Skip to start of content

Home → Publications → Reports → Australian crime : facts and figures → 2002 → Non-appeal criminal matters finalised in less than 12 months by type of court, percentages, 2000- 2001

Australian Crime: Facts and Figures 2002

The criminal court process: timeliness

Non-appeal criminal matters finalised in less than 12 months by type of court, percentages, 2000- 2001
Bar chart

Source: Steering Committee for the Review of Commonwealth/State Service Provision 2002, Report on government services 2002, vol. 1, Productivity Commission, Canberra.

What this chart shows

  • In 2000-2001, Magistrate's Courts finalised 88% of criminal cases in less than six months, and 96% in less than 12 months.
  • Intermediate Courts finalised 65% of matters in less than six months, and 84% in less than 12 months.
  • Supreme Courts finalised 64% of matters within six months and 83% within 12 months.

References