Breach of bail

Our Sentencing Spotlight on breach of bail offences provides insight into sentencing outcomes between 1 July 2005 and 30 June 2016:

a total of 107,779 offenders were sentenced
of these, 63,769 offenders had breach of bail as their most serious offence (MSO)
of all offenders, 44,010 had another offence as their MSO but included breach of bail offence
children made up 1.7% of total offenders
the number of offenders sentenced for breach of bail as their MSO increased each year from 2008-09
the average age of offenders was 30 years
the majority of offenders were male (79.5%)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander offenders made up 26.1% of total offenders
the majority pleaded guilty (95.5%)
the majority received a non-custodial penalty (84.4%), with most adults (73.1%) receiving a fine and most children (51.9%) receiving a reprimand.