Historical chart and dataset showing Australia crime rate per 100K population by year from 1990 to 2021.

In 2024, approximately 3,354 people were imprisoned in Australia for homicide and related offences. The number of people imprisoned for homicide has risen by around 300 people over the past ten years.

In 2024, there were approximately 28.29 thousand non-indigenous prisoners and around 15.87 thousand Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prisoners incarcerated across Australia. The number of people imprisoned in Australia has risen considerably in 2017, and dropped slightly in the years after.

In 2024, around 632 number of people were imprisoned for property damage or environmental pollution in Australia. In the previous year, around 562 number of people were imprisoned for the same reason.

Suburb-based crime statistics for crimes against the person and crimes against property. The Crime statistics datasets contain all offences against the person and property that were reported to police in that respective financial year. The Family and Domestic Abuse-related offences datasets are a subset of this, in that a separate file is presented for these offences that were flagged as being of a family and domestic abuse nature for that financial year. Consequently the two files for the same financial year must not be added together.

The Northern Territory crime statistics are prepared by the Department of the Attorney-General and Justice using data recorded by the Northern Territory Police. The statistics on this site are updated on a monthly basis. Earlier quarterly crime statistics are available on the Department of the Attorney-General and Justice website.

In 2024, around 2,570 people were imprisoned for robbery or extortion in Australia. In the previous year, around 2,588 people were imprisoned for the same reason.

Postcode-based crime statistics for crimes against the person and crimes against property. The Crime statistics datasets contain all offences against the person and property that were reported to …Show full descriptionPostcode-based crime statistics for crimes against the person and crimes against property. The Crime statistics datasets contain all offences against the person and property that were reported to police in that respective financial year. For more information please see the original spreadsheet. Source: The data was downloaded from data.sa.gov.au and summarised by the Adelaide Data Hub to generate monthly Crime Statistics datasets at Offence Level 3. The data was spatialised using South Australian suburbs boundaries which was dissolved to reflect the postcode boundaries. Copyright attribution: Government of South Australia - South Australian Police, (2020): ; accessed from AURIN on 12/3/2020. Licence type: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

This dataset contains suburb-based crime statistics for crimes against the person and crimes against property in South Australia from July 2015 to June 2016.

For more information please see the original spreadsheet.

Source: The data was downloaded from data.sa.gov.au and summarised by the Adelaide Data Hub to generate monthly crime statistics for the Offence Level 3 Descriptions. The data was then spatialised using South Australian suburbs boundaries.

In 2024, around 12,315 people were imprisoned for assault or acts intended to cause injury in Australia. The figure has stayed above the 9,000 mark since 2017.

These summary statistics show Crimes, Offences, miss conduct, damages etc for 2011-2015 for the Greater Geelong Region. This information was extracted from http://www.crimestatistics.vic.gov.au/ for …Show full descriptionThese summary statistics show Crimes, Offences, miss conduct, damages etc for 2011-2015 for the Greater Geelong Region. This information was extracted from http://www.crimestatistics.vic.gov.au/ for our LGA. Although all due care has been taken to ensure that these data are correct, no warranty is expressed or implied by the City of Greater Geelong in their use.

In 2024, around 3,763 number of people were imprisoned for unlawful entry with intent in Australia. In the previous year, the figure stood around 3,594 number of people.

This data shows the types of crimes by persons convicted. It shows the data as a percentage of all conviction types.

Australia Intentional Homicides: Male: per 100,000 Male data was reported at 1.223 Ratio in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.278 Ratio for 2015. Australia Intentional Homicides: Male: per 100,000 Male data is updated yearly, averaging 1.601 Ratio from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2016, with 17 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.520 Ratio in 2002 and a record low of 1.223 Ratio in 2016. Australia Intentional Homicides: Male: per 100,000 Male data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.World Bank: Health Statistics. Intentional homicides, male are estimates of unlawful male homicides purposely inflicted as a result of domestic disputes, interpersonal violence, violent conflicts over land resources, intergang violence over turf or control, and predatory violence and killing by armed groups. Intentional homicide does not include all intentional killing; the difference is usually in the organization of the killing. Individuals or small groups usually commit homicide, whereas killing in armed conflict is usually committed by fairly cohesive groups of up to several hundred members and is thus usually excluded.; ; UN Office on Drugs and Crime's International Homicide Statistics database.; ;

This dataset presents indicator 12.3: Rate of crimes where the victim was a child or young person. The data covers the financial years of 2012/13-2014/15 and is aggregated by Local Government Areas (LGA) from the 2011 Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS). This dataset is part of the Victorian Department of Education and Training's Victorian Child and Adolescent Monitoring System (VCAMS) data release. This dataset is sourced from the Law Enforcement Assistance Program. The VCAMS Framework comprises 150 indicators as agreed by the Children's Service Coordination Board. It incorporates 35 outcomes that relate to aspects of children's health, development, safety, learning and well-being in four categories - the child, families, community, and supports and services. For more information, please visit VCAMS Indicators. Please note: AURIN has spatially enabled the original data. Where data values were "NDP" (no data provided) in the original data they have been set to null.

