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SOUTH AUSTRALIA There was a 15% decrease in the number of homicide victims in South Australia, from 48 in 2012 to 41 in 2013. In South Australia: § Two in three homicide victims were male (69% or 29 victims); § 58% of all homicide victims knew the offender (22 victims), with one in five victims identifying the offender as a family member (21% or 8 victims); § Murder victims accounted for 46% (19 victims) of all homicide victims; and § The most common location in which murder occurred was a residential location (46% or 11 victims).
There was a 1.5% increase in the number of sexual assault victims in South Australia, from 1,337 in 2012 to 1,357 in 2013. In South Australia: § The majority of sexual assault victims were female (86% or 1,164 victims); § Half of all sexual assault victims were aged 19 years and under (52% or 699 victims); § The most common location in which sexual assault occurred was a residential location (69% or 931 victims); and § The offender was known to four in five victims of sexual assault (79% or 1,074 victims), with just over one in four victims (27% or 364 victims) identifying the offender as a family member.
There was a 20% decrease in the number of robbery victims in South Australia, from 976 in 2012 to a four year low of 778 in 2013. In South Australia: § Two in three person victims of robbery were male (64% or 398 victims); § The most common location in which robbery occurred was a street/footpath location (43% or 336 victims) followed by a retail location (30% or 236 victims); § Of weapons used in a robbery, a knife was the most common (55% or 191 victims); and § The offender was a stranger to the victim in the majority of robberies (88% or 547 victims).
§ Homicide and related offences (7.7 victims per 100,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons compared to 2.0 victims per 100,000 non-indigenous persons); § Sexual assault (320.7 victims per 100,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons compared to 73.2 victims per 100,000 non-indigenous persons); § Kidnapping/abduction (23.1 victims per 100,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons compared to 3.6 victims per 100,000 non-indigenous persons); and § Robbery (56.4 victims per 100,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons compared to 35.8 victims per 100,000 non-indigenous persons).
Footnote(s): (a) Includes 'no offender identified' and 'not stated/inadequately described' (see Glossary). (b) The victim has identified/been identified as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. (c) The victim has identified/been identified as neither Aboriginal nor Torres Strait Islander. (d) Includes victims for whom sex was not specified. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.
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