How To Understand The Prevalence Of Violence Against Women In Australia

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1 What are the statistics telling us about the issue of violence against women? Fiona Dowsley Director Social and Progress Reporting Australian Bureau of Statistics 13 th May 2013 Sydney, Australia

2 In this presentation A brief overview of available statistics about violence against women Headline findings about a range of violence types Looking ahead work to improve the evidence base How to find out more 2

3 Violence against women: what information is available? Information available from a range of sources: Household surveys (e.g. crime victimisation surveys, attitude surveys) Administrative data (e.g. criminal justice system data, services, ambulance data etc.) Note all different sources have strengths and limitations 3

4 The prevalence of violence against women Personal Safety Survey, 2005 Harassment Stalking Physical violence Sexual violence Violence from a current or previous partner National Homicide Monitoring Program Recorded Crime, police records (2011) General Social Survey (2010) 4

5 The prevalence of violence against women 1,459,500 women had experienced harassment in the last 12 months 195,400 women had experienced stalking in the last 12 months 864,300 men had experienced harassment in the last 12 months 110,700 men had experienced stalking in the last 12 months Source: Personal Safety Survey, 2005 (cat. no ) p.15 5

6 Women s experience of violence Source: Personal Safety Survey, 2005 (cat. no ) p.5 6

7 Current and previous partner violence 2.1% (160,100) of women had experienced current partner violence since the age of % of women who had experienced violence by their current partner had a violence order issued against their current partner as a result of the violence. For 1 in 5, violence continued. 15% (1,135,500) of women had experienced violence from a previous partner since the age of % only experienced one incident only Of the 59% of women (667,900) who experienced previous partner violence and had been pregnant during the relationship, 36% (239,800) experienced violence during pregnancy, and17% (112,000) first experienced violence during pregnancy. Source: Personal Safety Survey, 2005 (cat. no ) p. 11 7

8 Abuse experienced before the age of 15 10% of women (779,500) experienced physical abuse. 12% of women (956,600) experienced sexual abuse. 9.4% of men (702,400) experienced physical abuse. 4.5% of men (337,400) experienced sexual abuse. Source: Personal Safety Survey, 2005 (cat. no ) p.12 8

9 Lethal violence against women Source: Australian Institute of Criminology (2013) Homicide in Australia: to National Homicide Monitoring Program annual report, p

10 Violence against women recorded by police Source: ABS (2012) Recorded Crime Victims, Australia (cat. no ) 10

11 Violence against women recorded by police Female victims who identified as being of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin experienced incidents of assault: almost five times the rate of female victims who were non- Indigenous in New South Wales (3,707 per 100,000 compared to 742 per 100,000); more than 11 times the rate of female victims who were non- Indigenous in South Australia (8,588 per 100,000 compared to 750 per 100,000); and more than 11 and a half times the rate of female victims who were non-indigenous in the Northern Territory (9,770 per 100,000 compared to 837 per 100,000); Source: ABS (2012) Recorded Crime Victims, Australia (cat. no ) 11

12 Feelings of safety Feeling safe/very safe walking alone at night in local area, by Age and Sex Age in years Source: General Social Survey, 2010 (cat. no. 4159) 12

13 Looking ahead New Personal Safety Survey data will be released in October 2013 Work underway at state, territory and Australian Government levels under the auspices of the National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and their Children to improve the evidence base ABS developing a family, domestic and sexual violence data collection framework 13

14 Further ABS resources Defining the Data Challenge for Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence, Directory of Family and Domestic Violence Statistics, Personal Safety, Australia, Women s Safety Australia, Crime Victimisation, Australia, Recorded Crime - Victims, Australia, National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey, General Social Survey: Summary Results, Australia,

15 Contacts National Information & Referral Service Ph: the National Centre for Crime and Justice Statistics 15

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