--- title: Domestic homicide victims by sex and year, Australia resource: https://publicdata.au/d/au-domestic-homicide-victims/ publisher: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare licence: CC BY 4.0 licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ version: 2026-08-06 rows: 648 fields: 6 source: https://www.aihw.gov.au/getmedia/f4a9196a-9797-4b03-acc8-d72a5b83d370/AIHW-FDSV-all-data-download.xlsx source_sha256: d822a928d03fccd6ec1b6b970099e2e0f1b309e666c9d9636e87537ef53195b5 language: en-AU operator: National Digital not_endorsed: true --- # Domestic homicide victims by sex and year, Australia Domestic, intimate partner and family homicide victims in each year since 1989-90 by sex, as counts and rates per 100,000, from the National Homicide Monitoring Program via the AIHW. Updated with the AIHW data tables. Published by Australian Institute of Health and Welfare under CC BY 4.0 and republished here in other formats, with cells typed and suppressed values made null. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has not endorsed this site. Also called: Intimate partner homicide statistics Australia, Domestic homicide victims by year, National Homicide Monitoring Program domestic homicide, AIHW FDSV data tables NHMP 2. ## Download Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/au-domestic-homicide-victims/v/2026-08-06/`: - csv: https://publicdata.au/d/au-domestic-homicide-victims/latest/data.csv (38 KB) - xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/au-domestic-homicide-victims/latest/data.xlsx (24 KB) - json: https://publicdata.au/d/au-domestic-homicide-victims/latest/data.json (85 KB) - parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/au-domestic-homicide-victims/latest/data.parquet (8.3 KB) - sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/au-domestic-homicide-victims/latest/data.sqlite (66 KB) - duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/au-domestic-homicide-victims/latest/data.duckdb (100 KB) - ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/au-domestic-homicide-victims/latest/data.ndjson (84 KB) - arrow: https://publicdata.au/d/au-domestic-homicide-victims/latest/data.arrow (14 KB) - csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/au-domestic-homicide-victims/latest/data.csv.gz (3.7 KB) Pinned version 2026-08-06: `https://publicdata.au/d/au-domestic-homicide-victims/v/2026-08-06/data.`. Dated versions never change. ## Query The query API returns only the rows you ask for, as JSON, NDJSON or CSV, from the same typed rows as the files. It needs no key. Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/au-domestic-homicide-victims/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/au-domestic-homicide-victims/aggregate. - Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/au-domestic-homicide-victims/rows?unit=eq.Number&type_of_homicide=eq.Intimate%20partner&period=eq.2024%E2%80%9325&limit=5 - Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/au-domestic-homicide-victims/aggregate?group=sex&metric=sum.value&unit=eq.Number&type_of_homicide=eq.Intimate%20partner&period=eq.2024%E2%80%9325 Each filter is `field=operator.value` in the query string, and every filter must match. A number or date field compares as a number or date, and a text field compares as text. Values are case-sensitive except with `ilike`. Prefix `not.` to negate a filter, as `not.eq.value`. Operators: `eq.value`, `neq.value`, `gt.value`, `gte.value`, `lt.value`, `lte.value`, `like.*text*`, `ilike.*text*`, `in.(a,b,c)`, `is.null`. - `select`: Fields to return, comma-separated. Every field when absent. - `order`: `field.asc` or `field.desc`, comma-separated. The publisher's row order when absent. - `limit`: Rows per page, 1 to 10,000. 100 when absent. - `offset`: Rows to skip. The `next` URL in each answer sets it for you. - `group`: On `aggregate`, fields to group by, comma-separated. - `metric`: On `aggregate`, `count`, `sum.field`, `avg.field`, `min.field` or `max.field`, comma-separated. `count` when absent. - `format`: `json`, `ndjson` or `csv`. JSON carries the provenance header, and the others carry it in response headers. Without a version the API answers from the newest loaded version, and that answer changes when the publisher releases again. Put `versions//` before `rows` or `aggregate` for an answer that never changes. `/api/v1/datasets//versions` lists the loaded versions. The API allows 60 requests in 10 seconds from one address. Above that it answers 429 for 10 seconds with a `Retry-After` header, a `RateLimit-Policy` header and a JSON body that gives the limit. Every API answer carries the same `RateLimit-Policy`. A client should wait the `Retry-After` seconds, or read the files, which have no limit. OpenAPI for this dataset: https://publicdata.au/d/au-domestic-homicide-victims/openapi.json ## Explore Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/au-domestic-homicide-victims/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded. ## Fields | field | type | publisher's header | note | |---|---|---|---| | `sex` | string | Sex | | | `period` | string | Period | The financial year, such as 2024–25. | | `type_of_homicide` | string | Type of homicide | | | `unit` | string | Unit | | | `value` | number | Value | | | `data_flag` | string | Data flag | An asterisk where the rate is based on fewer than 20 victims. | ## Versions - 2026-08-06: 648 rows, 6 fields, sha256 d822a928d03f. https://publicdata.au/d/au-domestic-homicide-victims/v/2026-08-06/ Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/au-domestic-homicide-victims/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/au-domestic-homicide-victims/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/au-domestic-homicide-victims/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/au-domestic-homicide-victims/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/au-domestic-homicide-victims/history.tar.zst ## Same subject, other publishers - [Family and domestic abuse-related offences by postcode and quarter, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-family-domestic-abuse-offences/) (SA) - [Reported offences by month, Queensland, from July 1997](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-offences-monthly/) (Qld) - [Youth