VICTORIA POLICE CRIME STATISTICS (SEXUAL VIOLENCE)

DASHBOARD METADATA

Collection Type Administrative by-product

Geographic Coverage Victoria Local Government Area Police Region Postcode

Frequency Quarterly

Data Availability Detailed publication / report publicly available Data cubes / spreadsheets publicly available

CONTACT DETAILS

Data custodian: Crime Statistics Agency (CSA)
Telephone: (03) 8684 1808
Email: info@crimestatistics.vic.gov.au
Web Address: https://www.crimestatistics.vic.gov.au/

DESCRIPTION

The Crime Statistics Agency (CSA) publishes quarterly and annual recorded crime statistics, including summary information about unique alleged offenders, unique victims, recorded criminal incidents, recorded offences, alleged offender incidents, family incidents, and victim reports.

COLLECTION HISTORY

Collection commenced: 2004
Breaks in series: None
Other details: Data are available from July 2004. Prior to this, data are available on the Victoria Police website or from Victoria Police.

COLLECTION METHODOLOGY

At the beginning of each data cycle, the CSA receives data from the Victoria Police Law Enforcement Assistance Program (LEAP) database.

SCOPE AND COVERAGE

Criminal offences reported to and recorded by Victoria Police on the LEAP database.

DEFINITION OF FAMILY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

For Victorian family and domestic violence data, please refer to the Victorian Family Violence Database page in the Directory.

DEFINITION OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE

Sexual offences - Acts, or intent of acts, of a sexual nature against another person, which are non-consensual or where consent is proscribed (for example, the person is legally deemed incapable of giving consent because of youth or temporary/permanent incapacity). Includes rape, indecent assault, incest, sexual offences against children, other sexual offences.

DATA AVAILABILITY AND DISSEMINATION

Data is presented in PDF and Excel formats, as well as in a crime location tool and data visualisations:

https://www.crimestatistics.vic.gov.au/crime-statistics

PUBLICATIONS

Research publications related to sexual offences:

https://www.crimestatistics.vic.gov.au/research-and-evaluation/publications/sexual-offences

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	SV
Environmental factors
Psycho-social factors	SV
Risk	SV
Community prevalence	SV
Community incidence	SV
Incident/Experience	SV
Characteristics of incident	SV
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 AVAILABILITY
	Victim/Respondent	Perpetrator
Socio-demographic	SV	SV
Sex	SV	SV
Age	SV	SV
Indigenous status		SV
Cultural and linguistic diversity
Marital status
Disability status
Employment status
Educational attainment
Socioeconomic status
Mental health
Other	SV investigation status (arrest, summons, caution/warning, penalty notice, intent to summons, other, unsolved)	SV outcome (arrest, summons, caution/official warning, intent to summons, other)

EVENT

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

DATA ITEMS	DATA AVAILABILITY
Location	SV
Home/residential location	SV
Workplace/place of study	SV education
Public transport	SV
At a place of entertainment or recreation	SV
Other public place	SV
Other	SV
Relationship	SV
Current partner/spouse	SV spouse; defacto; gay or lesbian domestic partner; boyfriend/girlfriend
Previous partner/spouse	SV former spouse or defacto; former intimate relationship; former boyfriend/girlfriend
Boyfriend/girlfriend/date	SV
Parent	SV
Child	SV
Sibling	SV
Other relative/family member	SV
Other known person	SV
Stranger	SV
Other	SV family member (includes parent, child, step parent, step child, sibling, other familial relationship and other lineal relationship) non-family member (includes acquaintance, business associate/colleague, co-resident, employer/employee, neighbour and other known person)
Other characteristics
Weapon use
Alcohol/other substance involved
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