Conviction rate is the number of accused who are either convicted by a jury or judge or plead guilty at any time after committal as a percentage of the total number of accused committed for trial. The following tables provide a breakdown of the overall conviction rate according to the percentage of convictions by verdict and convictions by plea.
Table 5.1. Summary of overall conviction rates
Overall conviction rate | |
|---|---|
Jul-22 | 66.7% |
Aug-22 | 81.3% |
Sep-22 | 76.2% |
Oct-22 | 75.8% |
Nov-22 | 76.7% |
Dec-22 | 74.7% |
Jan-23 | 72.9% |
Feb-23 | 80.8% |
Mar-23 | 76.1% |
Apr-23 | 75.3% |
May-23 | 82.6% |
Jun-23 | 78.1% |
2022-23 Average | 77.7% |
Table 5.2. Breakdown of conviction rates according to the proportion of convictions by verdicts or pleas
Convictions by verdict | Convictions by plea | |
Jul-22 | 14.1% | 85.9% |
Aug-22 | 14.1% | 85.9% |
Sep-22 | 7.7% | 92.3% |
Oct-22 | 11.0% | 89.0% |
Nov-22 | 6.3% | 93.8% |
Dec-22 | 15.3% | 84.7% |
Jan-23 | 2.8% | 97.2% |
Feb-23 | 6.0% | 94.0% |
Mar-23 | 13.6% | 86.4% |
Apr-23 | 19.4% | 80.6% |
May-23 | 12.4% | 87.6% |
Jun-23 | 13.3% | 86.7% |
Average | 11.6% | 88.4% |
Data from previous years is available at: https://data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset