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Australia Murder/Homicide Rate
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EmailClick to copy linkLink copiedCiteMACROTRENDS (2025). Australia Murder/Homicide Rate [Dataset]. https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/aus/australia/murder-homicide-ratecsvAvailable download formatsDataset updatedMay 31, 2025Dataset authored and provided byMACROTRENDSLicenseAttribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
License information was derived automaticallyArea coveredAustraliaDescriptionAustralia murder/homicide rate per 100K population for 2021 was 0.74, a 13.52% decline from 2020.
<ul style='margin-top:20px;'> <li>Australia murder/homicide rate per 100K population for 2020 was <strong>0.86</strong>, a <strong>2.98% decline</strong> from 2019.</li> <li>Australia murder/homicide rate per 100K population for 2019 was <strong>0.89</strong>, a <strong>0.29% increase</strong> from 2018.</li> <li>Australia murder/homicide rate per 100K population for 2018 was <strong>0.88</strong>, a <strong>4.6% increase</strong> from 2017.</li> </ul>Intentional homicides are estimates of unlawful 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. 
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MACROTRENDS (2025). Australia Murder/Homicide Rate [Dataset]. https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/aus/australia/murder-homicide-rate
csvAvailable download formats
Dataset updated
May 31, 2025Dataset authored and provided by
MACROTRENDSLicense
Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
License information was derived automatically
Area covered
AustraliaDescription
Australia murder/homicide rate per 100K population for 2021 was 0.74, a 13.52% decline from 2020.
<ul style='margin-top:20px;'>
<li>Australia murder/homicide rate per 100K population for 2020 was <strong>0.86</strong>, a <strong>2.98% decline</strong> from 2019.</li>
<li>Australia murder/homicide rate per 100K population for 2019 was <strong>0.89</strong>, a <strong>0.29% increase</strong> from 2018.</li>
<li>Australia murder/homicide rate per 100K population for 2018 was <strong>0.88</strong>, a <strong>4.6% increase</strong> from 2017.</li>
</ul>Intentional homicides are estimates of unlawful 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.