First Nations child victims of filicide

National Agreement on Closing the Gap Outcome 13: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and households are safe.

Increase in the number of children who are safe.

Decrease in the rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children victims (0-17yrs) of filicide.

Any death due to violence is not acceptable. A low or decreasing rate is desirable.

2022–23

Number of victims of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children who are victims of filicide.

Data element: Person—victim of homicide
Data source: AIC NHMP
Data source type: Administrative

Number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 0–17 in the population.

Data element : Person
Data source: ABS Estimates and Projections, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians
Data source type: Estimates

This measure is expressed as a number per 100,000 people aged 0–17.

100,000 x (Numerator/Denominator)

For each financial year, nationally, by: 

• sex
• state and territory.

Data for the National Homicide Monitoring Program (NHMP) are derived from both police records and coronial records. Data from police records are cross-referenced with coronial records from the NCIS. NHMP data are supplemented with material from court documents where available. The NHMP collects information on homicide incidents, victims and offenders. The homicide classification used here is based on the closest relationship between the victim and primary offender. Filicide include homicides where the relationship of the victim to the offender was the custodial, non-custodial or step-child of the offender. Includes biological, adopted and foster children.
In the NHMP, homicide refers to: 

• all cases resulting in a person or persons being charged with murder or manslaughter
• all murder–suicides classed as murder by police
• all driving causing death offences where the offender was charged with murder, manslaughter or equivalent offences
• all other deaths classed as homicides by police, including infanticides, whether or not an offender was apprehended.

It excludes attempts to unlawfully kill and conspiracy to kill.