Offenders of FDV-related offences proceeded against by police

4.3 People who choose to use violence are held to account through police and justice systems, with services and systems working together to actively identify and manage risk..

Increased coordination and accountability across police and justice systems for people who use violence.

Rates of offenders of FDV-related offences proceeded against by police.

A decrease in the rate of offenders who commit FDV-related offences may indicate that people are choosing not to use family and domestic violence.  
However, not all FDV-related offences are reported to police. Changes in offender rates over time can be influenced by greater detection, or more reporting to police. The data from this measure should be considered alongside prevalence rates for family and domestic violence.

2022–23

The number of people proceeded against by police for at least one family and domestic violence related offence.

Data element: Offenders—FDV offence
Data source: ABS Recorded Crime - Offenders
Data source type: Administrative

All people aged 10 years and over.

Data element: Person
Data source: ABS National, state and territory population
Data source type: Estimates

This measure is expressed as the number of offenders per 100,000 people aged 10 years and over based on the estimated population for the same time period.

100,000 x (Numerator/Denominator)

For each financial year, nationally, by: 

• age
• sex
• state and territory.

Within the context of national Recorded Crime – Offenders statistics, a FDV-related offence is defined as an offence involving at least two persons who are in a specified family or domestic relationship, and which has been determined by police officers to be family and/or domestic violence related as part of their investigation.

A specified family or domestic relationship includes:

• Partner/spouse/husband/wife (including former)
• Boyfriend/girlfriend (including ex-boyfriend/girlfriend)
• Parent (including step-parents)
• Child (including step-children)
• Other relatives (including but not limited to grandparents, siblings, aunt/uncle, cousin, niece/nephew)
• Carer
• Kinship relationships

For the purposes of this publication, FDV-related offences are limited to the following ANZSOC division/subdivision offence types:

• 01 Homicide and related offences
• 02 Acts intended to cause injury
• 03 Sexual assault and related offences
• 05 Abduction, harassment and other offences against the person
• 121 Property damage
• 153 Breach of violence and non-violence orders. 

Caution is advised when making comparisons across jurisdictions.