* IN 2005, THE Australian Bureau of Statistics Personal Safety Survey estimated that only 36% of female victims of physical assault and 19% of female victims of sexual assault in Australia reported the incident to police.
* IN the Eastern Metropolitan Region (EMR), Knox has the highest reported rate of family violence with 613 (per 100,000) incidents reported to police in 2007-2008. In Yarra Ranges, 451 (per 100,000) incidents were reported.
* VICTORIA Police Corporate Statistics show that in 2007-2008 44% of all crime in the EMR was committed against women.
