OFFENCES BY ANZSOC CATEGORIES

Of the 38,150 offences across all court levels, over three-quarters were classified to three ANZSOC Divisions: Offences against justice (40%); Fraud and deception (28%) and Abduction and harassment (8%).

For the Higher Courts, Sexual assault (37%), Fraud and deception (29%) and Illicit drug offences (13%) were the most prevalent offences.

For the Magistrates' Courts, Offences against justice (43%) and Fraud and deception (28%) were the most prevalent.

For the Children's Courts, Abduction and harassment (44%) was the most prevalent offence.

States and Territories

Of the 38,150 offences finalised across all court levels, New South Wales had the highest proportion of offences finalised by the courts (28% or 10,499), followed by Queensland (24% or 9,343 offences) and Victoria (21% or 8,090 offences). These states accounted for about three-quarters of all federal offences.



Of the total number of offences finalised by the courts, Offences against justice comprised the largest proportion in Western Australia (56%), Victoria (44%), Queensland (44%) and New South Wales (30%). Fraud and deception comprised the largest proportion in the Northern Territory (59%), South Australia (49%) and Tasmania (54%). In the Australian Capital Territory, Traffic and vehicle regulatory offences comprised 43% of all federal offences finalised. This is due largely to parking offences charged under federal legislation in the Australian Capital Territory (as mentioned previously, see Explanatory Notes, paragraph 50).

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