NORTHERN TERRITORY POLICE STATISTICS

DASHBOARD METADATA

Collection Type Administrative by-product

Geographic Coverage Northern Territory Urban centres and NT balance

Frequency Monthly

Data Availability Detailed publication / report publicly available Data cubes / spreadsheets publicly available Additional data may be available on request

CONTACT DETAILS

Data custodian: Northern Territory Police, Fire, and Emergency Services
Telephone: (08) 8985 8801
Email: statistics.PFES@pfes.nt.gov.au
Web Address: http://www.pfes.nt.gov.au

DESCRIPTION

Public data includes assault offences that were reported to or came to the attention of Northern Territory Police.

COLLECTION HISTORY

Collection commenced: Annualised data available by month from 1 October 2007. Monthly data available from 1 July 2013. For data released prior to November 2013, refer to the Department of the Attorney-General website.
Breaks in series: None
Other details:

COLLECTION METHODOLOGY

The Northern Territory Police use the Police Real-time On-line Management Information System (PROMIS) to record incidents that come to their attention. Involvement of domestic violence and/or alcohol in the offence is determined by the NT Police at the time of the offence. In some situations it is not possible to determine whether alcohol is involved in an offence. All domestic and family violence related incidents reported to the Northern Territory Police are entered into PROMIS as ‘family violence’ cases by means of the ‘Family Violence Case’ indicator that must be checked for each incident.

SCOPE AND COVERAGE

Offences reported to and recorded by Northern Territory police.

DEFINITION OF FAMILY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Assault - The direct (and immediate/confrontational) infliction of force, injury or violence upon a person or the threat of such force, injury or violence where there is an apprehension that the threat could be enacted, excluding offences of a sexual nature.

Domestic violence includes any of the following conduct committed (or attempted/threatened to be committed) by a person against someone with whom the person is in a domestic relationship:

• conduct causing harm (such as sexual or other assault);
• damaging property;
• intimidation or stalking; and
• economic abuse.

In the Northern Territory, domestic relationships include:

• family relationships;
• custodial, guardianship and carer relationships;
• residential relationships;
• intimate personal relationships; and
• previous relationships of the above.

DEFINITION OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE

Definitions are based on the Australian and New Zealand Standard Offence Classification (cat. no. 1234.0).

Sexual assault - physical contact or intended contact of a sexual nature where the victim does not give consent, gives consent as a result of intimidation or deception, or consent is proscribed. Includes rape (actual, intended and attempted) and incest.

Non-assaultive sexual offences - offences of a sexual nature that do not involve physical contact or intended contact, and where the victim does not give consent, gives consent as a result of intimidation or deception, or consent is proscribed. Includes child pornography, voyeurism and wilful exposure.

DATA AVAILABILITY AND DISSEMINATION

Online data tool and statistical publications and data spreadsheets are available for download:

https://www.pfes.nt.gov.au/Police/Community-safety/Northern-Territory-crime-statistics.aspx

Data not published on the website may be available on request, subject to release conditions, via the application form available on the website above.

PUBLICATIONS

http://pfes.nt.gov.au/Police/Community-safety/Northern-Territory-crime-statistics/Statistical-publications.aspx

HOW THE STATISTICAL COLLECTION INFORMS NATIONAL DATA INITIATIVES

This section provides an overview of if/how the statistical collection informs or aligns with key initiatives relating to family, domestic, and sexual violence statistics. These assessments are not an ABS endorsement or indication of data quality, but are intended to assist readers in determining whether the data will meet their data needs.

Relationship to 'Defining the Data Challenge for Family, Domestic, and Sexual Violence'

The summary table below is designed to indicate whether the data source informs the six statistical elements outlined in Defining the Data Challenge for Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence, 2013 (cat. no. 4529.0).

FDV - Family and domestic violence data
SV - Sexual violence data

STATISTICAL ELEMENTS	DATA AVAILABILITY
Context
Environmental factors
Psycho-social factors
Risk	FDV & SV
Community prevalence	FDV & SV
Community incidence	FDV & SV
Incident/Experience	FDV
Characteristics of incident	FDV
Responses
Formal responses
Informal responses
Impacts/Outcomes
Programs, Research, and Evaluation

Relationship to the 'Foundation for a National Data Collection and Reporting Framework for Family, Domestic, and Sexual Violence'

The three tables below provide an indication of which data items can be informed by the data source. The data items have been conceptually grouped into the key information units - Person, Event, and Transaction - as described in the Foundation for a National Data Collection and Reporting Framework for Family, Domestic, and, Sexual Violence, 2014 (cat. no. 4529.0.00.003).

PERSON

FDV - Family and domestic violence data
SV - Sexual violence data

DATA ITEMS	DATA AVAILABILITY1
	Victim/Respondent	Perpetrator
Socio-demographic	FDV & SV	FDV & SV
Sex	FDV & SV	FDV & SV
Age	FDV & SV	FDV & SV
Indigenous status	FDV & SV	FDV & SV
Cultural and linguistic diversity
Marital status
Disability status
Employment status
Educational attainment
Socioeconomic status
Mental health
Other

[1] This data is available in the ABS Recorded Crime – Victims and Recorded Crime – Offenders publications.

EVENT

FDV - Family and domestic violence data
SV - Sexual violence data

DATA ITEMS	DATA AVAILABILITY
Location
Home/residential location
Workplace/place of study
Public transport
At a place of entertainment or recreation
Other public place
Other
Relationship
Current partner/spouse
Previous partner/spouse
Boyfriend/girlfriend/date
Parent
Child
Sibling
Other relative/family member
Other known person
Stranger
Other
Other characteristics	FDV
Weapon use
Alcohol/other substance involved	FDV
Physical injuries sustained
Hospitalisation
Other

TRANSACTION

FDV - Family and domestic violence data
SV - Sexual violence data

DATA ITEMS	DATA AVAILABILITY
Detection and prosecution
Police
Courts
Corrections
Other
Formal support
Police
Doctor/other health professional
Counsellor/social worker/mental health professional
Legal/financial service
Refuge/shelter/resource centre
Government housing/community services
Other
Informal support
Friend/family member
Pastoral care
Helpline
Other