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WESTERN AUSTRALIA

There was a 17% decrease in the number of homicide victims in Western Australia, from 53 in 2012 to 44 in 2013. In Western Australia:

§ Just under three in five homicide victims were male (57% or 25 victims);

§ Murder victims accounted for just over three in four homicide victims (77% or 34 victims); and

§ The most common location in which murder occurred was a residential location (61% or 20 victims).

There was a 2.9% increase in the number of sexual assault victims in Western Australia, from 1,774 in 2012 to a four year high of 1,825 in 2013. In Western Australia:

§ The majority of sexual assault victims (86% or 1,568 victims) were female;

§ Three in five sexual assault victims (60% or 1,104 victims) were aged 19 years and under; and

§ The most common location in which sexual assault occurred was a residential location (71% or 1,299 victims).

There was a 12% decrease in the number of robbery victims in Western Australia, from 1,639 in 2012 to a four year low of 1,438 in 2013. In Western Australia:

§ Two-thirds of all person victims of robbery were male (66% or 772 victims); and

§ The most common location in which robbery occurred was a street or footpath (34% or 492 victims), followed by a retail location (26% or 379 victims).