New Robbery and Burglary Snapshots Released
Today the Sentencing Advisory Council released five Sentencing Snapshots on robbery, armed robbery, attempted armed robbery, burglary and aggravated burglary.
The reports contain previously unpublished statistics on sentence outcomes in the higher courts of Victoria between 2002-03 and 2006-07, as well as the age and gender of people sentenced for each of the five offences.
The Sentencing Snapshots for robbery and armed robbery are updates of Sentencing Snapshots released in June 2006. The Sentencing Snapshots for burglary and aggravated burglary are updates of Sentencing Snapshots released in August 2006. The Sentencing Snapshot for attempted armed robbery has not previously been released.
Highlights of these Snapshots include:
- 119 people were sentenced for principal offence of robbery in the higher courts between 2002-03 and 2006-07.
- The majority of the 1,119 people sentenced for the principal offence of armed robbery received a period of imprisonment (61%).
- Around four in ten people sentenced for the principal offence of attempted armed robbery received a period of imprisonment. The length of imprisonment terms ranged from one month with no non-parole period to six years and eleven months with a non-parole period of four years and nine months.
- The most common sentence of imprisonment for the principal offence of burglary was two years with a one year non-parole period. The most common offence finalised in conjunction with burglary was theft (87.2% of all cases).
- There were 642 people sentenced for the principal offence of aggravated burglary. The most common offence finalised in conjunction with aggravated burglary was causing injury (38.8% of all cases).