An Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) report has revealed that, compared with the national average, Indigenous women are up to seven times more likely to be the victims of homicides. Current or former intimate partners killed 72% of these women.
The AIC report – titled “Homicide of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women” – shared that 476 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women were homicide victims in the period between 1 July 1989 and 30 June 2023.
Nearly all victims from police-cleared incidents, specifically 97%, were killed by people they knew, the report stated.