SACStat Magistrates' Court

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Crimes Act 1958 (Vic) s 456AA(3)(a), Data for Magistrates' Court, 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2019

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=425)	Males Only (n=348)	Females Only (n=77)	Ages 18-19 (n=11)	Ages 20-24 (n=98)	Ages 25-34 (n=144)	Ages 35-44 (n=105)	Ages 45-56 (n=39)	Ages 55+ (n=26)
Imprisonment	34.6%	35.9%	28.6%	18.2%	22.4%	38.9%	52.4%	20.5%	15.4%
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%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	3.8%
Youth Justice Centre Order	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Community Correction Order	20.5%	19.0%	27.3%	45.5%	19.4%	26.4%	16.2%	15.4%	7.7%
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	27.5%	28.7%	22.1%	18.2%	38.8%	20.8%	18.1%	46.2%	30.8%
Other	0.7%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	2.9%	0.0%	0.0%
ADU/Discharge/Dismissal	16.5%	15.2%	22.1%	18.2%	19.4%	13.9%	10.5%	17.9%	42.3%

All Charges % Sentence Type

Charges – Sentence Type	Percentage
Charges – Sentence Type	All (n=434)
Imprisonment	12.0%
Partially Suspended Sentence	0.0%
Wholly Suspended Sentence	0.0%
Youth Justice Centre Order	0.0%
Community Correction Order	19.4%
Intensive Correction Order	0.0%
Community-based Order	0.0%
Fine	41.2%
Other	0.9%
ADU/Discharge/Dismissal	26.5%

Imprisonment Length

CASES, Imprisonment – Total Effective Sentence

Duration (months)	Percentage n = 147
< 3	43.5%
3 < 6	27.2%
6 < 12	20.4%
12 < 18	4.8%
18 < 24	2.0%
24 < 36	2.0%
36 +	0.0%

CASES, Imprisonment – Non-Parole Period

Duration (months)	Percentage n = 147
No NPP	95.2%
< 3	0.0%
3 < 6	0.0%
6 < 12	2.7%
12 < 18	0.0%
18 < 24	2.0%
24 < 36	0.0%
36 +	0.0%

CHARGES, Imprisonment – by Aggregation

Duration (months)	Percentage n = 52
Duration (months)	Aggregate	Non-Aggregate
< 3	46.2%	11.5%
3 < 6	13.5%	5.8%
6 < 12	13.5%	3.8%
12 < 18	3.8%	0.0%
18 < 24	0.0%	0.0%
24 +	1.9%	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 = 84
Duration (months)	Aggregate	Non-Aggregate
< 3	0.0%	0.0%
3 < 6	0.0%	1.2%
6 < 12	0.0%	8.3%
12 < 18	0.0%	67.9%
18 < 24	0.0%	17.9%
24 +	0.0%	4.8%

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 = 179
Fine Amount	Aggregate	Non-Aggregate
Less than $500	12.8%	19.0%
$500 < $1,000	23.5%	1.7%
$1,000 < $2,000	33.5%	0.0%
$2,000 < $3,000	7.8%	0.0%
$3,000 < $4,000	1.7%	0.0%
$4,000 < $5,000	0.0%	0.0%
$5,000 < $10,000	0.0%	0.0%
$10,000 < $20,000	0.0%	0.0%
$20,000 or more	0.0%	0.0%

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