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 in 2021-2022
| Key service measures | 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of background reports and assessments completed for young offenders appearing at court | 4,426 | 4,435 | 3,980 | 3,440 | 2,835 |
| Number of community-based orders commencing | 5,025 | 5,312 | 5,163 | 5,133 | 3,955 |
| Number of individual young people commencing supervision in the community | 1,616 | 1,620 | 1,564 | 1,513 | 1,321 |
| Number of hours of community service work completed by young people | 12,119 | 9,881 | 8,736 | 7,974 | 4,506 |
Source: Department of Communities and Justice, Youth Justice Business Analytics. Effective date 2 July 2022.
Commencing community-based orders
This chart shows the number of community-based orders commencing over the past five years.
Statistics overview
The number of community-based orders that commenced was:
5,025 in 2017-2018
5,312 in 2018-2019
5,163 in 2019-2020
5,133 in 2020-2021
3,955 in 2021-2022.
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 2 July 2022.
Completed community-based orders
This chart shows the number and percentage of community-based orders completed over the past five years.
Statistics overview
The number of community-based orders completed:
4,938 (82.1%) in 2017-2018
5,601 (84.6%) in 2018-2019
5,418 (84.5%) in 2019-2020
5,609 (88.4%) in 2020-2021
5,305 (92.4%) in 2021-2022.
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 2 July 2022.
Bail supervision orders
This chart shows the number of bail supervisions over the past five years.
Statistics overview
The number of bail supervisions orders was:
651 in 2017-2018
634 in 2018-2019
692 in 2019-2020
523 in 2020-2021
442 in 2021-2022.
Source: Department of Communities and Justice, Youth Justice Business Analytics. Effective date 2 July 2022.
Remand interventions
This chart shows the number of remand interventions over the past five years.
Statistics overview
The number of remand interventions was:
2,908 in 2017-2018
3,183 in 2018-2019
3,308 in 2019-2020
3,158 in 2020-2021
2,893 in 2021-2022.
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 2 July 2022.