Trends of young people in detention
Over the 4-year period from the June quarter 2020 to the June quarter 2024, the number of young people in detention on an average night increased from 791 to 845. In the June quarter 2024, the rate of young people aged 10–17 in detention on an average night was 2.7 per 10,000. This rate was marginally higher than in the June quarter 2020 and the June quarter 2023 (2.6 per 10,000).
For more information see Trends in the number of young people in detention.