This report analyses the sentencing of category A and B serious youth offences from their introduction in February 2018 to 30 June 2024. It identifies the most common offences sentenced in Victorian courts, the sentences imposed on children and young people, and the age and gender of children and young people who committed those offences.

This report examines Commonwealth offences sentenced in Victoria’s adult courts in the five years to 30 June 2023. It identifies the agencies that prosecuted Commonwealth offences, the demographics of federal offenders, the sentence types imposed for Commonwealth offences and the most commonly sentenced Commonwealth offences in Victoria.

A study comparing crime and safety in New South Wales (NSW) with other Australian states and territories for violent and property crime. Overall, the analysis demonstrates that crime rates in NSW are generally low compared to other Australian states and territories. However, sexual assault stands out as an offence of concern.

This report is the fifth iteration in a series of attempts to calculate the costs of serious and organised crime to Australia. Serious and organised crime was estimated to cost Australia between $35.5b and $82.3b in 2023–24. These figures represent the substantial and pervasive economic impact of serious and organised crime on Australia.

An independent review of the operation of doli incapax in New South Wales (NSW) for children under 14. Doli incapax operates as a common law presumption in NSW and presumes children aged between 10 and 13 are not able to be held criminally responsible for their actions. The report makes seven recommendations.