COVID-19 Family Violence Data Portal

1 December 2021

December 2021 update: 

The COVID-19 portal has been expanded to include forecasting projections, which allows comparisons to be made between expected vs observed service figures.

About:

The COVID-19 Family Violence Data Portal (portal) examines Victorian family violence incidents and service use trends across more than 30 data indicators. Data housed in the portal examines trends from 1 January 2019 through to 31 December 2020, with comparisons drawn between 2019 and 2020 figures.

The portal was funded as a component of the Victorian Family Violence Database, and was developed in collaboration with over 20 Federal, State and private sector services.

The COVID-19 Family Violence Data Portal is available here (External link).

Data is included in the portal from:

· Victoria Police

· Ambulance Victoria

· Public hospital emergency presentations (Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset)

· 1800RESPECT

· Kids Helpline

· Men’s Referral Service

· MensLine

· Victims of Crime Helpline

· Victim Assistance Program

· Homelessness Data Collection (Specialist homelessness services)

· Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria

· Domestic Violence Victoria

· The Lookout

· Victoria Legal Aid

· Victorian Child Protection Service

· InTouch

· Seniors Rights Victoria

· Federal Circuit Court

· Family Court of Australia

· Department of Home Affairs

· Safe Steps