SACStat Magistrates' Court

attempt to obtain property by deception

Crimes Act 1958 (Vic) s 321M, 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=1,085)	Males Only (n=786)	Females Only (n=299)	Ages 18-19 (n=36)	Ages 20-24 (n=148)	Ages 25-34 (n=476)	Ages 35-44 (n=289)	Ages 45-56 (n=109)	Ages 55+ (n=27)
Imprisonment	50.7%	56.2%	36.1%	30.6%	45.9%	56.1%	50.5%	45.9%	29.6%
Partially Suspended Sentence	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Wholly Suspended Sentence	0.2%	0.1%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	3.7%
Youth Justice Centre Order	0.3%	0.4%	0.0%	5.6%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Community Correction Order	22.8%	19.7%	30.8%	41.7%	23.6%	22.3%	22.5%	22.9%	3.7%
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	10.6%	10.9%	9.7%	5.6%	8.8%	8.8%	12.8%	13.8%	22.2%
Other	2.7%	2.8%	2.3%	0.0%	2.0%	2.3%	4.5%	1.8%	0.0%
ADU/Discharge/Dismissal	12.8%	9.8%	20.7%	16.7%	18.9%	10.5%	9.3%	15.6%	40.7%

All Charges % Sentence Type

Charges – Sentence Type	Percentage
Charges – Sentence Type	All (n=1,685)
Imprisonment	49.4%
Partially Suspended Sentence	0.0%
Wholly Suspended Sentence	0.1%
Youth Justice Centre Order	0.2%
Community Correction Order	26.6%
Intensive Correction Order	0.0%
Community-based Order	0.0%
Fine	8.5%
Other	3.2%
ADU/Discharge/Dismissal	11.9%

Imprisonment Length

CASES, Imprisonment – Total Effective Sentence

Duration (months)	Percentage n = 550
< 3	32.2%
3 < 6	31.3%
6 < 12	19.3%
12 < 18	8.9%
18 < 24	4.0%
24 < 36	3.5%
36 +	0.9%

CASES, Imprisonment – Non-Parole Period

Duration (months)	Percentage n = 550
No NPP	87.8%
< 3	0.0%
3 < 6	0.7%
6 < 12	5.8%
12 < 18	3.5%
18 < 24	1.5%
24 < 36	0.5%
36 +	0.2%

CHARGES, Imprisonment – by Aggregation

Duration (months)	Percentage n = 833
Duration (months)	Aggregate	Non-Aggregate
< 3	33.0%	2.2%
3 < 6	26.1%	3.0%
6 < 12	18.7%	0.7%
12 < 18	6.1%	0.1%
18 < 24	3.8%	0.0%
24 +	6.1%	0.1%

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 = 2
Duration (months)	Aggregate	Non-Aggregate
< 3	0.0%	50.0%
3 < 6	0.0%	0.0%
6 < 12	50.0%	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 = 449
Duration (months)	Aggregate	Non-Aggregate
< 3	0.0%	0.2%
3 < 6	0.0%	0.0%
6 < 12	0.0%	8.5%
12 < 18	0.0%	70.6%
18 < 24	0.0%	16.0%
24 +	0.0%	4.7%

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 = 143
Fine Amount	Aggregate	Non-Aggregate
Less than $500	10.5%	2.1%
$500 < $1,000	28.7%	2.1%
$1,000 < $2,000	38.5%	2.1%
$2,000 < $3,000	11.9%	0.0%
$3,000 < $4,000	1.4%	0.7%
$4,000 < $5,000	0.0%	0.0%
$5,000 < $10,000	2.1%	0.0%
$10,000 < $20,000	0.0%	0.0%
$20,000 or more	0.0%	0.0%

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