The ACT Criminal Justice Statistical Profile (the Profile) is a historical series of crime data that is compiled twice a year by the Legislation, Policy and Programs Branch (LPP) of the ACT Government Justice and Community Safety Directorate and tabled in the Legislative Assembly.

The profile contains data from the following agencies:

• ACT Policing;
• ACT Ambulance Service;
• Canberra and Calvary Hospitals’ Emergency Departments;
• ACT Sobering Up Shelter;
• Domestic Violence Crisis Service;
• Restorative Justice Unit;
• ACT Magistrates Court;
• Supreme Court of the ACT;
• Access Canberra;
• Office of Children, Youth and Family Support, Community Services Directorate;
• ACT Corrective Services;
• Galambany ‘Circle Sentencing’ Court;
• Victim Support ACT.

The Profile provides Government, community agencies and the public data on varying levels of crime in the ACT and criminal justice system response to crime.

Email alerts are available when each Profile is released if you register interest in the Profile or contact (02) 6207 7309 for more information.

Criminal Justice Statistical Profile – March 2017

The Profiles are developed every six months based on data to March and September, and published after being tabled around June and February each year.

The March 2017 Profile was tabled in the Legislative Assembly in June 2017. Minor amendments have been made and the Profile was re-released in July 2017.

Summary tables and charts on selected data are provided in the March 2017 Key Highlights Summary.

The full Profile can be downloaded March 2017 Criminal Justice Statistical Profile.

Spreadsheets of the tables are available in the March 2017 Data Tables.

More information on the Profile is provided in the March 2017 Statement of Purpose and Explanatory Notes

In addition to the Profile there are other sources of ACT criminal justice data, including ACT Policing’s Crime statistics and data, the Australian Bureau of Statistics and the Australian Institute of Criminology.

Recent Past Releases

Recent Criminal Justice Statistical Profiles are linked below.

Criminal Justice Statistical Profile – September 2016

Criminal Justice Statistical Profile – March 2016

Criminal Justice Statistical Profile – September 2015

Previous releases of the Profile are available dating back to March 2006 can be found on the ACT Criminal Justice Statistical Profile past issues page.