AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY: Counting Dead Women in 2023

@DeadWomenAus
26 October 2023

Based on media reports collected from 1 January to 26 October 2023 the Counting Dead Women project has recorded 41 violent deaths of females across Australia this year, at the hands of persons known to them. 

In the year to June 2023, according to the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR), 15 of these violent deaths were recorded as murders occurring in New South Wales - one in the Northern Rivers region. 

In 2022 the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) recorded 56 women and 11 girls under the age of 18 years murdered - a total of 67 violent deaths - and the attempted murder of another 43 women & girls.

The majority of these deaths appear to have occurred in residential properties.

In 2022 ABS recorded 19 women and girls in NSW as victims of homicide or related offences (murder, attempted murder, manslaughter).  Again, the majority appeared to have occurred in residential properties.  At least 10 of these deaths appear to have been classified as murder.  

SOURCES:

• Destroy the Joint, Counting Dead Women project; 

https://twitter.com/DeadWomenAus

• ABS, Victims of crime, Australia 2022, Tables 1-8 & 9-16. National statistics about victims of a range of personal, household and family and domestic violence offences as recorded by police.

https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/crime-and-justice/recorded-crime-victims/latest-release#australia

•  NSW BOSCAR, Female Victims of Homicide (Murder) from July 2021 to June 2023. 

http://crimetool.bocsar.nsw.gov.au/bocsar/

Thus far in 2021 Australia appears to be averaging one woman dying a violent death at the hand of another person every 8.73 days

 

As of 15 June Destroy The Joint's Counting Dead Women project has recorded 19 women violently killed in 2021.

This project relies on media reports for its data and at the moment these 2021 reports show that violent deaths are averaging one every 8.73 days.

On 9 July 2020 the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released Recorded Crime - Victims, Australia covering the calendar year 2019, with data based on police records. This is the latest release available to date. ABS data for 2020 should be released on or about 24 June 2021.

In 2019 there were 416 homicides, manslaughters and attempted murders recorded in Australia. Up 39 victims on 2018 figures.

An est. 125 of these victims were female and the majority of the violent deaths and near deaths appear to have been the result of family and domestic violence.

In that same calendar year Counting Dead Women recorded 61 women who died violently at the hands of another person..