New CSA research on men's violence against women and girls in Victoria

The Crime Statistics Agency has today released a new 'In Fact' research paper on alleged offending committed by male offenders against female victims. It focuses on non-driving homicide, assault, sexual offence and stalking and associated offence incidents.

Key findings from In Fact 13 include:

  • Most (77%) assault, sexual offence and stalking alleged offender incidents for the year ending 31 March 2024 were committed by male offenders, predominately against female victims.
  • There has been a 25% increase in sexual offence alleged offender incidents involving adult male offenders and female victims over the 10 years to 31 March 2023.
  • 86% of the unique adult male alleged offenders in the study had a family-related non-driving homicide, assault, stalking or sexual offence against a female victim recorded in the 10 years to 31 March 2024.

For more information:

The fact sheet is available here.