4510.0 - Recorded Crime - Victims, Australia, 2017 
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Quality Declaration ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/06/2018
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VICTIMS OF CRIME, INDIGENOUS STATUS This chapter presents statistics about the Indigenous status of victims for New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and the Northern Territory. Based on an ABS assessment, Indigenous status data for other states and territories are not of sufficient quality and/or do not meet ABS standards for national reporting in 2017. For the data presented here, there remained a small proportion of victims whose Indigenous status was "not stated/unknown". The proportion of unknown Indigenous status for person offences may vary by offence type and from year to year. For this reason, caution should be exercised when interpreting movements in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander data. For further information, refer to the Explanatory Notes. HOMICIDE AND RELATED OFFENCES There were 8 victims of Homicide and related offences recorded in the Northern Territory in 2017, all of whom were identified as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Between 2016 and 2017 the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander victims of Homicide decreased in New South Wales (down 2 victims) and Queensland (down 2 victims) to 3 and 7 victims, respectively. The number of victims recorded in South Australia increased over the same reference period, from 6 victims to 8 victims in 2017, which represented a rate of 19 victims per 100,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons. This was the highest rate for this offence across the selected jurisdictions. (Table 16) ASSAULT Since the beginning of the time series in 2010, the Assault victimisation rate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander victims:
(b).GIF) Footnote(s): (a) Rate per 100,000 persons for the state/territory and Indigenous status of interest (see Explanatory Notes). (b) Selected states and territories. Source(s): Recorded Crime - Victims Over the same reference period the victimisation rate for non-Indigenous victims decreased across the selected jurisdictions, the largest of which occurred in New South Wales which has decreased by 285 victims per 100,000 persons since the beginning of the time series in 2010. In 2017, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons were more likely to be the victim of Assault than non-Indigenous persons by a ratio of:
Sex and age Females who identified as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people accounted for a higher proportion of victims of Assault compared to males in each of these states and territories:
In 2017, the most prevalent age group for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander victims of Assault across these jurisdictions was between 25 and 34 years in New South Wales (25% or 1,071 victims), South Australia (31% or 622 victims) and the Northern Territory (32% or 1,701 victims). (Table 17) Relationship of offender to victim The majority of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Assault victims knew the offender with:
In New South Wales, over half (53%) of victims identified the offender as a family member (2,250 victims). Family member includes partners, children, siblings, boyfriends/girlfriends and other related family members. Female Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander victims accounted for just over three-quarters (76%) of those victimised by a family member in New South Wales (1,702 victims). Male victims accounted for the majority (64%) of victims assaulted by a stranger in 2017 (216 male victims compared to 118 females). South Australia had the highest proportion of victims (14%) who identified the offender as an ex-partner (283 victims) and the highest proportion (10%) of offenders identified as a stranger (205 victims). Males accounted for more than half (55%) of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander victims assaulted by a stranger (112 victims) in South Australia. Close to half (45%) of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander victims in the Northern Territory identified the offender as a partner (2,389 victims), which was the highest proportion across the selected jurisdictions. Female victims accounted for the majority of those assaulted by a partner in the Northern Territory (87% or 2,089 victims). Partner includes de facto, spouse and boyfriend/girlfriend. (Table 18) Location where offence occurred In both New South Wales and South Australia, assaults on Aboriginal and Torres Islander victims occurred most frequently (65%) at a residential location (2,783 victims in New South Wales and 1,333 victims in South Australia). In the Northern Territory over a third (34%) occurred at a residential location, with the majority (51%) occurring at a community location (2,750 victims). Community location includes Educational facilities, health facilities, transport facilities, streets/footpaths, etc. For a full list of location inclusions see Glossary. (Table 17) SEXUAL ASSAULT From the beginning of the time series in 2010 to 2017, the Sexual assault victimisation rate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander victims:
Over the same reference period the victimisation rate for non-Indigenous victims increased across these jurisdictions, the largest of which occurred in New South Wales (up 15 victims to 102 victims per 100,000 non-Indigenous persons) and Queensland (up 13 victims to 84 victims per 100,000 non-Indigenous persons). (Table 16) Sex and age In 2017, female Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander victims of Sexual assault accounted for a higher proportion of victims than males:
, 2017.GIF) Footnote(s): (a) Proportion by sex and selected states and territories Source(s): Recorded Crime – Victims In New South Wales and Queensland, victims aged between 10 and 14 years accounted for the highest proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander victims of Sexual assault by age group (34% or 273 victims in New South Wales and 33% or 182 victims in Queensland). In South Australia and the Northern Territory victims aged between 15 and 19 years accounted for the highest proportion (45% or 39 victims in South Australia and 21% or 43 victims in the Northern Territory). (Table 19) Relationship of offender to victim The majority of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander victims of Sexual assault in each of these states and territories knew the offender in 2017:
In New South Wales over a third (36%) of victims identified the offender as a family member (292 victims). A quarter (25%) of male victims identified the offender as an other family member (46 victims) compared with 20% of all female victims. Other family member includes relationship types where the offender is known and related to the victim but is not a partner or parent. This includes child, sibling, grandparents, grandchildren, uncles, nephews, etc. For a full list of inclusions see Glossary. In Queensland, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander females accounted for 81% of all victims who knew the offender (329 victims). Nearly half (49%) of these victims identified the offender as an other non-family member (160 victims). Queensland had the highest proportion (25%) of victims sexually assaulted by a stranger (139 victims), across the selected jurisdictions. In South Australia almost half (47%) of victims sexually assaulted by a family member reported a parent as the offender (15 victims), while a further 41% reported a partner as the offender (13 victims). In the Northern Territory, over a third (38%) of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander victims identified the offender as a family member (77 victims), 46% of which were an other family member (35 victims). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander female victims of Sexual assault in the Northern Territory accounted for the highest proportion (90%) of female victims across the selected jurisdictions (183 victims). (Table 20) ROBBERY Between 2016 and 2017, the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Robbery victims recorded in Queensland more than doubled, from 32 victims to 66 victims. For the other states and territories the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander victims of Robbery:
Since the beginning of the time series in 2010, the victimisation rate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Robbery victims decreased across the selected jurisdictions except for Queensland. In 2017, the majority of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander victims of Robberies were Unarmed across the selected jurisdictions. Queensland accounted for the largest number of victims for this offence (40 victims). (Table 16) Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.
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