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Family violence data highlights need for action Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au MORE than 1600 family violence incidents were reported in the Kingston area between July 2020 and June 2021. The latest figures released by the Crime Statistics Agency have re-
vealed that there were 1692 local family violence incidents reported. The figure is virtually the same as it was in the previous 12 month period. For the first time, the CSA has included sexual offences in its Victorian Family Violence Database. Nearly 100 of the reported family violence incidents in Kingston were of a sexual nature.
Overall statewide sexual offences recorded by police increased 10.8 per cent in 2020/2021 compared to the previous year - from 13,589 to 15,062. The CSA says that half of all reported sexual offence incidents result in police charges. CSA chief statistician Fiona Dowsley said that publishing sexual assault statistics in the Family Violence
Database âis important for increasing understanding so responses to both sexual assault and family violence can continue to be improved.â The CSA figures reveal that women are the victims of family violence disproportionately compared to men. Statewide, adult women were the victims of family violence 23,794 times. Adult men were the victims
8,614 times. Statewide, there were about 5000 more family violence incidents reported in Victoria in 2020/2021 compared to 2019/2020. Councils statewide have been undertaking 16 days of activism since 25 November to campaign for action against gender-based violence Continued on page 4
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