Crime and justice

•  Two in five Australian adults had experienced violence since age of 15.
•  One in six women and one in seventeen men experienced partner violence.
•  One in two women and one in four men had experienced sexual harassment.
•  One in six women and one in ten men experienced abuse before age of 15.

• 43,073 prisoners were in custody, up 3% (1,289) from the June quarter 2020.
• 15,219 prisoners in custody were unsentenced, up 5% (660) from last quarter and 10% (1,384) from the June quarter 2020.
• 78,785 persons were serving community-based corrections (CBC) orders, up 2% (1,256) from last quarter and down 2% (1,626) from the June quarter 2020.

• There was a 23% decrease in unlawful entry with intent and other theft, and a 17% drop in motor vehicle theft from 2019.
• Coinciding with COVID-19 restrictions, these offences declined to the lowest numbers in over twenty-five years.
• Family and domestic violence related sexual assault increased 13% from 2019.

• 7,627 federal defendants were finalised in 2019–20, down 19% from 2018–19
• 79% of federal defendants finalised were male
• Harassment and threatening behaviour remained the most common principal federal offence (46%)
• Fines were the most common principal sentence (34% of defendants with a guilty outcome).

• 5.9% of women and 5.6% of men living with disability or a long-term health condition experienced violence in 2016
• The risk of violence was greater for adults with intellectual/psychological disability than those with physical disability

Contains annual national information on prisoners in custody at 30 June, including demographic information, imprisonment rates, most serious offence.

• 486,422 defendants were finalised in Criminal Courts, down 16% from 2018–19.
• 75% of defendants finalised were male.
• Traffic and vehicle regulatory offences remained the most common principal offence (34%).
• Fines were the most common principal sentence (53% of defendants with a guilty outcome).

In the last 12 months:  

• 467,800 persons (2.3%) experienced physical assault
• 492,900 persons (2.4%) experienced face-to-face threatened assault
• 238,100 households (2.4%) experienced a break-in
• 448,800 households (4.6%) experienced malicious property damage

In 2019–20:

• there were 374,645 offenders proceeded against by police in Australia
• there was a 5% decrease in the number of offenders since 2018–19
• the number of recorded offenders was the lowest since the time series began in 2008–09

A report on findings exploring potential options to develop national family and domestic violence statistics for correctional services agencies

Contains data about persons who experienced selected personal fraud offences, including card fraud, identity theft and a range of personal scams

Identifies the key data items and recording formats required to improve reporting of family, domestic and sexual violence in Australia

Outlines the strategies and actions required to address critical data gaps and improve the evidence base for family, domestic, and sexual violence

Presents statistical conceptual information relating to family, domestic and sexual violence and describes the main concepts, sources and priorities