Finding data about the criminal justice system
Data sources and relevant information sources for statistics related to the ACT criminal justice system.
Statistics can be used to give a picture of the criminal justice systems in the ACT.
Crime by location
ACT Policing collects geographical crime statistics.
ACT sources
Various ACT Government data sources give a range of perspectives that can be used to analyse the criminal justice environment and measure success of prevention and disruption strategies.
- ACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Justice Programs commissioning documents
- ACT Ambulance Service performance
- ACT Government budget reviews
- ACT Justice and Community Safety annual reports
- ACT Magistrates Court annual reports
- ACT Policing annual reports
- Domestic Violence Crisis Service annual reports
- Independent review into over-representation of First Nations people in the ACT justice system
- Inspector of Custodial Services annual reports
- National Agreement on Closing the Gap - ACT Annual Report 2024
- Supreme Court of the ACT annual reports
National sources
Australian Bureau of Statistics
The Australian Bureau of Statistics provides a range of crime and safety related statistics through database search including:
- Recorded crime - offenders Statistics about offenders proceeded against by police including age, sex, Indigenous status and most serious offence.
- Recorded crime - victims: National statistics about victims of a range of personal, household and family and domestic violence offences as recorded by police.
- Crime victimisation: National and state and territory crime rates for assault, threat, robbery, break-in, theft or stealing, property damage and police reporting rates.
- Personal safety: Rates of physical and sexual assault, family and domestic violence, economic and emotional abuse, stalking, sexual harassment, and childhood abuse.
- Disability and violence: Presents statistics about assault, domestic violence, partner emotional abuse/coercion, sexual harassment, and stalking for persons with disability.
Australian Institute of Criminology
The Australian Institute of Criminology is Australia's national research and knowledge centre on crime and justice.
The AIC provides a range of reports and publications on
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare provides an overview of youth justice in Australia.
Australian Productivity Commission
The Australian Government Productivity Commission provides data about police services, courts and corrective services through:
- the annual Report on Government Services
They report on targets and indicators agreed as part of the National Agreement on Closing the Gap, including: