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WESTERN AUSTRALIA In 2013, the number of victims of assault recorded in Western Australia increased by 9.5% to 25,306 victims. The assault victimisation rate increased from 948.9 victims per 100,000 people in 2012, to 1,005.3 victims per 100,000 people in 2013. In Western Australia: § Over a quarter (28% or 6,987 victims) of all assault victims were aged between 25 and 34 years; § Females accounted for 54% (13,756 victims) of total assault victims; § Around half of all recorded assaults against males (47% or 5,362 victims) and more than two thirds of assaults against females (71% or 9,811 victims) occurred at a residential location; and § Four in five victims of assault (80% or 20,110 victims) reported that no weapon was used by the offender.
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