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Australian Criminal Justice Data

Everything we can pull about the criminal justice system — recorded crime, court finalisations, sentences imposed, prisoner numbers, remand, and reoffending. Sourced from official government registers, made filterable, chartable and downloadable.

340,496 data points
98 datasets
5 official sources
9 jurisdictions

Recorded crime

Offences, offenders and victims recorded by police — counts and rates by offence type, place and year.

3 datasets · 251,654 data points

Criminal courts

Defendants finalised, methods of finalisation and guilty outcomes across the court hierarchy.

38 datasets · 39,431 data points

Sentencing

Principal sentence types and sentence lengths imposed on convicted offenders.

1 dataset · 4,312 data points

Prisons

Prisoner populations and characteristics — sentenced vs remand, offence, sex and Indigenous status.

8 datasets · 2,924 data points

Corrective services

Adults in custody and in community-based corrections, receptions and releases, quarter by quarter.

15 datasets · 4,168 data points

Reoffending

Recidivism — how many return to court or custody after a proven offence.

4 datasets · 9,480 data points

Policing

Police resourcing, proceedings and performance across jurisdictions.

29 datasets · 28,527 data points

All datasets

98 datasets. Click any to filter, chart and download.

Data aggregated from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, state crime-statistics agencies and the Productivity Commission's Report on Government Services. Figures reproduce official published statistics for research and reference; always cite the original source for authoritative use. Not legal advice.