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

Backlog — Courts (RoGS 7A.20)

Productivity Commission (RoGS 2026) · 2015–2024 · explore & filter →

050,000100,000150,000200,000250,0002015-162016-172017-182018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-25vic · 2015-16: 70,125 no.vic · 2016-17: 80,244 no.vic · 2017-18: 79,722 no.vic · 2018-19: 81,568 no.vic · 2019-20: 135,699 no.vic · 2020-21: 205,371 no.vic · 2021-22: 166,719 no.vic · 2022-23: 114,061 no.vic · 2023-24: 88,813 no.vic · 2024-25: 101,057 no.qld · 2015-16: 84,921 no.qld · 2016-17: 86,891 no.qld · 2017-18: 82,320 no.qld · 2018-19: 84,656 no.qld · 2019-20: 131,840 no.qld · 2020-21: 104,252 no.qld · 2021-22: 97,145 no.qld · 2022-23: 101,284 no.qld · 2023-24: 107,154 no.qld · 2024-25: 112,827 no.nsw · 2015-16: 64,787 no.nsw · 2016-17: 68,429 no.nsw · 2017-18: 62,627 no.nsw · 2018-19: 66,441 no.nsw · 2019-20: 100,501 no.nsw · 2020-21: 87,018 no.nsw · 2021-22: 104,362 no.nsw · 2022-23: 91,837 no.nsw · 2023-24: 97,678 no.nsw · 2024-25: 101,358 no.sa · 2015-16: 29,921 no.sa · 2016-17: 27,239 no.sa · 2017-18: 26,519 no.sa · 2018-19: 25,794 no.sa · 2019-20: 36,979 no.sa · 2020-21: 34,184 no.sa · 2021-22: 32,787 no.sa · 2022-23: 36,102 no.sa · 2023-24: 35,804 no.sa · 2024-25: 32,636 no.wa · 2015-16: 26,412 no.wa · 2016-17: 27,522 no.wa · 2017-18: 28,590 no.wa · 2018-19: 28,074 no.wa · 2019-20: 30,745 no.wa · 2020-21: 30,962 no.wa · 2021-22: 29,655 no.wa · 2022-23: 33,164 no.wa · 2023-24: 38,193 no.wa · 2024-25: 43,259 no.tas · 2015-16: 12,235 no.tas · 2016-17: 13,514 no.tas · 2017-18: 13,858 no.tas · 2018-19: 13,774 no.tas · 2019-20: 17,248 no.tas · 2020-21: 15,862 no.tas · 2021-22: 16,863 no.tas · 2022-23: 17,493 no.tas · 2023-24: 18,501 no.tas · 2024-25: 22,852 no.nt · 2015-16: 4,573 no.nt · 2016-17: 4,188 no.nt · 2017-18: 3,973 no.nt · 2018-19: 4,203 no.nt · 2019-20: 4,839 no.nt · 2020-21: 5,433 no.nt · 2021-22: 6,833 no.nt · 2022-23: 7,529 no.nt · 2023-24: 8,646 no.nt · 2024-25: 10,177 no.act · 2015-16: 3,456 no.act · 2016-17: 6,105 no.act · 2017-18: 3,631 no.act · 2018-19: 4,139 no.act · 2019-20: 5,601 no.act · 2020-21: 5,015 no.act · 2021-22: 4,931 no.act · 2022-23: 5,692 no.act · 2023-24: 5,823 no.act · 2024-25: 6,561 no.
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Defendants finalised by characteristic, Australia (ABS Criminal Courts)

Australian Bureau of Statistics · 2010–2024 · explore & filter →

0100,000200,000300,000400,000500,000600,000700,0002010–112012–132014–152016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25all · 2010–11: 569,008 defendantsall · 2011–12: 557,011 defendantsall · 2012–13: 546,201 defendantsall · 2013–14: 561,951 defendantsall · 2014–15: 571,447 defendantsall · 2015–16: 586,264 defendantsall · 2016–17: 587,210 defendantsall · 2017–18: 571,931 defendantsall · 2018–19: 555,852 defendantsall · 2019–20: 467,122 defendantsall · 2020–21: 506,495 defendantsall · 2021–22: 486,633 defendantsall · 2022–23: 531,425 defendantsall · 2023–24: 512,314 defendantsall · 2024–25: 518,578 defendants
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Finalisations — Courts (RoGS 7A.5)

