<P> The number of offenders proceeded against by police during 2016--2017 increased by 1% from the previous year to approximately 414,000 . </P> <P> In 2016--2017 the offender rate, which is the number of offenders in the population of Australia, increased slightly from 1.98% to 2% . The number of Youth offenders increased for the seventh consecutive year in 2016--17 to 3.33% . </P> <P> The most prevalent offence in 2016 - 17 was illicit drug offences (20%), with sexual assault and related offences increasing by 3%, being the sixth successive annual increase and a total increase of 40% . </P> <P> From the National Australian Homicide Monitoring program report 2012: "The homicide rate has continued to decrease each year, since 1989 - 90 . The periods 2010--2011 and 2011--2012 are the lowest homicide rate since data collection began in 1989". </P>

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