Young people under community supervision
See how many community-based orders have started or completed and the number of bail supervisions and remand interventions.
Key service measures for community supervision
Key service measures | 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 | 2022-2023 |
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Number of background reports and assessments completed for young offenders appearing at court | 4435 | 3980 | 3440 | 2835 | 2771 |
Number of community-based orders commencing | 5312 | 5163 | 5133 | 3955 | 3917 |
Number of individual young people commencing supervision in the community | 1620 | 1564 | 1513 | 1321 | 1268 |
Number of hours of community service work completed by young people | 9881 | 8736 | 7974 | 4506 | 4221 |
Source: Department of Communities and Justice, Youth Justice Business Analytics. Effective date 1 July 2023.
Commencing community-based orders
This chart shows the number of community-based orders commencing over the past 5 years.
Statistics overview
The number of community-based orders that commenced was:
5312 in 2018-2019
5163 in 2019-2020
5133 in 2020-2021
3955 in 2021-2022
3917 in 2022-2023.
The definition of 'community-based orders commencing' is the number of community-based orders from the Children's Court issued in the financial year for supervision by Youth Justice NSW.
Source: Department of Communities and Justice, Youth Justice Business Analytics. Effective date 1 July 2023.
Completed community-based orders
This chart shows the number and percentage of community-based orders completed over the past 5 years.
Statistics overview
The number of community-based orders completed:
5601 (84.6%) in 2018-2019
5418 (84.5%) in 2019-2020
5609 (88.4%) in 2020-2021
5305 (92.4%) in 2021-2022
4214 (92.8%) in 2022-2023.
A community-based order is counted as ‘complete’ unless it has been breached or revoked.
Source: Department of Communities and Justice, Youth Justice Business Analytics. Effective date 1 July 2023.
Bail supervision orders
This chart shows the number of bail supervisions over the past 5 years.
Statistics overview
The number of bail supervisions orders was:
634 in 2018-2019
692 in 2019-2020
523 in 2020-2021
442 in 2021-2022
399 in 2022-2023.
Source: Department of Communities and Justice, Youth Justice Business Analytics. Effective date 1 July 2023.
Remand interventions
This chart shows the number of remand interventions over the past 5 years.
Statistics overview
The number of remand interventions was:
3183 in 2018-2019
3308 in 2019-2020
3158 in 2020-2021
2893 in 2021-2022
3358 in 2022-2023.
Remand interventions are conducted by Youth Justice staff to assist young people in custody on remand to get bail.
Source: Department of Communities and Justice, Youth Justice Business Analytics. Effective date 1 July 2023.