This study uses criminal history data for three birth cohorts in New South Wales to estimate the prevalence of recorded family and domestic violence offending.

Findings

• The study estimates that 6.3 percent of people born in New South Wales had been proceeded against by police for a family and domestic violence offence by age 37. 
• The rate was significantly higher for men: 9.6 percent of men (one in 10) had been proceeded against for a family and domestic violence offence, compared with 3.0 percent of women (one in 33).
• Overall, 1.2 percent of people born in New South Wales were responsible for more than 50 percent of recorded family and domestic violence offences. 
• Further, family and domestic violence offenders accounted for nearly half of all recorded offences by people in the birth cohort.