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Australian Crime: Facts and Figures 2002
Victims of assault
Assault victims, gender and relationship to offender, percentages, 2001
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics 2002, Recorded crime Australia 2001, cat. no. 4510.0
What this chart shows
- Fifty-six per cent of assault victims were male.
- Consistent with patterns in previous years, males had higher victimisation rates than females for all age categories.
- Both males and females were most at risk of being a victim of assault while aged between 15 and 24.
- The number of male and female victims of assault increased by 7% and 8%, respectively, in 2001 compared to 2000.