Community sentences and orders facts and statistics - December 2011

This page shows statistical information on the:

• Number of offenders serving community sentences and orders around the country
• Total number of sentences and orders being served
• The percentage of different types of sentences and orders
• Breakdown of the offender population by:
• • Age
  • Offence type
  • Gender
  • Ethnicity
     
• Other facts and figures

* Refers to the total number of sentences and orders being served. An individual offender can be serving more than one sentence and/or order at any time.

Total number of sentences and orders* (weekly snapshot)

* Refers to the total number of sentences and orders being served. An individual offender can be serving more than one sentence and/or order at any time.

Proportion of different sentences and orders*

* Refers to the total number of sentences and orders being served. An individual offender can be serving more than one sentence and/or order at any time.

Percentage of offenders serving community sentences and orders in different age groups

* This graph relates to the number of individual offenders serving sentences or orders in the community. An offender can be serving more than one sentence and/or order at any time.

Percentage of offenders serving community sentences and orders according to most serious* offence type

* Offenders may be convicted of offences across multiple categories. This information is based on the most serious offence a prisoner is convicted of.

Gender of offenders serving community sentences and orders

* This graph relates to the number of individual offenders serving sentences or orders in the community. An offender can be serving more than one sentence and/or order at any time.

Ethnicity of offenders serving community sentences and orders

* This graph relates to the number of individual offenders serving sentences or orders in the community. An offender can be serving more than one sentence and/or order at any time.

Other facts and figures

• The average number of offenders on community sentences and orders being managed on any given day was 44,893 at the end of March 2010.
   
• Offenders serving Community Work sentences completed 3,754,618 hours of work in the 2009/10 financial year.
   
• Corrections provided 59,334 reports to the courts in the 2009/10 financial year.
   
• 46 per cent of those who serve a community-based sentence or order are not convicted of another crime within four years.
   
• 36 per cent are convicted of a crime and receive another community sentence within four years.
   
• 18 per cent are convicted of a crime and sent to prison within four years.

* The reconviction rates above are from a 2008 report: Reconviction patterns of offenders managed in the community