4510.0 - Recorded Crime - Victims, Australia, 2010 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 23/06/2011   
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QUEENSLAND

In 2010, there were 95 victims of homicide in Queensland of whom 53% were male and 47% female. Victims of homicide knew their offender in 63% of cases, with 21% being victimised by a partner.

There were 4,241 victims of sexual assault of whom 3,491 (82%) were female. Among victims of sexual assault, 30% were victimised by a family member, including 5% who were victimised by a partner; 27% were victimised by a stranger.

In 2010, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in Queensland were victims of sexual assault at more than four times the rate of non-Indigenous persons (300.7 victims per 100,000 persons compared to 69.0 victims per 100,000 persons).

VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, Relationship of offender to victim by Indigenous status-Queensland
Graph: VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, Relationship of offender to victim by Indigenous status–Queensland


There were 1,278 person victims of robbery in Queensland of whom 76% were male. Almost 90% of robbery victims reported that the offender was a stranger.







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