CRIME AND JUSTICE, Summary table, NSW |
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Crime survey estimates | |
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| Victims of selected personal crime | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1. Robbery | % | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | |
| 2. Assault | % | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 4.4 | |
| 3. Sexual assault(a) | % | *0.2 | 0.5 | *0.4 | *0.5 | *0.4 | 0.5 | *0.2 | *0.5 | |
| 4. Total persons(b) | % | 4.4 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 5.0 | |
| Victims of selected household crime | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5. Break and enter | % | 5.6 | 6.3 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.2 | |
| 6. Attempted break and enter | % | 3.5 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.1 | |
| 7. Motor vehicle theft | % | 1.7 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | |
| 8. Total households(b) | % | 9.4 | 11.4 | 9.6 | 9.4 | 7.4 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.5 | |
Recorded crime | |
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| Selected crime reports | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9. Murder victims | no. | 103 | 104 | 97 | 92 | 69 | 81 | 97 | 82 | |
| 10. Assault victims | no. | 69 486 | 76 795 | 80 570 | 80 819 | 78 883 | 80 993 | 81 766 | 83 164 | |
| 11. Sexual assault victims | no. | 3 757 | 3 901 | 3 942 | 4 151 | 4 476 | 4 267 | 4 182 | 4 274 | |
| 12. Theft incidents(c) | no. | 457 550 | 462 776 | 410 195 | 365 472 | 327 199 | 303 061 | 300 086 | 293 179 | |
| Crime incidents cleared within 90 days | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13. Murder victims | % | 72.8 | 64.4 | 67.0 | 56.5 | 68.1 | 76.5 | 66.0 | nya | |
| 14. Assault | % | 62.6 | 62.2 | 63.1 | 63.0 | 64.5 | 63.8 | 63.9 | nya | |
| 15. Sexual assault | % | 32.2 | 28.8 | 25.8 | 23.0 | 22.3 | 21.7 | 21.1 | nya | |
| 16. Theft(c) | % | 11.9 | 11.3 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.5 | 11.3 | nya | |
| 17. Sworn police officers(d) | no. | 13 483 | 13 614 | 13 716 | 14 739 | 15 009 | 14 643 | 14 634 | 15 333 | |
Courts | |
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| Local courts | | | | | | | | | | |
| 18. Persons charged | no. | 121 362 | 130 888 | r130 221 | r132 922 | r134 845 | r138 424 | 135 574 | nya | |
| 19. Finalised cases with persons found guilty | % | 87.9 | 88.2 | r86.7 | r84.6 | r87.4 | r87.1 | 87.1 | nya | |
| 20. Persons who were sentenced to prison | % | 5.8 | 5.9 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 6.1 | 6.4 | nya | |
| Higher courts | | | | | | | | | | |
| 21. Persons charged | no. | 3 831 | 3 733 | 3 664 | 3 673 | 3 623 | 3 556 | 3 468 | nya | |
| 22. Finalised cases with persons found guilty | % | r75.9 | r74.7 | 79.9 | 80.6 | 80.2 | 80.6 | 83.7 | nya | |
| 23. Persons who were sentenced to prison | % | 66.6 | 66.7 | 68.5 | 68.8 | 69.2 | 69.3 | 66.7 | nya | |
| 24. Average imprisonment(e) | months | 27.5 | 28.5 | 28.3 | 29.8 | 30.4 | 29.3 | 29.4 | nya | |
| 25. Youth convicted and reoffending(f) | % | r51.0 | r52.4 | r51.2 | r53.0 | 50.4 | nya | nya | nya | |
| 26. Adults convicted and reoffending(f) | % | 30.9 | 30.5 | 29.8 | 28.3 | 29.0 | nya | nya | nya | |
Corrections | |
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| 27. Persons in corrective custody(g)(h) | no. | 8 545 | 8 717 | 8 604 | 8 811 | r9 403 | r9 878 | r10 029 | 10 335 | |
| 28. Persons in community based corrections | no. | na | 17 958 | 17 340 | 17 104 | 17 005 | 18 200 | 17 843 | 18 002 | |
| 29. Indigenous prisoners | % | 14.6 | 15.1 | 17.2 | 17.6 | 16.9 | 17.1 | 19.9 | 20.0 | |
| 30. Prisoners with prior imprisonment(i) | % | 51.5 | 54.3 | 54.4 | 53.3 | 55.8 | 61.8 | 57.3 | 53.1 | |
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| * estimate has a relative standard error of 25% to 50% and should be used with caution |
| na not available |
| nya not yet available |
| r revised |
| (a) Females aged 18 years and over only. |
| (b) Figures for individual offence types do not sum to totals, as a household or person could be a victim of more than one type of offence. |
| (c) Includes Break and enter dwelling/non-dwelling, Receiving or handling stolen goods, Motor vehicle theft, Steal from motor vehicle, Steal from retail store, Steal from dwelling, Steal from person, Stock theft, Fraud and Other theft. |
| (d) Counts are headcounts at 30 June, except for 2002–03. |
| (e) Life imprisonments are excluded. |
| (f) Within 24 months. The earliest appearance in each calendar year for each person is counted as the reference appearance. |
| (g) Includes persons in fulltime custody and periodic detention. Includes ACT prisoners held in NSW prisons. |
| (h) From January 2004, custodial data includes prisoners in court cells administered by corrective services and transitional centres. |
| (i) Refers to prior adult imprisonment under sentence. |
CRIME AND JUSTICE, Data sources |
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| Summary table indicators | Chapter tables | |
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| ABS National Crime and Safety Survey | . . | 8.5 | |
| Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, NSW Criminal Courts Statistics, 2006 | 18–24 | 8.6; 8.10–8.11 | |
| Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Recorded Crime Statistics Database. | 9–16 | 8.7–8.9 | |
| Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Reoffending Database | 25–26 | 8.13 | |
| Community Preparedness for Emergencies, NSW, 2003 (cat. no. 4818.1) | . . | 8.15 | |
| Corrective Services, Australia (cat. no. 4512.0) | 27–28 | 8.12 | |
| Crime and Safety, Australia (cat. no. 4509.0) | 1–8 | 8.2 | |
| Crime and Safety, New South Wales (cat. no. 4509.1) | 1–8 | 8.2–8.4 | |
| Household Preparedness for Emergencies: NSW, VIC, QLD and ACT, 2007 (cat no. 4818.0.55.001) | . . | 8.16–8.17 | |
Steering committee for the Review of Government Services Provision (SCRGSP) 2008, Report on Government Services 2008,
Productivity Commission Canberra | . . | 8.14 | |
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| . . not applicable |
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