The number of sexual assault victims nationally rose to their highest point in seven years in 2016 according to new crime figures released by the the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Thursday.

During 2016, 23,052 victims of sexual assault were recorded around the country, up from 21,948 in 2015. The increase also marks the fifth consecutive year in which recorded sexual assaults rose nationally, with Tasmania and Victoria recording the biggest jumps for individual states.

And the numbers don’t stop there.

The ABS’ figures also detailed national numbers of victims of family and domestic violence (FDV) in relation to crimes such as assault and homicide — and overall, women around the country formed the bulk of FDV-related victim numbers.

According to the figures, 176 people fell victim to FDV-related homicide crimes in 2016, 68 percent of which included the use of a weapon and more than half included a female victim. For murder, 42 percent of recorded crimes were FDV-related and 65 percent of victims were female.

The problem of family and domestic violence in Australia has blown out to the extent that it causes one woman each week in Australia to lose their life, according to Our Watch, and has affected at least one in three women nationally.

Thursday’s figures also come more than a year after key players in the Australian domestic and family violence sector came together at the inaugural National Family Violence Summit to focus on creating a real solution to emotional and physical brutality in the home.