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

Prisoner population — Corrective services (RoGS 8A.4)

Productivity Commission (RoGS 2026) · 2021–2024 · explore & filter →

010,00020,00030,00040,00050,0002021-222022-232023-242024-25all · 2021-22: 41,175 no.all · 2022-23: 41,492 no.all · 2023-24: 43,001 no.all · 2024-25: 45,525 no.nsw · 2021-22: 12,491 no.nsw · 2022-23: 12,521 no.nsw · 2023-24: 12,460 no.nsw · 2024-25: 13,112 no.qld · 2021-22: 9,589 no.qld · 2022-23: 9,865 no.qld · 2023-24: 10,581 no.qld · 2024-25: 11,011 no.wa · 2021-22: 6,385 no.wa · 2022-23: 6,353 no.wa · 2023-24: 7,143 no.wa · 2024-25: 8,078 no.vic · 2021-22: 6,765 no.vic · 2022-23: 6,611 no.vic · 2023-24: 6,263 no.vic · 2024-25: 6,102 no.sa · 2021-22: 3,049 no.sa · 2022-23: 3,073 no.sa · 2023-24: 3,184 no.sa · 2024-25: 3,388 no.nt · 2021-22: 1,866 no.nt · 2022-23: 2,005 no.nt · 2023-24: 2,215 no.nt · 2024-25: 2,640 no.tas · 2021-22: 642 no.tas · 2022-23: 676 no.tas · 2023-24: 767 no.tas · 2024-25: 784 no.
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Prisoner population — Corrective services (RoGS 8A.5)

Productivity Commission (RoGS 2026) · 2017–2024 · explore & filter →

020,00040,00060,00080,000100,0002017-182018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-25all · 2017-18: 83,410 no.all · 2018-19: 85,871 no.all · 2019-20: 85,665 no.all · 2020-21: 83,832 no.all · 2021-22: 81,880 no.all · 2022-23: 82,574 no.all · 2023-24: 85,590 no.all · 2024-25: 90,437 no.nsw · 2017-18: 26,648 no.nsw · 2018-19: 26,891 no.nsw · 2019-20: 26,957 no.nsw · 2020-21: 25,857 no.nsw · 2021-22: 24,864 no.nsw · 2022-23: 24,930 no.nsw · 2023-24: 24,760 no.nsw · 2024-25: 25,931 no.qld · 2017-18: 17,258 no.qld · 2018-19: 17,847 no.qld · 2019-20: 17,766 no.qld · 2020-21: 18,952 no.qld · 2021-22: 19,178 no.qld · 2022-23: 19,730 no.qld · 2023-24: 21,160 no.qld · 2024-25: 22,022 no.vic · 2017-18: 14,430 no.vic · 2018-19: 16,003 no.vic · 2019-20: 15,823 no.vic · 2020-21: 14,121 no.vic · 2021-22: 13,280 no.vic · 2022-23: 13,061 no.vic · 2023-24: 12,385 no.vic · 2024-25: 12,027 no.wa · 2017-18: 13,541 no.wa · 2018-19: 13,815 no.wa · 2019-20: 13,915 no.wa · 2020-21: 13,324 no.wa · 2021-22: 12,772 no.wa · 2022-23: 12,704 no.wa · 2023-24: 14,286 no.wa · 2024-25: 16,156 no.sa · 2017-18: 5,983 no.sa · 2018-19: 5,638 no.sa · 2019-20: 5,535 no.sa · 2020-21: 5,988 no.sa · 2021-22: 6,004 no.sa · 2022-23: 6,027 no.sa · 2023-24: 6,270 no.sa · 2024-25: 6,646 no.nt · 2017-18: 3,388 no.nt · 2018-19: 3,416 no.nt · 2019-20: 3,462 no.nt · 2020-21: 3,495 no.nt · 2021-22: 3,731 no.nt · 2022-23: 4,010 no.nt · 2023-24: 4,428 no.nt · 2024-25: 5,278 no.tas · 2017-18: 1,226 no.tas · 2018-19: 1,302 no.tas · 2019-20: 1,322 no.tas · 2020-21: 1,275 no.tas · 2021-22: 1,275 no.tas · 2022-23: 1,336 no.tas · 2023-24: 1,525 no.tas · 2024-25: 1,554 no.
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Prisoners by most serious offence and characteristic, Australia (ABS)

Australian Bureau of Statistics · 2025 · explore & filter →

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Assaults in custody — Corrective services (RoGS 8A.18)

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

051015202530352015-162016-172017-182018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-25nsw · 2015-16: 26 ratensw · 2016-17: 29 ratensw · 2017-18: 27 ratensw · 2018-19: 29 ratensw · 2019-20: 31 ratensw · 2020-21: 27 ratensw · 2021-22: 19 ratensw · 2022-23: 23 ratensw · 2023-24: 27 ratensw · 2024-25: 31 ratetas · 2015-16: 14 ratetas · 2016-17: 11 ratetas · 2017-18: 17 ratetas · 2018-19: 19 ratetas · 2019-20: 16 ratetas · 2020-21: 22 ratetas · 2021-22: 22 ratetas · 2022-23: 24 ratetas · 2023-24: 23 ratetas · 2024-25: 21 ratevic · 2015-16: 18 ratevic · 2016-17: 20 ratevic · 2017-18: 17 ratevic · 2018-19: 17 ratevic · 2019-20: 16 ratevic · 2020-21: 14 ratevic · 2021-22: 11 ratevic · 2022-23: 12 ratevic · 2023-24: 14 ratevic · 2024-25: 15 rateact · 2015-16: 18 rateact · 2016-17: 21 rateact · 2017-18: 19 rateact · 2018-19: 13 rateact · 2019-20: 17 rateact · 2020-21: 11 rateact · 2021-22: 6.4 rateact · 2022-23: 7.7 rateact · 2023-24: 18 rateact · 2024-25: 22 rateqld · 2015-16: 10 rateqld · 2016-17: 15 rateqld · 2017-18: 12 rateqld · 2018-19: 13 rateqld · 2019-20: 14 rateqld · 2020-21: 14 rateqld · 2021-22: 12 rateqld · 2022-23: 15 rateqld · 2023-24: 13 rateqld · 2024-25: 13 ratesa · 2015-16: 9.9 ratesa · 2016-17: 9.2 ratesa · 2017-18: 7.7 ratesa · 2018-19: 8.8 ratesa · 2019-20: 8.9 ratesa · 2020-21: 9.6 ratesa · 2021-22: 4.7 ratesa · 2022-23: 7.8 ratesa · 2023-24: 15 ratesa · 2024-25: 17 ratewa · 2015-16: 6.1 ratewa · 2016-17: 6.7 ratewa · 2017-18: 6.5 ratewa · 2018-19: 12 ratewa · 2019-20: 11 ratewa · 2020-21: 8.5 ratewa · 2021-22: 6.7 ratewa · 2022-23: 8.4 ratewa · 2023-24: 9.7 ratewa · 2024-25: 9.4 ratent · 2015-16: 3.4 ratent · 2016-17: 3.8 ratent · 2017-18: 4.9 ratent · 2018-19: 6.7 ratent · 2019-20: 9.7 ratent · 2020-21: 7.6 ratent · 2021-22: 9.6 ratent · 2022-23: 11 ratent · 2023-24: 9.4 ratent · 2024-25: 8.6 rate
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