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Intimate partner homicide

Rates of intimate partner homicide

Year	Females	Males	Persons
1989–90	0.95	0.36	0.66
1990–91	1.12	0.19*	0.66
1991–92	0.75	0.27*	0.51
1992–93	0.98	0.26*	0.63
1993–94	0.81	0.38	0.60
1994–95	1.02	0.36	0.70
1995–96	0.71	0.28*	0.50
1996–97	0.69	0.15*	0.42
1997–98	0.68	0.32	0.50
1998–99	0.72	0.23*	0.48
1999–00	0.71	0.26*	0.49
2000–01	0.85	0.15*	0.51
2001–02	1.00	0.25*	0.63
2002–03	0.75	0.26*	0.51
2003–04	0.65	0.23*	0.44
2004–05	0.60	0.24*	0.42
2005–06	0.77	0.20*	0.49
2006–07	0.51	0.29	0.40
2007–08	0.79	0.22*	0.51
2008–09	0.58	0.16*	0.37
2009–10	0.51	0.19*	0.35
2010–11	0.40	0.16*	0.28
2011–12	0.53	0.14*	0.34
2012–13	0.57	0.16*	0.37
2013–14	0.51	0.16*	0.34
2014–15	0.46	0.17*	0.31
2015–16	0.41	0.11*	0.26
2016–17	0.42	0.15*	0.29
2017–18	0.34	0.14*	0.24
2018–19	0.35	0.13*	0.24
2019–20	0.36	0.08*	0.22
2020–21	0.26	0.13*	0.20
2021–22	0.25	0.09*	0.17
2022–23	0.32	0.04*	0.18

*: calculated rate is based on fewer than 20 events in the numerator and may be unstable.

Source: Australian Institute of Criminology National Homicide Monitoring Program | Data source overview

Intimate partner homicide

Rates of intimate partner homicide

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