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SOUTH AUSTRALIA

In 2014, the number of victims of assault recorded in South Australia increased by 5.2% to 16,005 victims. The assault victimisation rate increased from 911.1 victims per 100,000 persons in 2013, to 949.4 victims per 100,000 persons in 2014.

In South Australia during 2014:

• A quarter (25% or 4,074 victims) of assault victims in South Australia were aged between 25 and 34 years;
• Females accounted for a slightly larger proportion (51% or 8,101 victims) of total assault victims;
• About half of all male victims of assault knew the offender (51% or 3,992 victims);
• More than one in three male assault victims identified a non-family member as the offender (34% or 2,699 victims);
• Four in five female victims of assault knew the offender (82% or 6,676 victims), whilst 15% of female victims (1,245 victims) identified the offender as a stranger;
• The largest proportion of assaults against female victims occurred at a residential location (67% or 5,453 victims), while the largest proportion of assaults against male victims occurred at a community location (39% or 3,093 victims), or a residential location (39% or 3,035 victims); and
• Over three quarters (78% or 12,425 victims) of total assault victims reported no weapon being used by the offender.
  
  

• The assault victimisation rate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people increased to 4,866.8 victims per 100,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (compared to 4,179.0 victims per 100,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in 2013);
• The assault victimisation rate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander females was nearly two and a half times the rate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males (6,906.3 victims per 100,000 females, compared to 2,773.3 victims per 100,000 males);
• The assault victimisation rate for non-Indigenous males was higher than for non-Indigenous females (873.7 victims per 100,000 non-Indigenous males; compared to 784.8 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 (87% or 1,686 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander victims, compared to 64% or 8,705 non-Indigenous victims).