Abstract
The National Homicide Monitoring Program is Australia’s only national data collection on homicide incidents, victims and offenders. This report describes the 218 homicide incidents recorded by Australian state and territory police between 1 July 2021 and 30 June 2022. During this 12-month period there were 234 victims of homicide and 279 identified offenders.
Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Data collection
- Definition of homicide
- Homicide classification
- Calculation of rates
- Data amendments and revision
- Reference period
- Homicide incidents
- Incident clearance rates
- Most serious charge
- Single and multiple victim/offender homicides
- Homicide classification
- Location of homicide incidents
- Circumstances and preceding events
- Weapon use
- Alcohol- and drug-related homicides
- Victims of homicide
- Victimisation rate
- Sex and place of birth
- Child and adult victims
- Victim relationship with primary offender
- Indigenous victims
- Non-Indigenous victims
- Missing persons
- Cause of death
- Homicide offenders
- Sex and age
- Type of homicide perpetrated
- Indigenous offenders
- Non-Indigenous offenders
- Criminal history
- Offender disability and mental health
- References