This brief explores student feelings of safety and experiences of physical and sexual violence between 2001 and 2019.

Key findings:

• 59% report feeling safe in their neighbourhood all the time, with 41% feeling safe sometimes or less often
• 87% report feeling safe in their school all or most of the time
• 18% report ever having had unwanted sexual experiences, sexual violence or abuse
• 6% report witnessing adults at home hitting or hurting other adults in the last 12 months and 8% report witnessing adults at home hitting or hurting children in the last 12 months
• 51% report being hit or harmed on purpose in the last 12 months, most often (41%) by a sibling, with 13% by a parent, 4% by another adult, 6% by a boyfriend or girlfriend, and 20% by another young person.