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§ Just over three in five homicide victims were male (62% or 13 victims); and

§ Just under two-thirds (65% or 13 victims) of all homicide victims knew the offender, with one in three offenders (35% or 7 victims) identified as a partner.

There was an increase of 4.9% in the number of sexual assault victims in the Northern Territory, from 324 in 2012 to a four year high of 340 in 2013. In the Northern Territory:

§ The majority of sexual assault victims (86% or 295 victims) were female;

§ 45% (153 victims) of all sexual assault victims were aged 19 years and under;

§ Half (50% or 169 victims) of all sexual assaults occurred in a community location; and

§ The offender was known to around three in five victims (63% or 214 victims), with one in five victims (20% or 69 victims) identifying the offender as a family member.

There was a 15% decrease in the number of robbery victims in the Northern Territory, from 113 in 2012 to 96 in 2013. In the Northern Territory:

§ Nearly three-quarters of all person victims of robbery were male (73% or 64 victims);

§ The most common location in which robbery occurred was a community location (65% or 67 victims);

§ A weapon was used in just over a third of all robberies (35% or 35 victims); and

§ The offender was a stranger to the victim in four out of five robberies (80% or 67 victims).

There was a 26% decrease in the number of victims of unlawful entry with intent in the Northern Territory, from 4,194 in 2012 to a four year low of 3,098. Property was taken from half of all victims (51% or 1,587 victims), whilst 44% (1,374 victims) of all unlawful entry with intent occurred in a residential location.

There was a 14% decrease in the number of motor vehicle thefts in the Northern Territory, from 900 in 2012 to a four year low of 775 in 2013. Just over a third (35% or 271 victims) of stolen motor vehicles were taken from an outbuilding or residential land, while 43% (337 victims) were taken from a community location.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

In the Northern Territory, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people had a higher victimisation rate than non-indigenous people for the following offences:

§ Homicide and related offences (23.9 victims per 100,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons compared to 5.3 victims per 100,000 non-indigenous persons); and

§ Sexual assault (215.2 victims per 100,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons compared to 99.8 victims per 100,000 non-indigenous persons).

In contrast, non-indigenous people had a higher victimisation rate than Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the Northern Territory for the following offences:

§ Robbery (37.4 victims per 100,000 non-indigenous persons compared to 19.7 victims per 100,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons); and

§ Kidnapping/abduction (1.8 victims per 100,000 non-indigenous persons compared to 0.0 victims per 100,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons).

In the Northern Territory, a larger proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander victims of sexual assault identified the offender as a family member than non-indigenous victims of sexual assault (34% or 52 victims compared to 10% or 17 victims). A community location was the most common location for sexual assault to occur for both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (51% or 78 victims) and non-indigenous people (49% or 83 victims).