OFFENDERS
For the 2007-08 reference period, police in Tasmania proceeded against 13,255 offenders. This equated to a rate of 3,065 offenders per 100,000 persons aged 10 years and over in Tasmania.
There were more than three times as many male offenders (77% or 10,269 males) as female offenders (23% or 2,986 females). Males had an offender rate of 4,845 offenders per 100,000 males aged 10 years and over, compared to a rate of 1,354 female offenders per 100,000 females aged 10 years and over.
The median age for males was 25 years, while for female offenders the median age was 23 years.
As illustrated by the following graph, males had higher offender rates for all groups compared to females. The age group with the highest offender rate, for both sexes, was the 15-19 year age group.
Offender rate (a), Age by sex, Tasmania
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