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§ 57% of homicide victims in Victoria were male (48 victims);

§ Around three in five homicide victims knew the offender (63% or 52 victims), with a third of all homicides being committed by a family member (33% or 27 victims);

§ Murder victims accounted for just over half of all homicide victims (53% or 45 victims);

§ The most common location in which murder occurred was a residential location (80% or 35 victims); and

§ Of weapons used in murder, the most common was a knife (59% or 16 victims).

There was a 5.3% increase in the number of sexual assault victims in Victoria, from 4,150 in 2012 to a four year high of 4,369 in 2013. In Victoria:

§ The majority of sexual assault victims (87% or 3,787 victims) were female;

§ Victims aged 19 years and under accounted for half of all sexual assault victims (50% or 2,177 victims);

§ The most common location in which sexual assault occurred was a residential location (63% or 2,737 victims); and

§ The offender was known to 72% of victims (3,124 victims), with about one in four offenders (26% or 1,142 victims) being a family member.

The number of blackmail/extortion victims in Victoria increased by 25% from 144 in 2012 to a four year high of 180 in 2013. Of the 166 person victims of blackmail/extortion, males comprised the majority (77% or 128 victims).

In Victoria, the number of kidnapping/abduction victims increased by 22% from 121 in 2012 to a four year high of 148 in 2013. Females accounted for a slightly larger proportion of kidnapping/abduction victims than males (56% or 83 victims). The most common location in which kidnapping/abduction occurred was the street or footpath (42% or 62 victims) followed by a dwelling (21% or 31 victims).