Productivity Commission (RoGS 2026) · 2015–2024 · explore & filter →

0500,0001,000,0001,500,0002,000,0002,500,0003,000,0002015-162016-172017-182018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-25all · 2015-16: 2,493,576 no.all · 2016-17: 2,481,024 no.all · 2017-18: 2,416,050 no.all · 2018-19: 2,356,902 no.all · 2019-20: 1,990,203 no.all · 2020-21: 2,173,788 no.all · 2021-22: 2,052,591 no.all · 2022-23: 2,217,735 no.all · 2023-24: 2,144,082 no.all · 2024-25: 2,176,614 no.nsw · 2015-16: 614,394 no.nsw · 2016-17: 630,483 no.nsw · 2017-18: 651,177 no.nsw · 2018-19: 672,249 no.nsw · 2019-20: 560,811 no.nsw · 2020-21: 660,129 no.nsw · 2021-22: 588,633 no.nsw · 2022-23: 653,067 no.nsw · 2023-24: 611,061 no.nsw · 2024-25: 660,225 no.qld · 2015-16: 715,377 no.qld · 2016-17: 701,517 no.qld · 2017-18: 648,897 no.qld · 2018-19: 648,924 no.qld · 2019-20: 539,793 no.qld · 2020-21: 657,486 no.qld · 2021-22: 556,428 no.qld · 2022-23: 572,220 no.qld · 2023-24: 562,116 no.qld · 2024-25: 518,397 no.vic · 2015-16: 570,600 no.vic · 2016-17: 549,555 no.vic · 2017-18: 536,556 no.vic · 2018-19: 495,498 no.vic · 2019-20: 396,918 no.vic · 2020-21: 356,901 no.vic · 2021-22: 446,793 no.vic · 2022-23: 519,558 no.vic · 2023-24: 479,883 no.vic · 2024-25: 447,852 no.wa · 2015-16: 307,881 no.wa · 2016-17: 324,453 no.wa · 2017-18: 310,596 no.wa · 2018-19: 293,301 no.wa · 2019-20: 268,062 no.wa · 2020-21: 247,254 no.wa · 2021-22: 228,009 no.wa · 2022-23: 249,753 no.wa · 2023-24: 263,097 no.wa · 2024-25: 299,001 no.sa · 2015-16: 166,611 no.sa · 2016-17: 159,726 no.sa · 2017-18: 140,334 no.sa · 2018-19: 132,780 no.sa · 2019-20: 121,206 no.sa · 2020-21: 138,672 no.sa · 2021-22: 124,890 no.sa · 2022-23: 118,818 no.sa · 2023-24: 121,350 no.sa · 2024-25: 135,924 no.tas · 2015-16: 55,566 no.tas · 2016-17: 54,735 no.tas · 2017-18: 60,654 no.tas · 2018-19: 53,463 no.tas · 2019-20: 46,809 no.tas · 2020-21: 50,949 no.tas · 2021-22: 47,298 no.tas · 2022-23: 46,392 no.tas · 2023-24: 47,820 no.tas · 2024-25: 48,780 no.nt · 2015-16: 45,411 no.nt · 2016-17: 41,337 no.nt · 2017-18: 39,990 no.nt · 2018-19: 38,925 no.nt · 2019-20: 35,787 no.nt · 2020-21: 38,424 no.nt · 2021-22: 33,630 no.nt · 2022-23: 37,023 no.nt · 2023-24: 37,215 no.nt · 2024-25: 46,077 no.
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Finalisations — Courts (RoGS 7A.7)

Productivity Commission (RoGS 2026) · 2015–2024 · explore & filter →

05,00010,00015,00020,0002015-162016-172017-182018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-25nt · 2015-16: 18,360 ratent · 2016-17: 16,573 ratent · 2017-18: 15,988 ratent · 2018-19: 15,613 ratent · 2019-20: 14,336 ratent · 2020-21: 15,313 ratent · 2021-22: 13,258 ratent · 2022-23: 14,562 ratent · 2023-24: 14,413 ratent · 2024-25: 17,349 rateqld · 2015-16: 14,717 rateqld · 2016-17: 14,170 rateqld · 2017-18: 12,864 rateqld · 2018-19: 12,643 rateqld · 2019-20: 10,318 rateqld · 2020-21: 12,497 rateqld · 2021-22: 10,380 rateqld · 2022-23: 10,467 rateqld · 2023-24: 10,009 rateqld · 2024-25: 9,072 ratewa · 2015-16: 11,979 ratewa · 2016-17: 12,510 ratewa · 2017-18: 11,819 ratewa · 2018-19: 11,003 ratewa · 2019-20: 9,861 ratewa · 2020-21: 8,957 ratewa · 2021-22: 8,151 ratewa · 2022-23: 8,750 ratewa · 2023-24: 8,895 ratewa · 2024-25: 9,834 ratetas · 2015-16: 10,685 ratetas · 2016-17: 10,396 ratetas · 2017-18: 11,312 ratetas · 2018-19: 9,754 ratetas · 2019-20: 8,347 ratetas · 2020-21: 8,972 ratetas · 2021-22: 8,204 ratetas · 2022-23: 8,017 ratetas · 2023-24: 8,229 ratetas · 2024-25: 8,336 rateall · 2015-16: 10,259 rateall · 2016-17: 10,034 rateall · 2017-18: 9,615 rateall · 2018-19: 9,230 rateall · 2019-20: 7,670 rateall · 2020-21: 8,368 rateall · 2021-22: 7,853 rateall · 2022-23: 8,330 rateall · 2023-24: 7,840 rateall · 2024-25: 7,836 ratensw · 2015-16: 7,847 ratensw · 2016-17: 7,929 ratensw · 2017-18: 8,085 ratensw · 2018-19: 8,239 ratensw · 2019-20: 6,794 ratensw · 2020-21: 8,028 ratensw · 2021-22: 7,155 ratensw · 2022-23: 7,803 ratensw · 2023-24: 7,118 ratensw · 2024-25: 7,603 ratesa · 2015-16: 9,618 ratesa · 2016-17: 9,149 ratesa · 2017-18: 7,953 ratesa · 2018-19: 7,452 ratesa · 2019-20: 6,731 ratesa · 2020-21: 7,638 ratesa · 2021-22: 6,822 ratesa · 2022-23: 6,379 ratesa · 2023-24: 6,407 ratesa · 2024-25: 7,094 ratevic · 2015-16: 9,273 ratevic · 2016-17: 8,726 ratevic · 2017-18: 8,352 ratevic · 2018-19: 7,562 ratevic · 2019-20: 5,951 ratevic · 2020-21: 5,385 ratevic · 2021-22: 6,750 ratevic · 2022-23: 7,687 ratevic · 2023-24: 6,887 ratevic · 2024-25: 6,335 rate
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