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Australian Crime: Facts and Figures 2007

Sexual assault data for 2006 have been aggregated using Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data from New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia and included in charts regarding details of location, and gender and age of victim. These states represent 95% of all sexual assaults recorded in 2006.

• 84% of sexual assault victims in 2006 were female.
• The highest rate of sexual assault was recorded for females aged 10-14 years (544 per 100,000 females in that age group).
• For males, rates for those aged 10-14 were 95 per 100,000 relevant persons.
• Boys made up 32% of sexual assault victims aged less than 10 years (78 per 100,000 relevant persons).
• Where the relationship between the victim and the offender was stated, most sexual assault victims had some form of relationship with the offender (78%).
• Two in five sexual assaults were perpetrated by a family member. The figure is higher (47%) for male victims.
• In 38% of sexual assaults the offender was a non-family member known to the victim.
• Females (23%) were more likely than males (15%) to be sexually assaulted by strangers.
• Sexual assault was most likely to occur in the home environment. Of sexual assaults recorded in 2006, 66% occurred in dwellings.
• Sexual assaults on streets/footpaths and in recreational locations accounted for 6% each.
• Sexual assault was least likely to occur at retail locations (4%) or on transport (3%).

Download: Australian Crime: Facts and figures 2007 ( 2.9Mb )

Source: Australian Institute of Criminology

This is not an exhaustive list of research in the area of family violence and sexual assault, merely a starting point. As the locations of web pages often change, many of these reports have been made available through this page to assist readers. Please note that these pdfs may not contain the latest version or any recent changes so it is recommended that researchers check the author's website for updates, suplements or amendments. All published details correct as at July 2009.

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