Australia Intentional Homicides: Female: per 100,000 Female data was reported at 0.661 Ratio in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.707 Ratio for 2015. Australia Intentional Homicides: Female: per 100,000 Female data is updated yearly, averaging 0.845 Ratio from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2016, with 17 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.424 Ratio in 2000 and a record low of 0.661 Ratio in 2016. Australia Intentional Homicides: Female: per 100,000 Female data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.World Bank: Health Statistics. Intentional homicides, female are estimates of unlawful female homicides purposely inflicted as a result of domestic disputes, interpersonal violence, violent conflicts over land resources, intergang violence over turf or control, and predatory violence and killing by armed groups. Intentional homicide does not include all intentional killing; the difference is usually in the organization of the killing. Individuals or small groups usually commit homicide, whereas killing in armed conflict is usually committed by fairly cohesive groups of up to several hundred members and is thus usually excluded.; ; UN Office on Drugs and Crime's International Homicide Statistics database.; ;

The COVID-19 pandemic and the temporary closure of non-essential premises severely disrupted the industry’s performance. The crime rate plummeted in response to the stay-at-home pandemic restrictions but has rebounded since they were eased and removed. During the pandemic, companies scaled back installation activity while non-essential premises were closed, but they continued generating revenue from monitoring existing systems to prevent theft, vandalism and unauthorised personnel. Favourable trends in non-residential building and infrastructure construction, along with the stable flow of monitoring revenue from the industrial, utility and mining markets, have supported the industry’s performance. However, deteriorating residential building construction activity and household discretionary incomes over the past five years have curbed spending on home security and monitoring. The household market has also been exposed to substitution by do-it-yourself (DIY) homeowners and small business owners, who are installing easy-to-install security devices like solid-state automated alarms and surveillance systems managed through home computers or smartphone apps. Overall, revenue is expected to have declined an annualised 0.8% over the five years through 2024-25, to $2.3 billion. Revenue is anticipated to climb 1.2% in 2024-25 on the back of favourable trends in non-residential building construction and an upswing in dwelling commencements. Despite the improved revenue, inflationary pressures and intense competition are set to pressure industry profitability, keeping it stable. Industry employment has inched downwards over the five years through 2024-25, but wage costs’ revenue share has climbed as companies have been forced to raise average wage rates to retain skilled workers. Industry revenue is forecast to climb at an annualised 1.3% through the end of 2029-30, to $2.5 billion. The rollout of new security technologies and the community's perception of growing crime rates will support revenue growth. Favourable trends in household discretionary income and an upswing in residential building construction are set to drive spending on security systems installation and monitoring services, particularly commercial-grade systems for high-rise apartment developments. The industry's performance will be buoyed by moderate growth in the construction of commercial and institutional buildings, notably retail stores, transport terminals and hospitals that require access control and surveillance systems.

The United States had, by far, the highest homicide rate of the G7 countries between 2000 and 2023. In 2023, it reached 5.76 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants, a decrease from 6.78 in 2021. By comparison, Canada, the G7 nation with the second-highest homicide rate, had 1.98 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants in 2023. Out of each G7 nation, Japan had the lowest rate with 0.23 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants.

This statistic presents the results of a survey on perceived leading causes of death through interpersonal violence in Australia as of October 2018. According to data published by Ipsos, around ** percent of Australian respondents thought that most people killed through interpersonal violence in 2015 died from sharp objects such as knives, when the actual share of knife victims in 2015 was around ** percent of all violent deaths in Australia.

BackgroundThere is a need for both descriptive and analytical evidence on the factors associated with older adult homicide. The current landscape is insufficient because most published research is confined to the United States, and contains insufficient data about the homicide context. This study protocol describes the proposed method for examining the characteristics and factors associated with older adult homicide in the Australian state of Victoria, using data generated for the criminal and coronial investigation into these deaths stored in the Victorian Homicide Register (VHR). Outcomes will support practitioners, policy makers and other key stakeholders to strengthen prevention strategies to reduce the risk of future homicides among older Victorians.MethodsThis study will comprise a single-jurisdiction population-based cross-sectional design to analyse consecutive cases of homicide among community-dwelling older adults in Victoria, Australia for the period 2001 to 2015. All homicides of adults aged 18 years and older, and where the Coroner’s investigation is completed at data extraction will be included. Variables will be selected in accordance with elements of the social-ecological model (i.e., individual, interpersonal, incident, and community). This will include: socio-demographic characteristics; presence of mental or physical illness; deceased-offender relationship; nature of any abuse between the deceased and offender; incident location and weapon used; the presence of alcohol or drugs; and criminal justice outcomes. Homicide rates per 100,000 population will be calculated for older adults (aged 65 years and older) and younger adults (aged 18–64 years), and compared as rate ratios using Poisson regression. Descriptive statistics and cross-tabulation will be generated for factors associated with homicide for older compared to younger adults. Homicide typologies based on deceased-offender relationship and motive will be explored within group and family homicides will be compared between older and younger adults.