More than third of sexual assaults, homicides linked to domestic violence, ABS data shows – SASHA: South Australian Sexual Health Awareness

ABC News, Updated July 13, 20016 at 2:39pm

More than a third of sexual assaults and homicides recorded in Australia last year were domestic violence-related, according to new figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The 2015 crime statistics also show that there were 21,380 victims of sexual assault across the country, a rise of 3 per cent on the previous year, and a six year high.

Key points:

7,464 people were sexually assaulted within a domestic relationship
The majority of family-violence related victims were female
Indigenous Australians are far more likely to be the victims of some crime

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See also: Aboriginal mothers 17 times more likely to die from homicide, WA study finds

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