Youth offenders of sexual assault and related offences

5.5 Children and young people have equal, healthy, and respectful relationships.

Decrease in rate of youth offender of sexual assault and related offences.

Rates of offending of sexual assaults and related offences among youth offenders.

A decrease in offending rates of sexual assaults and related offences may indicate that fewer people are choosing to use sexual violence. 
However, not all sexual assaults and related offences are reported to police. Changes in offender rates over time can be influenced by greater detection, or more reporting. The data from this measure should be considered alongside prevalence rates for sexual violence.

2022–23

The number of people aged 10–17 proceeded against by police for sexual assault and related offences.

Data element: Offender—principal offence of sexual assault
Data source: ABS Recorded Crime – Offenders
Data source type: Administrative

Estimated resident population of those 10–17.

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

This measure is expressed as the number of offenders per 100,000 people aged 10–17 based on the estimated population for the same time period.

100,000 x (Numerator/Denominator)

For each financial year, by: 

• state and territory 
• sex
• age.

Sexual assault and related offences are acts, or intent of acts, of a sexual nature against another person, which are non-consensual or where consent is proscribed. This is a division of ANZSOC which includes the following subdivisions: sexual assault (031) and non-assaultive sexual offences (032).