QUEENSLAND POLICE STATISTICS

DASHBOARD METADATA

Collection Type Administrative by-product

Geographic Coverage Queensland Regions and districts

Frequency Annual

Data Availability Data cubes / spreadsheets publicly available

CONTACT DETAILS

Data custodian: Queensland Police
Telephone: (07) 3015 5545
Email: statisticalservices@police.qld.gov.au
Web Address: https://www.police.qld.gov.au/

DESCRIPTION

Data includes reported incidents and offences that came to the attention of and were recorded by Queensland Police.

COLLECTION HISTORY

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

COLLECTION METHODOLOGY

After becoming aware of an offence the reporting officer contacts the Information and Communications Technology Command (ICT) by telephone as soon as practicable. A twenty-four hour data entry service exists within ICT to facilitate this process. The offence is then recorded in the Queensland Police Records and Information Management Exchange (QPRIME), classified and counted by the data entry staff.

SCOPE AND COVERAGE

Offences reported to and recorded by Queensland Police.

DEFINITION OF FAMILY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Family and domestic violence is defined in the Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 as behaviour by a person towards another person with whom the first person is in an intimate personal, family, or informal care relationship, that is:

• physically or sexually abusive; or
• emotionally or psychologically abusive; or
• economically abusive; or
• threatening; or
• coercive; or
• in any other way controls or dominates the second person and causes the second person to fear for the second person’s safety or well-being or that of someone else.

Breach Domestic Violence (Family Protection) Act Order/Release Conditions – Includes Breach of Domestic Violence Order, and/or conditions of the Order (i.e. Breach DVO); Breach of Release Conditions; Breach of a registered interstate Order including conditions and Breach of Police Protection Notice. Excludes Application for Domestic Violence, Restraining Order.

DEFINITION OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE

Sexual Offences are comprised of ‘rape,' 'attempted rape,’ and ‘other sexual offences’:

• Rape - where any person has carnal knowledge of another person without that person’s consent, or with that persons consent if it is obtained by force, or by means of threats or intimidation, or by exercise of authority, fear of bodily harm, or by false and fraudulent representations as to the nature of the act or by a mistaken belief induced by the accused person that the accused person was the person’s sexual partner.

• Attempted Rape - a person attempting to have carnal knowledge of another person without that person’s consent.

• Other sexual offences – comprises of Indecent assaults on adults; Indecent treatment of children; Assault with intent to commit rape; Sexual Assault (Other); Unlawful carnal knowledge; Incest; Sexual offences - consent prescribed (other); Bestiality; Indecent Acts; Wilful obscene exposure (Crim. Code); Sexual offences (other) 18 and over; Sexual offences (other) child under 18; and Wilful Obscene Exposure.

DATA AVAILABILITY AND DISSEMINATION

Online crime map, interactive data tool, and data tables available for download:

https://www.police.qld.gov.au/rti/published/about/Crime+Statistics.htm

Queensland Police Service - Online Crime Map

PUBLICATIONS

N/A

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
Psycho-social factors	FDV & SV
Risk	FDV & SV
Community prevalence	FDV & SV
Community incidence	FDV & SV
Incident/Experience
Characteristics of incident
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	FDV & SV
Sex	SV	FDV & SV
Age	SV	FDV & SV
Indigenous status	SV	FDV & SV
Cultural and linguistic diversity
Marital status
Disability status
Employment status
Educational attainment
Socioeconomic status
Mental health
Other		FDV breach of domestic violence protection order

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
Relationship	FDV & SV
Current partner/spouse	FDV & SV
Previous partner/spouse
Boyfriend/girlfriend/date	FDV & SV
Parent	FDV & SV
Child	FDV & SV
Sibling
Other relative/family member	FDV & SV
Other known person	SV
Stranger	SV
Other	FDV & SV Divorced (ex-boyfriend; ex-de facto; ex-girlfriend; ex-partner; ex-spouse; separated partner or spouse) Couple (partner not elsewhere classified) SV Professional (associate; carer; client; colleague; educator; guardian; patient; professional; student; teacher; tutor) Work (co-worker; employee; employer; known through employment; worker)
Other characteristics	FDV & SV
Weapon use	FDV & SV most serious weapon used
Alcohol/other substance involved	FDV & SV police officer's perception that one or more of the offenders were affected by alcohol/drug/volatile substance
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