1 in 4 Court Cases in NSW Is Related to Domestic Violence: Crime Statistics

Published on June 11, 2024

More than one in four defendants who have gone through the local courts in New South Wales (NSW) carry domestic violence charges, data released by the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) showed. According to BOCSAR’s Criminal Courts statistics, the number of defendants with finalised domestic violence charges increased by five percent within five years, from January 2019 to December 2023. In 2023, out of 135,843 defendants finalised in the state’s local courts, there were 34,758 defendants with a finalised charge related to domestic violence offences, or 25.5 percent. Meanwhile, in 2019, there were 25,507 defendants with a finalised charge related to domestic violence offences out of 127,054 total defendants, or 20 percent....

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