SACStat Magistrates' Court

tamper or interfere with a motor vehicle

Road Safety Act 1986 (Vic) s 70(1), 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=295)	Males Only (n=264)	Females Only (n=31)	Ages 18-19 (n=18)	Ages 20-24 (n=48)	Ages 25-34 (n=90)	Ages 35-44 (n=87)	Ages 45-56 (n=42)	Ages 55+ (n=10)
Imprisonment	48.1%	49.6%	35.5%	38.9%	50.0%	52.2%	48.3%	42.9%	40.0%
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	0.3%	0.4%	0.0%	5.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Community Correction Order	16.9%	16.7%	19.4%	22.2%	20.8%	15.6%	14.9%	19.0%	10.0%
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	16.3%	15.2%	25.8%	11.1%	10.4%	16.7%	20.7%	14.3%	20.0%
Other	2.0%	2.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	3.3%	3.4%	0.0%	0.0%
ADU/Discharge/Dismissal	16.3%	15.9%	19.4%	22.2%	18.8%	12.2%	12.6%	23.8%	30.0%

All Charges % Sentence Type

Charges – Sentence Type	Percentage
Charges – Sentence Type	All (n=382)
Imprisonment	40.3%
Partially Suspended Sentence	0.0%
Wholly Suspended Sentence	0.0%
Youth Justice Centre Order	0.0%
Community Correction Order	21.2%
Intensive Correction Order	0.0%
Community-based Order	0.0%
Fine	16.5%
Other	1.6%
ADU/Discharge/Dismissal	20.4%

Imprisonment Length

CASES, Imprisonment – Total Effective Sentence

Duration (months)	Percentage n = 142
< 3	48.6%
3 < 6	19.0%
6 < 12	18.3%
12 < 18	7.7%
18 < 24	4.2%
24 < 36	2.1%
36 +	0.0%

CASES, Imprisonment – Non-Parole Period

Duration (months)	Percentage n = 142
No NPP	89.4%
< 3	0.0%
3 < 6	0.7%
6 < 12	5.6%
12 < 18	2.8%
18 < 24	1.4%
24 < 36	0.0%
36 +	0.0%

CHARGES, Imprisonment – by Aggregation

Duration (months)	Percentage n = 154
Duration (months)	Aggregate	Non-Aggregate
< 3	49.4%	9.7%
3 < 6	21.4%	0.6%
6 < 12	13.0%	0.0%
12 < 18	3.2%	0.0%
18 < 24	2.6%	0.0%
24 +	0.0%	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 = 81
Duration (months)	Aggregate	Non-Aggregate
< 3	0.0%	0.0%
3 < 6	0.0%	0.0%
6 < 12	0.0%	19.8%
12 < 18	0.0%	66.7%
18 < 24	0.0%	11.1%
24 +	0.0%	2.5%

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 = 63
Fine Amount	Aggregate	Non-Aggregate
Less than $500	7.9%	12.7%
$500 < $1,000	34.9%	4.8%
$1,000 < $2,000	23.8%	1.6%
$2,000 < $3,000	14.3%	0.0%
$3,000 < $4,000	0.0%	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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