Data dashboard

This figure shows the number of young people in under youth justice supervision on an average day and during the year in Australia. It includes data for 2022–23 and each state and territory. Additionally, it presents the proportion of young people under youth justice supervision by Indigenous status, sex, age and over time.

This figure shows that there were 4,542 young people aged 10 and over under youth justice supervision in 2022–23. Queensland had the largest number (1,595), followed by New South Wales (1,001), while the Australian Capital Territory (58) had the lowest. Of these young people under supervision, 53.3% were Indigenous and 81% were male. There were 198 young people aged 10–13, 3,249 aged 14–17 and 1,096 aged 18 and over under supervision. Overall the number of young people aged 10 and over under youth justice supervision has declined from 2013–14 to 2022–23 (from 6,240 to 4,542).