dark (approx. 66%); and
• Weekends (including Friday nights) are high risk times for all victims.

Prevalence:

• 0.5% of Australian Population aged 15 and over were victims
  of robbery in 1997 (5 victims per 100,000).
  

Victims:

• Highest risk groups = Males aged 15 - 24 years.
• Of people aged over 25 years, females were more likely to be victims

Offenders:

• Aproximately 77 % of offenders unknown to victim.
• Young people were more likely to know the offender (31%)
• Majority of young men assaulted by a stranger - women by a know assailant

Location:

• Most common = Street or open land (34%); followed by:
  Home (21%); Place of work/study (12%); Shopping Centres
  (11%).

Weapons:

• Used in 24% of incidents.

Prevalence:

• 1.9% of 6300 women surveyed had been a victim in the previous year

Victims:

• Predominantly female, risk decreases with age.
• other characteristics –unmarried; young people up to 24 years
• 18-19 years are the most common

Offenders:

• Predominately male (98% sexual assault; 100% of threats)
• Approximately 80% were known to the victim
• Generally partner, ex-partner or other known person

Locations:

• Victim’s home, offender’s home or somewhere else the victim
  has willingly gone with offender.

Reporting:

• The Women’s Safety Survey was self-reporting and found that
  only 10% of women who were victims reported the matter to
  the police.

Prevalence:

• 42.4% women surveyed had experienced violence by a
  previous partner;
• 8.0% had experienced violence by their current partner

Victims:

• Predominately women;
• 24% of women who stated that they had experienced
  violence from their current partner in the past 12 months
  indicated that they were currently living in fear

Offenders:

• Partners - predominately male

Location:

• Most common = dwelling

Type:

• Violence is more likely to be physical than sexual;
• 46% of women who had experienced violence by a previous partner said their children had witnessed the violence

Prevalence:

• 337 homicides in Australia in 1998; and
• 322 (1997), 312 (1996), 325 (1995)

Victims:

• 63% Male;
• 37% Female;
• Higher risk for males aged 24 - 26 years, females aged 21 -
  23 years, and Aboriginal and TSI males and females.

Offenders:

• 88.6% Males;
• 11.4% Females;
• Male victims = 63% known offenders (45%friends/
  acquaintances; 11% intimate partners);
• Female victims = 85.4% known offenders (57.6% intimate
  partners; 16% friends; 11.8% family);
• Generally intra-racial.

Location:

• Predominately dwelling for both male and females.

Weapon:

• Most commonly knife, other sharp instrument or bodily force
  (i.e. hands/feet).

Victims:

• 54% male; 46% female;
• Most at risk are persons aged 15 - 19 years
• Risk decreases with age.

Offenders:

• 84% Male;
• 46% of offenders aged less than 25 years
• Most offenders were known to the victim.

Location:

• Home is most common location (10 232)
• Street/footpath (7 211)
• Retail premises (3 864)
• Recreational (2 114)
• Outbuilding/Residential land (2035)