Police in one state are making a record number of family violence arrests, with new data showing one arrest every 17 minutes.
Crime Statistics Agency figures show 30,853 family violence offenders were either arrested by Victoria Police or summonsed to court in the year to September 2024.
That equates to an average of 84 arrests or summons to court each day.
And it means one person arrested or brought before the courts for family violence offending every 17 minutes.
It is the highest number of arrests police have made for family violence since recording began in 2005.
It includes the arrest of a 26-year-old man arrested for serious family violence offending towards a victim. His offences included regular assaults and failing to answer bail.
That man also travelled to rural NSW in the company and control of his victim before they were tracked down by the Family Violence Command Taskforce, who ensured the safety of his victim and extradited back to Victoria.
He was sentenced to four months in prison and a 12-month corrections order.
Another man was arrested for family violence offending towards a former partner.
The 40-year-old allegedly stalked and used technology, particularly different phone numbers, to harass his victim and breached an intervention order multiple times.
He was sentenced to 16 months behind bars.
Family Violence Command Assistant Commissioner Lauren Callaway said the figures highlighted the force's continual efforts in tracking down family violence offenders, some of the worst in the state.
"The family violence we're seeing perpetrated against partners or former partners and children is completely unacceptable and will not be tolerated," she said on Monday.
""Whether it's through proactive patrols, carrying out checks and door knocks or through planned operations, we will never stop letting family violence offenders know they won't get away with their behaviour and will be caught by police."
