Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research

Sexual assault offences 

PROGRESS THROUGH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM



There are various stages of the criminal justice system between reporting a criminal incident and conviction. An incident can fail to proceed to the next level at each of these stages. For instance, an offence might be reported to police but the offender not found. Another reported offence might proceed all the way to trial but the defendant found not guilty.

The infographic shows the number of sexual offences at various stages of the criminal justice process for sexual offences involving adult victims (aged 16 years and over at the time of the incident) and child victims (aged under 16 years at the time of the incident).


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SEXUAL ASSAULT INCIDENTS REPORTED TO POLICE


This infographic provides information on sexual assault incidents recorded by the NSW Police, including:This infographic provides information on sexual offence incidents reported to, and recorded by the NSW Police Force, including:

  • the number, rates and trends in sexual offence incidents in NSW (sexual assault, and sexual touching and other sexual offences)

  • information about the types of sexual assault, including:

    • adult sexual assault (incident occurring and reported when the victim is 16 years of age or older)

    • child sexual assault (incident occurring and reported when the victim is under 16 years of age)

    • historical child sexual assault (incident occurring when the victim is under 16 years of age and reported when aged 16 years or older)

  • information about victims and perpetrators including their gender and age

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​​SEXUAL ASSAULT REGIONAL COMPARISON TOOL

​Sexual Assault Regional Comparison tool


This tool provides information on sexual assault incidents reported to, or detected by, the NSW Police Force.  It contains regional data for NSW, Greater Sydney, Regional NSW, Statistical Areas and Local Government Areas, for the past five years.

This tool can be used to identify:

  • Number of incidents in each 12-month period
  • Trends over two and five years
  • Number of incidents per month
  • Rate per 100,000 population
  • Ratio of region rate compared with NSW rate
  • Graph of reported incidents over time





Report: Sexual Assault ​Regional  Comparison Tool - (Excel 159Kb)​