Australia’s homicide rate has dropped to its second-lowest level annually since records have been kept, representing a three-decade decline of more than 50%.
There were 210 reported homicides in the most recent reporting period, which ran from July 2020 to June 2021, according to new numbers released today by the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC), which is a decrease of about 51 deaths from the prior year.
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Despite the fact that 19 restrictions and lockdowns may have contributed to the dip, rates are still falling overall, with current figures being 55% lower than during the 1989–1990 reporting period, according to AIC Deputy Director Dr. Rick Brown.
“The study demonstrates that Australia saw the second lowest homicide occurrence rate since we began reporting (0.82 per 100,000) in 2020–21, which includes various levels of COVID–19 restrictions and lockdowns,” Brown said.
“When the National Homicide Monitoring Program of the AIC began in 1990, the rate of female intimate partner homicide was 0.25 per 100,000, which is the lowest rate ever.
“10% of homicide victims were recognized as Native Americans.
The clearance rate for these incidents, according to the study, was 90% at the time of reporting, the same as it was for homicide incidents involving non-Indigenous victims.
In the most recent reporting period, 210 homicides included a total of 263 offenders.
The sole national data collection on homicide incidences, victims, and offenders is the National Homicide Monitoring Program.
All information related to homicide or manslaughter accusations, murder-suicides classified as homicide by police, traffic accidents, including drunk driving fatalities, and all other deaths classified as homicides by police.
