PRINCIPAL OFFENCE
The principal offence that is most predominant varies in each jurisdiction, as does the offender rates associated with them. The predominant principal offences that offenders were proceeded against in 2009-10, as measured by the offender rates per 100,000 persons aged 10 years and over, were acts intended to cause injury in Western Australia (462), New South Wales (451) and the Australian Capital Territory (250); public order offences in the Northern Territory (1,891), Tasmania (966) and Queensland (513); and theft in Victoria (341).
Offender rate(a), Selected principal offence by states and territories
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