The National Homicide Monitoring Program is Australia’s only national data collection on homicide incidents, victims and offenders. This report describes 264 homicide incidents recorded by Australian state and territory police between 1 July 2024 and 30 June 2025. During this 12-month period there were 279 victims of homicide and 271 identified offenders.
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Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Definition of homicide
- Data collection
- Reference period
- Homicide incidents
- Incident clearance rates
- Most serious charge
- Single and multiple victim/offender homicides
- Homicide classification
- Location of homicide incidents
- Weapon use
- Victims of homicide
- Victimisation rate
- Sex
- Child and adult victims
- Place of birth
- Indigenous status
- Missing persons
- Sex of primary offender
- Relationship with primary offender
- Cause of death
- Homicide offenders
- Sex and age
- Indigenous status
- Charge status
- Characteristics of primary victim
- Type of homicide perpetrated
- Criminal history
- History of domestic and family violence
- References
- Appendix A: Methodology
- Homicide classification
- Sex
- Indigenous status
- Geographic location
- Cause of death
- Data revisions
- Calculation of rates
- Appendix B: Homicide incidents
- Appendix C: Homicide victims
- Appendix D: Homicide offenders