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Assault statistics
See also: Sexual assault statistics
The ABS defines assault as the direct infliction of force, injury or violence upon a person, including attempts or threats. ABS data for New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia have been aggregated for the following charts on location, and gender and age of victims. These states represent 94% of all assaults recorded in 2006. ABS has not released data on the victim-offender relationship since 2003, so the figure below refers to that year.
Trend in assault
Assaults, by month, 1995-2006 (number)
Source: Extracted from Australian Bureau of Statistics recorded crime data
- The trend in assaults shows an average growth of 5% each year between 1995 and 2006. This is four times the annual growth of the Australian population over the same period.
- Assault is seasonal. The number of assaults peaks in the spring and summer months of October to February, and is lowest during April to July.