PRINCIPAL OFFENCE

Nationally, the most prevalent principal offences for offenders were: acts intended to cause injury (19% of all offenders), public order offences (19%), theft (17%) and illicit drugs (15%). With the exception of public order offences which increased from 17% to 19%, there has been minimal change in the distribution of the main principal offence types across the offender populations between 2008-09 and 2009-10.

Sex

Public order offences and acts intended to cause injury were the main principal offences for male offenders (both 20%), followed by illicit drug offences (15%). Female offenders were most commonly proceeded against for theft as their principal offence (30%), followed by acts intended to cause injury (18%) and public order offences (15%). Higher proportions of female offenders than male offenders recorded principal offences of theft (30% compared to 13%) and fraud and deception (4% compared to 2%).

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