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.

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

• There were 41,002 prisoners in Australia, the lowest since the March quarter 2017.
• The national imprisonment rate and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander imprisonment rate decreased by 2% for the quarter.
• 78,401 persons were serving community-based corrections (CBC) orders, the lowest since the March quarter 2019.
• Prisoner receptions increased by 9% for the quarter up to 15,919.

• About one in three homicide offences (30%) and sexual assaults (33%) were family and domestic violence related  
• Victims of robbery increased for the fourth consecutive year to 11,775 victims
• There were 58,021 victims of motor vehicle theft in 2019, the highest number recorded in seven years

• There were 576,101 defendants finalised in Australian criminal courts.
• Traffic and vehicle regulatory offences remained the most common principal offence, comprising 34% of defendants.
• Fines remained the most common sentence type for guilty defendants (55%, 271,517).

• The 2016 PSS found financial stress, unemployment, the presence of a disability or a long-term health condition, poor or fair health, and low levels of life satisfaction were associated with women's experience of partner violence.