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NORTHERN TERRITORY In 2011, there were 11 victims of homicide in the Northern Territory of whom 54% were male and 46% female. Victims of homicide had known the offender in 60% of cases. There were 298 victims of sexual assault of whom 278 (93%) were female. The profile of relationship of offender to victim was different for male and female victims: 16% of male victims of sexual assault were victimised by a family member and 21% by a stranger, whereas 21% of female victims of sexual assault were victimised by a family member (including 6.5% who were the victim of a partner) and 31% were victimised by a stranger. Among non-Indigenous victims of sexual assault, 13% were victimised by a family member, compared with 29% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander victims. In 2011, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the Northern Territory were almost twice as likely as non-Indigenous persons to be victims of sexual assault. The victimisation rate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander victims of sexual assault was 180 victims per 100,000, compared to 101 victims per 100,000 for non-Indigenous persons. By contrast, non-Indigenous Northern Territorians were victims of robbery at almost five times the rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (49 victims per 100,000 non-Indigenous persons compared to 9.9 victims per 100,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders). There were 94 person victims of robbery in the Northern Territory of whom 72% were male. Almost 70% of robbery victims reported that the offender was a stranger.
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