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§ A quarter (26% or 3,895 victims) of assault victims in South Australia were aged between 25 and 34 years;

§ Males accounted for a slightly larger proportion (52% or 7,949 victims) of total assault victims than females (48% or 7,272 victims);

§ Nearly half of all male victims of assault knew the offender (48% or 3,830 victims), whilst 49% of victims (3,899 victims) identified the offender as a stranger;

§ One in three male assault victims identified a non-family member as the offender (35% or 2,773 victims);

§ Four in five female victims of assault knew the offender (80% or 5,828 victims), whilst 18% of victims (1,285 victims) identified the offender as a stranger;

§ More than two in five female victims of assault identified a family member as the offender (43% or 3,091 victims);

§ The largest proportion of assaults against female victims occurred at a residential location (65% or 4,687 victims), while the largest proportion of assaults against male victims occurred at a community location (40% or 3,172 victims), followed by a residential location (36% or 2,881 victims); and

§ Over three quarters (78% or 11,937 victims) of total assault victims reported no weapon being used by the offender.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People

In South Australia, the number of recorded victims of assault who identified as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander decreased by 3.6% to 1,627 victims, accounting for 11% of total assault victims recorded in the state in 2013. In South Australia:

§ The assault victimisation rate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people decreased to 4,173.8 victims per 100,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in 2013 (compared to 4,418.1 victims per 100,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in 2012);

§ The assault victimisation rate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander females was more than double the rate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males (5,700.1 victims per 100,000 females, compared to 2,617 victims per 100,000 males);

§ The assault victimisation rate for non-Indigenous males was higher than for non-Indigenous females (897.5 victims per 100,000 non-Indigenous males; compared to 726.1 victims per 100,000 non-Indigenous females);

§ The proportion of assault victims that knew the offender was higher for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander assault victims than non-Indigenous assault victims (86% or 1,404 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander victims, compared to 61% or 8,027 non-Indigenous victims).