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
| Key service measures | 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 | 2022-2023 | 2023-2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of background reports and assessments completed for young offenders appearing at court | 3980 | 3440 | 2835 | 2771 | 2934 |
| Number of community-based orders commencing | 5163 | 5133 | 3955 | 3917 | 3935 |
| Number of individual young people commencing supervision in the community | 1564 | 1513 | 1321 | 1268 | 1280 |
| Number of hours of community service work completed by young people | 8736 | 7974 | 4506 | 4221 | 4562 |
Source: Department of Communities and Justice, Youth Justice Business Analytics. Effective date 6 July 2024.
Commencing community-based orders
This chart shows the number of community-based orders commencing over the past 5 years.
Statistics overview
The number of community-based orders that commenced was:
- 5163 in 2019-2020
- 5133 in 2020-2021
- 3955 in 2021-2022
- 3917 in 2022-2023
- 3935 in 2023-2024.
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 6 July 2024.
Completed community-based orders
This chart shows the number and percentage of community-based orders completed over the past 5 years.
Statistics overview
The number of community-based orders completed:
- 5418 (84.5%) in 2019-2020
- 5609 (88.4%) in 2020-2021
- 5305 (92.4%) in 2021-2022
- 4214 (92.8%) in 2022-2023
- 4282 (92.2%) in 2023-2024.
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 6 July 2024.
Bail supervision orders
This chart shows the number of bail supervisions over the past 5 years.
Statistics overview
The number of bail supervisions orders was:
- 692 in 2019-2020
- 523 in 2020-2021
- 442 in 2021-2022
- 399 in 2022-2023
- 415 in 2023-2024.
Source: Department of Communities and Justice, Youth Justice Business Analytics. Effective date 6 July 2024.
Remand interventions
This chart shows the number of remand interventions over the past 5 years.
Statistics overview
The number of remand interventions was:
- 3308 in 2019-2020
- 3158 in 2020-2021
- 2893 in 2021-2022
- 3358 in 2022-2023
- 3491 in 2023-2024.
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 6 July 2024.