OFFENDERS
For the 2007-08 reference period, police in the Northern Territory proceeded against 7,961 offenders. This equated to a rate of 4,372 offenders per 100,000 persons aged 10 years and over in the Northern Territory.
There were more than three times as many male offenders (76% or 6,053 males) as female offenders (24% or 1,902 females). Males had an offender rate of 6,398 offenders per 100,000 males aged 10 years and over, compared to a rate of 2,176 female offenders per 100,000 females aged 10 years and over.
The median age of male offenders was younger than that for females (28 years and 31 years respectively).
As illustrated by the following graph, males had higher offender rates for all age groups compared to females. The highest offender rates for both sexes was the 15-19 year age group.
Offender rate (a), Age by sex, Northern Territory
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