NEW SOUTH WALES FAMILY, DOMESTIC, AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE DATASETS

DASHBOARD METADATA

Collection Type Administrative by-product

Geographic Coverage New South Wales Local Government Area

Frequency More than annual

Data Availability Data cubes / spreadsheets publicly available Agency annual report Customised data - free upon request Customised data - charged consultancy

CONTACT DETAILS

Data custodian: New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research
Telephone: (02) 8346 1100
Email: bcsr@justice.nsw.gov.au
Web Address: https://www.bocsar.nsw.gov.au/

DESCRIPTION

Contains a collection of significant crime, court and custody datasets compiled by the New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR).

COLLECTION HISTORY

Collection commenced: 1997
Break in series: None
Other details:

COLLECTION METHODOLOGY

BOCSAR's default counting unit for crime data is criminal incidents. Criminal incidents are activities detected by or reported to police which involve the same offender(s) and victim(s); occur at the one location during one uninterrupted period of time; and fall into one offence category and one incident type. BOCSAR also reports on victims who have come to the attention of the New South Wales (NSW) Police Force either because they reported a crime against them or the crime was otherwise detected, and on alleged offenders or 'Persons of Interest' who have had a legal action commenced against them by the NSW Police Force.

The default counting unit for courts data is charges, persons charged or persons found guilty in finalised court appearances in NSW criminal courts. Courts data is sourced from the JusticeLink system which contains information on the offences, case outcomes and sentences associated with defendants dealt with by NSW criminal courts.

SCOPE AND COVERAGE

BOCSAR's crime data consist of criminal incidents reported to, or detected by, police and recorded on the NSW Police Force's Computerised Operational Policing System (COPS).

'Domestic violence related' data is available for selected offences against the person including assault, murder, attempted murder, manslaughter, murder accessory/conspiracy, sexual offences, harassment/threatening behaviour, abduction/kidnapping and malicious damage to property.

The scope of courts data includes defendants dealt with by NSW Higher, Local, and Children’s Courts. Offence data is based on the Australian and New Zealand Standard Offence Classification (cat. no. 1234.0).

DEFINITION OF FAMILY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Offences which the NSW Police Force have flagged as 'domestic violence related'.

DEFINITION OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE

Sexual assault includes the police incident categories of sexual assault, aggravated sexual assault and assault with intent to have sexual intercourse.

Indecent assault, act of indecency and other sexual offences includes more than ten police incident categories some of which are acts of indecency, aggravated acts of indecency, incest, carnal knowledge, wilful and obscene exposure, peep or pry, bestiality, and grooming/procuring.

DATA AVAILABILITY AND DISSEMINATION

Data is accessible via an online crime mapping tool, other online data tools, Local Government Area data tables, and annual and quarterly crime reports:

https://www.bocsar.nsw.gov.au/Pages/bocsar_datasets/Datasets-.aspx

https://www.bocsar.nsw.gov.au/Pages/bocsar_crime_stats/bocsar_crime_stats.aspx

Customised datasets are available from BOCSAR on request, subject to release conditions.

PUBLICATIONS

Annual and quarterly crime reports.

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	FDV & SV
Environmental factors	FDV & SV
Psycho-social factors	FDV & SV
Risk	FDV & SV
Community prevalence	FDV & SV
Community incidence	FDV & SV
Incident/Experience	FDV & SV
Characteristics of incident	FDV & SV
Responses	FDV & SV
Formal responses	FDV & SV
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	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	FDV apprehended violence orders; breaches of apprehended violence orders	FDV apprehended violence orders; breaches of apprehended violence orders; reoffending SV criminal courts; reoffending

EVENT

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

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

TRANSACTION

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

DATA ITEMS	DATA AVAILABILITY
Detection and prosecution	FDV & SV
Police	FDV & SV
Courts	FDV & SV
Corrections	FDV & SV
Other	FDV & SV
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