- Date:
- 20 Dec 2024
The role of Victoria Police is to serve the Victorian community and uphold the law so as to promote a safe, secure and orderly society. This includes responding to family violence, sexual offences and child abuse, ensuring victim survivors are safe and supported, and holding perpetrators to account.
Our goal is for Victoria Police to consistently deliver high quality responses to family violence, sexual offences and child abuse, within a sector-wide approach, to enhance community safety.
This goal is part of our vision outlined in Keeping You Safe: Victoria Police Strategy 2023–2028 for a Victorian community in which:
- everyone is safe and feels safe
- those affected by crime feel supported
- those who break the law are held to account
- police work with the Victorian community and our partners to prevent crime, reduce harm and build a better, safer Victoria.
Over the next five years, we will work towards our goal through focusing on: policing, people and partnerships across four domains:
| Domain | Outcome |
|---|---|
 Domain 1: Victim survivors | All victim survivors feel confident in the police response to family violence, sexual offences and child abuse. |
 Domain 2: Perpetrators | Perpetrators are consistently held to account through effective prevention, detection and disruption. |
 Domain 3: Children and young people | Police provide a consistent and effective response to children and young people within a sector-wide approach. |
 Domain 4: Our people | All police have the capacity and capability to effectively respond to family violence, sexual offences and child abuse. |
Acknowledgements
About this strategy
Safe from Harm: Message from Chief Commissioner Shane Patton
A message from Chief Commissioner Shane Patton about Safe from Harm: Victoria Police Strategy for Family Violence, Sexual Offences and Child Abuse 2024-2029.
Safe from Harm: Our commitment
Our commitment to continue improving our approaches to family violence, sexual offences and child abuse.
Safe from Harm: What do we know?
What we know about the current state of family violence, sexual offences and child abuse.
Safe from Harm: How far have we come?
How far we've come since our first strategy to combat violence against women and children.
Safe from Harm: Where do we want to be?
Where we want to be in our response to family violence, sexual offences and child abuse.
Safe from Harm: Domain 1: Victim survivors
All victim survivors feel confident in the police response to family violence, sexual offences and child abuse.
Safe from Harm: Domain 2: Perpetrators
Perpetrators are consistently held to account through effective prevention, detection and disruption.
Safe from Harm: Domain 3: Children and young people
Police provide a consistent and effective response to children and young people within a sector-wide approach.
Safe from Harm: Domain 4: Our people
All police have the capacity and capability to effectively respond to family violence, sexual offences and child abuse.
Safe from Harm: Our commitment to the Aboriginal community
Our commitment to support Aboriginal self-determination and work with the Aboriginal community.
Safe from Harm: How are we tracking our progress?
How we will track our progress towards meeting our short, medium and long-term objectives.
Safe from Harm: How we respond to family violence, sexual offences and child abuse
The ways Victoria Police responds to family violence, sexual offences and child abuse.
Safe from Harm: Significant Victoria Police initiatives
Significant Victoria Police initiatives to address family violence, sexual offences and child abuse.
Safe from Harm: Language statement
A statement about the language we use in Safe from Harm.
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