justice services, Report on Government Services](https://publicdata.au/d/rogs-youth-justice/) (Cth) - [Corrective services, Report on Government Services](https://publicdata.au/d/rogs-corrective-services/) (Cth) - [Recorded criminal incidents by council area and month, NSW](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-recorded-crime-by-lga/) (NSW) - [Recorded offences by region and month, Northern Territory](https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crime-statistics/) (NT) - [Traffic infringements and charges issued by police district, Queensland, from 2013-14](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-traffic-infringements-issued/) (Qld) - [Young people in youth detention each day by sex, Queensland 2011 to 2016](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-youth-detention-daily-by-sex/) (Qld) - [Offences reported to police by suburb and day, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-crime-statistics/) (SA) - [Recorded offences by suburb and offence, Victoria](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-recorded-offences-by-suburb/) (Vic) - [Recorded offences by council area and offence, Victoria](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-recorded-offences-by-lga/) (Vic) ## Attribution and citation Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, Family, domestic and sexual violence data tables, National Homicide Monitoring Program table NHMP 2, sourced 30 September 2026, https://www.aihw.gov.au/family-domestic-and-sexual-violence/resources/data-downloads, licensed under CC BY 4.0. The licence requires the publisher's attribution. We ask that you also name publicdata.au and link to the version you used. Plain text: Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, Family, domestic and sexual violence data tables, National Homicide Monitoring Program table NHMP 2, sourced 30 September 2026, https://www.aihw.gov.au/family-domestic-and-sexual-violence/resources/data-downloads, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-domestic-homicide-victims/v/2026-08-06/ Harvard: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2026) Domestic homicide victims by sex and year, Australia, version 2026-08-06 [data set], CC BY 4.0, sourced 30 September 2026. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au. Available at: https://publicdata.au/d/au-domestic-homicide-victims/v/2026-08-06/ Markdown: Data: [Domestic homicide victims by sex and year, Australia](https://www.aihw.gov.au/copyright), Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), sourced 30 September 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/au-domestic-homicide-victims/v/2026-08-06/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). ## Questions ### How do I download Domestic homicide victims by sex and year as a CSV file? Open https://publicdata.au/d/au-domestic-homicide-victims/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/au-domestic-homicide-victims/v/2026-08-06/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, NDJSON, Arrow. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same. ### Can I open Domestic homicide victims by sex and year in Excel? Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/au-domestic-homicide-victims/v/2026-08-06/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 648 rows on a records sheet, the field list on a second sheet and the provenance on a third. The CSV also opens in Excel. https://publicdata.au/d/au-domestic-homicide-victims/v/2026-08-06/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size. ### What years does Domestic homicide victims by sex and year cover? The current version covers the years since 1989. Each release from AIHW becomes a new dated version here, and earlier versions stay online. ### How often is Domestic homicide victims by sex and year updated? AIHW releases it yearly. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes. ### Can I use Domestic homicide victims by sex and year commercially? Yes. CC BY 4.0 allows commercial use, redistribution and derived works as long as the attribution is kept. The attribution string is in this page's side column and inside every file. ### Is this the official source for Domestic homicide victims by sex and year? No. The publisher is Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, and its page is https://www.aihw.gov.au/copyright. This site republishes the publisher's file without changing its content. The original sits beside every version as source.xlsx with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared. ### What is counted? Victims of domestic homicide in each financial year from 1989-90, with the two kinds the Institute splits it into, intimate partner homicide and family homicide, by sex, as the number of victims and the rate per 100,000 people, compiled by the Institute from the Australian Institute of Criminology's National Homicide Monitoring Program. A data flag column carries the Institute's asterisk where a rate is calculated from fewer than 20 victims and should be read with care. ### Where is this table from? The Institute's Family, domestic and sexual violence data tables workbook, which gathers tables from several national collections. This dataset is one sheet of it. The data in this sheet is compiled by the Institute from a government source it names, and the ABS and AIC publish their own material under CC BY 4.0 as well. ### Why does the attribution say "based on" AIHW material? The Institute publishes its data tables under CC BY 4.0 and asks that material adapted from them, which republishing in other formats is, carry the words "Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material". Every file here carries them. The Institute has not endorsed this site. ## What this site did to the data Cells were typed, headers were renamed to snake_case and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. Nothing is derived. The publisher's file is beside every version as `source.xlsx`. ## Improve this dataset This page is built from [register/au-domestic-homicide-victims.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/au-domestic-homicide-victims.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.