OFFENDERS
For the 2007-08 reference period, police in Queensland proceeded against 79,090 offenders. This equated to a rate of 2,150 offenders per 100,000 persons aged 10 years and over in Queensland.
There were more than three times as many male offenders (78% or 61,550 males) as female offenders (22% or 17,517 females). Males had an offender rate of 3,365 offenders per 100,000 males aged 10 years and over, compared to a rate of 947 female offenders per 100,000 females aged 10 years and over.
The median age of all female offenders and male offenders was the same (both 24 years).
As illustrated in the following graph, males had higher offender rates for all age groups compared to females.
Offender Rate (a), Age by sex, Queensland