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§ Two in three homicide victims were male (69% or 29 victims);

§ 58% of all homicide victims knew the offender (22 victims), with one in five victims identifying the offender as a family member (21% or 8 victims);

§ Murder victims accounted for 46% (19 victims) of all homicide victims; and

§ The most common location in which murder occurred was a residential location (46% or 11 victims).

There was a 1.5% increase in the number of sexual assault victims in South Australia, from 1,337 in 2012 to 1,357 in 2013. In South Australia:

§ The majority of sexual assault victims were female (86% or 1,164 victims);

§ Half of all sexual assault victims were aged 19 years and under (52% or 699 victims);

§ The most common location in which sexual assault occurred was a residential location (69% or 931 victims); and

§ The offender was known to four in five victims of sexual assault (79% or 1,074 victims), with just over one in four victims (27% or 364 victims) identifying the offender as a family member.

There was a 20% decrease in the number of robbery victims in South Australia, from 976 in 2012 to a four year low of 778 in 2013. In South Australia:

§ Two in three person victims of robbery were male (64% or 398 victims);

§ The most common location in which robbery occurred was a street/footpath location (43% or 336 victims) followed by a retail location (30% or 236 victims);

§ Of weapons used in a robbery, a knife was the most common (55% or 191 victims); and

§ The offender was a stranger to the victim in the majority of robberies (88% or 547 victims).

There was an 18% decrease in the number of motor vehicle thefts in South Australia, from 4,418 in 2012 to a four year low of 3,633 in 2013. Nearly half of all stolen motor vehicles (48% or 1,758 victims) were stolen from an outbuilding or residential land, while just over a third (35% or 1,262 victims) were stolen from the street/footpath.

There was a 13% decrease in the number of victims of unlawful entry with intent in South Australia, from 16,435 in 2012 to a four year low of 14,354 in 2013. Two-thirds (66% or 9,518 victims) of all unlawful entry with intent victims had property taken, whilst three in four unlawful entries with intent (76% or 10,968 victims) occurred at a residential location.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

In South Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people had a higher victimisation rate than non-indigenous people for the following offences:

§ Homicide and related offences (7.7 victims per 100,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons compared to 2.0 victims per 100,000 non-indigenous persons);

§ Sexual assault (320.7 victims per 100,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons compared to 73.2 victims per 100,000 non-indigenous persons);

§ Kidnapping/abduction (23.1 victims per 100,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons compared to 3.6 victims per 100,000 non-indigenous persons); and

§ Robbery (56.4 victims per 100,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons compared to 35.8 victims per 100,000 non-indigenous persons).

Non-indigenous people had a higher victimisation rate than Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in South Australia for blackmail/extortion (2.8 victims per 100,000 non-indigenous persons compared to 0.0 victims per 100,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons).

In South Australia, a larger proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander victims of sexual assault identified a family member as the offender compared to non-indigenous victims of sexual assault (38% or 49 victims compared to 25% or 303 victims). A residential location was the most common location for sexual assault to occur for both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and non-indigenous people (82% or 102 victims and 67% or 802 victims respectively).