SACStat Magistrates' Court

threaten to destroy or damage property

Crimes Act 1958 (Vic) s 198(a), Data for Magistrates' Court, 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2021

Note that a charge is a single proven count of an offence. A case is a collection of one or more charges (of any offence) against a person sentenced at the one hearing.

All Cases % Sentence Type

Sentence Type	Percentage
Sentence Type	All (n=1,128)	Males Only (n=1,001)	Females Only (n=127)	Ages 18-19 (n=43)	Ages 20-24 (n=177)	Ages 25-34 (n=369)	Ages 35-44 (n=309)	Ages 45-56 (n=174)	Ages 55+ (n=52)
Imprisonment	41.1%	43.8%	20.5%	11.6%	39.5%	45.3%	47.9%	35.1%	21.2%
Partially Suspended Sentence	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Wholly Suspended Sentence	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Youth Justice Centre Order	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%	4.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Community Correction Order	23.3%	23.1%	25.2%	39.5%	24.3%	24.1%	23.6%	22.4%	3.8%
Intensive Correction Order	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Community-based Order	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Fine	15.2%	15.5%	13.4%	7.0%	11.3%	14.9%	13.3%	21.8%	26.9%
Other	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
ADU/Discharge/Dismissal	20.1%	17.5%	40.9%	37.2%	24.9%	15.7%	15.2%	20.7%	48.1%

All Charges % Sentence Type

Charges – Sentence Type	Percentage
Charges – Sentence Type	All (n=1,210)
Imprisonment	38.4%
Partially Suspended Sentence	0.0%
Wholly Suspended Sentence	0.0%
Youth Justice Centre Order	0.2%
Community Correction Order	26.5%
Intensive Correction Order	0.0%
Community-based Order	0.0%
Fine	15.1%
Other	0.0%
ADU/Discharge/Dismissal	19.8%

Imprisonment Length

CASES, Imprisonment – Total Effective Sentence

Duration (months)	Percentage n = 464
< 3	39.2%
3 < 6	31.5%
6 < 12	19.4%
12 < 18	4.7%
18 < 24	2.8%
24 < 36	1.9%
36 +	0.4%

CASES, Imprisonment – Non-Parole Period

Duration (months)	Percentage n = 464
No NPP	91.4%
< 3	0.0%
3 < 6	0.2%
6 < 12	4.7%
12 < 18	2.4%
18 < 24	0.9%
24 < 36	0.4%
36 +	0.0%

CHARGES, Imprisonment – by Aggregation

Duration (months)	Percentage n = 465
Duration (months)	Aggregate	Non-Aggregate
< 3	40.0%	6.0%
3 < 6	29.2%	2.8%
6 < 12	13.8%	0.4%
12 < 18	3.4%	0.6%
18 < 24	2.6%	0.0%
24 +	1.1%	0.0%

Partially Suspended Sentence Length

CASES, Partially Suspended Sentence – Total Effective Sentence

Duration (months)	Percentage n = 0
< 3	0.0%
3 < 6	0.0%
6 < 12	0.0%
12 < 18	0.0%
18 < 24	0.0%
24 < 36	0.0%
36 +	0.0%

CHARGES, Partially Suspended Sentence – by Aggregation

Duration (months)	Percentage n = 0
Duration (months)	Aggregate	Non-Aggregate
< 3	0.0%	0.0%
3 < 6	0.0%	0.0%
6 < 12	0.0%	0.0%
12 < 18	0.0%	0.0%
18 < 24	0.0%	0.0%
24 +	0.0%	0.0%

CHARGES, Partially Suspended Sentence – Part to Serve

Duration (months)	Percentage n = 0
Duration (months)	Aggregate	Non-Aggregate
0	0.0%	0.0%
< 1	0.0%	0.0%
1 < 3	0.0%	0.0%
3 < 6	0.0%	0.0%
6 +	0.0%	0.0%

CHARGES, Wholly Suspended Sentence – by Aggregation

Duration (months)	Percentage n = 0
Duration (months)	Aggregate	Non-Aggregate
< 3	0.0%	0.0%
3 < 6	0.0%	0.0%
6 < 12	0.0%	0.0%
12 < 18	0.0%	0.0%
18 < 24	0.0%	0.0%
24 +	0.0%	0.0%

CHARGES, Community Correction Order Length – by Aggregation

Duration (months)	Percentage n = 321
Duration (months)	Aggregate	Non-Aggregate
< 3	0.0%	0.0%
3 < 6	0.0%	0.0%
6 < 12	0.0%	6.9%
12 < 18	0.0%	66.7%
18 < 24	0.0%	21.2%
24 +	0.0%	5.3%

CHARGES, Intensive Correction Order Length – by Aggregation

Duration (months)	Percentage n = 0
Duration (months)	Aggregate	Non-Aggregate
< 3	0.0%	0.0%
3 < 6	0.0%	0.0%
6 < 12	0.0%	0.0%
12 < 18	0.0%	0.0%
18 < 24	0.0%	0.0%
24 +	0.0%	0.0%

CHARGES, Community-Based Order

Duration (months)	Percentage n = 0
< 3	0.0%
3 < 6	0.0%
6 < 12	0.0%
12 < 24	0.0%
24 +	0.0%

CHARGES, Fine Amount – by Aggregation

Fine Amount	Percentage n = 183
Fine Amount	Aggregate	Non-Aggregate
Less than $500	5.5%	5.5%
$500 < $1,000	27.9%	7.7%
$1,000 < $2,000	31.7%	4.4%
$2,000 < $3,000	11.5%	1.6%
$3,000 < $4,000	3.3%	0.0%
$4,000 < $5,000	0.0%	0.0%
$5,000 < $10,000	0.5%	0.5%
$10,000 < $20,000	0.0%	0.0%
$20,000 or more	0.0%	0.0%

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