--- title: Victims of family and domestic violence crimes by state, sex and year, Australia resource: https://publicdata.au/d/au-fdv-victims-recorded-crime/ 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: 3564 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 --- # Victims of family and domestic violence crimes by state, sex and year, Australia Victims of family and domestic violence related assault, sexual assault, homicide and kidnapping recorded by police, by state and territory, sex and year since 2014, as counts and rates. 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: Family and domestic violence statistics Australia, Domestic violence victims by state, FDV recorded crime victims, AIHW FDSV data tables RCV 1. ## Download Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/au-fdv-victims-recorded-crime/v/2026-08-06/`: - csv: https://publicdata.au/d/au-fdv-victims-recorded-crime/latest/data.csv (304 KB) - xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/au-fdv-victims-recorded-crime/latest/data.xlsx (95 KB) - json: https://publicdata.au/d/au-fdv-victims-recorded-crime/latest/data.json (550 KB) - parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/au-fdv-victims-recorded-crime/latest/data.parquet (16 KB) - sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/au-fdv-victims-recorded-crime/latest/data.sqlite (324 KB) - duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/au-fdv-victims-recorded-crime/latest/data.duckdb (200 KB) - ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/au-fdv-victims-recorded-crime/latest/data.ndjson (546 KB) - arrow: https://publicdata.au/d/au-fdv-victims-recorded-crime/latest/data.arrow (51 KB) - csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/au-fdv-victims-recorded-crime/latest/data.csv.gz (20 KB) Pinned version 2026-08-06: `https://publicdata.au/d/au-fdv-victims-recorded-crime/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-fdv-victims-recorded-crime/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/au-fdv-victims-recorded-crime/aggregate. - Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/au-fdv-victims-recorded-crime/rows?unit=eq.Number&year=eq.2024&sex=eq.Persons&offence=eq.Assault&limit=5 - Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/au-fdv-victims-recorded-crime/aggregate?group=location&metric=sum.value&unit=eq.Number&year=eq.2024&sex=eq.Persons&offence=eq.Assault 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-fdv-victims-recorded-crime/openapi.json ## Explore Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/au-fdv-victims-recorded-crime/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded. ## Fields | field | type | publisher's header | note | |---|---|---|---| | `sex` | string | Sex | | | `year` | integer | Year | | | `offence` | string | Offence | | | `location` | string | Location | | | `unit` | string | Unit | | | `value` | number | Value | | ## Versions - 2026-08-06: 3564 rows, 6 fields, sha256 d822a928d03f. https://publicdata.au/d/au-fdv-victims-recorded-crime/v/2026-08-06/ Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/au-fdv-victims-recorded-crime/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/au-fdv-victims-recorded-crime/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/au-fdv-victims-recorded-crime/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/au-fdv-victims-recorded-crime/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/au-fdv-victims-recorded-crime/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) - [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) - [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) - [Offences reported to police by suburb and day, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-crime-statistics/) (SA) - [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) - [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) ## 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, Recorded Crime Victims table RCV 1, 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, Recorded Crime Victims table RCV 1, 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-fdv-victims-recorded-crime/v/2026-08-06/ Harvard: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2026) Victims of family and domestic violence crimes by state, 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-fdv-victims-recorded-crime/v/2026-08-06/ Markdown: Data: [Victims of family and domestic violence crimes by state, 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-fdv-victims-recorded-crime/v/2026-08-06/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). ## Questions ### How do I download Victims of family and domestic violence crimes by state, sex and year as a CSV file? Open https://publicdata.au/d/au-fdv-victims-recorded-crime/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/au-fdv-victims-recorded-crime/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 Victims of family and domestic violence crimes by state, sex and year in Excel? Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/au-fdv-victims-recorded-crime/v/2026-08-06/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 3,564 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-fdv-victims-recorded-crime/v/2026-08-06/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size. ### What years does Victims of family and domestic violence crimes by state, sex and year cover? The current version covers 2014 to 2024. Each release from AIHW becomes a new dated version here, and earlier versions stay online. ### How often is Victims of family and domestic violence crimes by state, 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 Victims of family and domestic violence crimes by state, 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 Victims of family and domestic violence crimes by state, 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 assault, sexual assault, homicide and related offences, and kidnapping or abduction that police recorded as family and domestic violence related, by state and territory, sex and year from 2014, as the number of victims and as a victimisation rate per 100,000, compiled by the Institute from the ABS Recorded Crime, Victims collection. Not every state records the family and domestic violence flag for every offence, and the Institute writes n.a. where data is not available and n.p. where it is not published. ### 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-fdv-victims-recorded-crime.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/au-fdv-victims-recorded-crime.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.