CCS2023Q2
New South Wales Criminal Courts Statistics Jul 2018-Jun 2023
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Author
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NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research |
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Published
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December 2023 |
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Report Type
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NSW Criminal Courts Statistics |
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Subject
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Court statistics
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Keywords
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Court statistics |
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Summary
Aim
In 2022/23 the NSW Criminal Courts finalised 14% more appearances than in 2021/22 and 7% more than in the year prior to the pandemic (2018/19). Nearly all of the increase in finalisations over the most recent two years occurred in the Local Court (up 15%).
In 2022/23, the median time to finalise a defended hearing in the Local Court rose to 296 days from arrest to finalisation; this is a 98 day increase from pre-pandemic (198 days in 2018/2019).
Sentencing figures show a reduction in the proportion of proven defendants receiving a prison sentence in 2022/23.