Rates of youth detention
This figure shows that there were 2.8 per 10,000 young people aged 10–17 in Australia that were in detention on an average night in the June quarter 2022. The Northern Territory had the highest rate of young people in detention on an average night, while Victoria had the lowest (21.0 compared with 1.3 young people). The trend figure shows that since the Northern Territory has the highest rate of young people aged 10–17 in detention on an average night, ranging from 6.6 young people per 10,000 in June quarter 2020 to 21.0 young people per 10,000 in June 2022. All other states and territories had rates of less than 6 young people per 10,000 for each quarter over the 4-year period.
