People who do not comply with family violence court orders should be jailed for 24 hours, a former Victorian attorney-general says.

Crime data for 2014 showed an 8 per cent increase in family violence and, for the first time, half of the stalking crimes were related to family violence.

Former Victorian attorney-general Rob Hulls, the director of RMIT's Centre for Innovative Justice, said perpetrators needed to be held responsible.

The centre sent a report to the Federal Attorney-General, calling for a range of measures to stop family violence.

Mr Hulls said the idea of sending a perpetrator to jail for 24 hours known as "flash incarcerations" gave the courts more power to deal with offenders.

"It sends a message to the perpetrator that the more you escalate your breach of intervention order, the more likely you are to be dealt with very rapidly by the court," he said.

He said the idea is popular overseas, particularly in the USA.

The report was launched by Rosie Batty, The Australian of the Year, whose son Luke was killed by his father in 2013.

She said it is important to focus on the perpetrators of family violence, rather than the victim.

"These recommendations are about removing the burden from victims of family violence and placing it squarely on the system," she said.

The latest quarterly crime data for Victoria from the Crime Statistics Agency data showed the overall crime rate was up 2.5 per cent.

The agency's head, Fiona Dowsley, said there has been an increase in breaches of bail and drug offences.

"We've also seen increases in some sexual offences and in stalking and some dangerous acts," she said.