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AIC publication: New data on sexual offending in Australia released

Link to: Sexual offending in Australia 2022–23

New data from the Australian Sexual Offence Statistical (ASOS) collection shows:

There were 9,101 unique alleged sexual offenders proceeded against by police in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory in 2022–23.
The sexual offender rate was 42.61 per 100,000 relevant population, compared with 40.11 in 2021–22. The male sexual offender rate was 80.04 and the female sexual offender rate was 5.89.
Almost half of the offenders (excluding the Australian Capital Territory) were proceeded against for one or more child sexual offences on their first or only police proceeding for a sexual offence (49%, n=4,378).