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§ A quarter (24% or 16,846 victims) of assault victims were aged between 25 and 34 years;

§ Males comprised a slightly larger proportion of total assault victims (55% or 37,741 victims) than females (45% or 31,110 victims);

§ Just over half of male assault victims knew the offender (52% or 19,793 victims), whilst 38% of male assault victims (14,476 victims) identified the offender as a stranger;

§ One in three male assault victims identified a non-family member as the offender (33% or 12,569 victims);

§ Four in five female assault victims knew the offender (82% or 25,570 victims), whilst 14% of female assault victims (4,427 victims) identified the offender as a stranger;

§ Half of female assault victims identified a family member as the offender (50% or 15,562 victims);

§ Half of total assault victims experienced victimisation at a residential location (52% or 35,995 victims); and

§ Less than one in ten victims (6.7% or 4,360 victims) reported a weapon being used by the offender.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People

In New South Wales, the number of recorded victims of assault who identified as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander decreased by 3.6% to 4891 victims, accounting for 7.1% of total assault victims recorded in the state in 2013. In New South Wales:

§ The assault victimisation rate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people decreased to 2,258.0 victims per 100,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in 2013 (compared to 2,387.1 victims per 100,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in 2012);

§ The assault victimisation rate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander females was one and a half times the rate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males (2,885.0 victims of assault per 100,000 females; compared to 1,627.6 victims of assault per 100,000 males);

§ The assault victimisation rate for non-Indigenous males was higher than for non-Indigenous females (903.6 assault victims per 100,000 non-Indigenous males; compared to 684.6 assault victims per 100,000 non-Indigenous females); and

§ The proportion of assault victims that knew the offender was higher for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander assault victims than non-Indigenous assault victims (88% or 4,312 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander victims, compared to 63% or 36,113 non-Indigenous victims).