HOW SAFE DO AUSTRALIANS FEEL FROM VIOLENCE?
* 39 per cent or 7.2 million of people over 18 had experienced violence since they were 15
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING PHYSICAL VIOLENCE IN THE PAST YEAR
* 5.4 per cent of men (down from 8.5 per cent in 2012)
* Of those 66 per cent of men were attacked by a male stranger
* 3.5 per cent of women (down from 4.6 per cent in 2012)
* Of those 92 per cent of women were attacked by a male they knew
WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO HAVE BEEN ATTACKED?
* Men aged 18-34
* Women aged 18-24
WHO ARE AUSTRALIANS ATTACKED BY?
* 39 per cent of men are attacked by other men
* 12 per cent of men are attacked by women
* 34 per cent of women are attacked by men
* 9 per cent of women are attacked by other women
WOMEN SUFFERING SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN THE PAST YEAR
* Up from 1.2 per cent in 2012 to 1.8 per cent
SEXUAL VIOLENCE AGAINST MEN
* Men are just as likely to experience sexual violence by another man (2.4 per cent) as by a women (2.6 per cent)
* 1 per cent of men have suffered sexual violence by a male stranger
MOST RECENT SEXUAL ASSAULTS ON WOMEN BY MEN
* 87 per cent of the time women were sexually assaulted by a man they knew
* 40 per cent of the time it was in the woman's house, and 17 per cent of the time it was in the attacker's house
* 9 times out of 10 the sexual assault was not reported to police
WHO HAS SUFFERED VIOLENCE IN RELATIONSHIPS?
* 17 per cent of women have suffered violence by a partner
* 6 per cent of men had suffered violence in a relationship
* Women were eight times more likely to experience sexual violence by a partner than men
* Almost half a million women have suffered sexual violence by a partner
HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE SEXUALLY HARASSED IN THE PAST YEAR?
* 17 per cent of women (up from 15 per cent in 2012)
* 9.3 per cent of men (up from 6.6 per cent in 2012)
HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SEXUALLY HARASSED IN THEIR LIFETIME?
* 53 per cent of women
* 25 per cent of men
INSTANCES OF EMOTIONAL ABUSE FROM A PARTNER
* 1-in-4 women had suffered emotional abuse from a partner
* 1-in-6 men had suffered emotional abuse from a partner
HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN STALKED?
* 1-in-10 Australians have been stalked in their lifetime
* 17 per cent of women
* 7 per cent of men
(SOURCE: AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS PERSONAL SAFETY SURVEY 2016)
