'Less Than 1 in 300': Children Aged 10 to 13 Represent a Small Fraction of Criminal Cases in Victoria
26 June 2025 - A new report by the Sentencing Advisory Council has found that very few cases sentenced in Victoria involve an offence committed by a child aged 10 to 13 (0.32% of all cases in the 10 years to 30 June 2021).* Further, only 0.02% (1 in 5,000) involved an offence committed by a child aged 10 to 11.