STATES AND TERRITORIES
Principal federal offence
Of the federal defendants finalised in all court levels during 2009-10, just over a third (34% or 4,748) appeared in New South Wales, 22% or 3,043 appeared in Victoria and 21% or 3,003 appeared in Queensland.
For defendants in New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory, the most prevalent principal offence related to fraud and deception. In Victoria, offences against justice procedures were the most common, while in the Australian Capital Territory, traffic and vehicle regulatory offences were the most predominant.
Offence type
New South Wales had the highest proportion of offences finalised by the courts, (29% or 14,009 offences), followed by Victoria (25% or 12,492 offences) and Queensland (23% or 11,185 offences). These states accounted for more than three-quarters of all federal offences.
FEDERAL OFFENCES - ALL COURTS, Proportion of federal offences
Fraud and deception offences comprised the largest proportion of offences in the Northern Territory (71%), South Australia (53%) and Queensland (46%). Offences against justice procedures had the highest proportions in Western Australia (64%), Victoria (53%) and Queensland (39%). In the Australian Capital Territory, traffic and vehicle regulatory offences comprised 44% of all federal offences finalised (see Explanatory Notes, paragraph 48 for more detail).
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