Table 1.1. Summary of file activity for the month1

Month

Files at the start of the period

Files received during the period

Files closed during the period

Other2

Total files at the end of the period

Jul-22

3238

386

332

-16

3276

Aug-22

3276

424

434

-4

3262

Sep-22

3262

384

350

-11

3285

Oct-22

3285

359

419

-49

3176

Nov-22

3176

385

445

-3

3113

Dec-22

3113

331

415

10

3039

Jan-23

3039

417

394

-3

3059

Feb-23

3059

392

331

8

3128

Mar-23

3128

450

461

13

3130

Apr-23

3130

355

332

-12

3141

May-23

3141

473

455

31

3190

Jun-23

3190

411

433

4

3172

Total

3238

4767

4801

-32

3172

1. Files counted may have one or more accused. Files include Prosecutions, Appeals, Confiscations, Mental Impairment matters, Bail Reviews, Habitual Sexual Offender matters, Magistrates Court Prosecutions, Opinions, Non-Parole Period matters, Breach Bonds, Drug Court matters and Adjudications. This data excludes WAT files (refer to Table 1.3 for WAT file activity).

2. 'Other' includes matters being joined (-) or severed (+), erroneously opened (+ or -), closed files being re-opened (+).

Table 1.2. Summary of files received during the month1

Adj

Pros

Appeal

Conf

MI

HSO

TIC

Other2

Total

Jul-22

205

103

12

17

0

0

7

42

386

53%

27%

3%

4%

0%

0%

2%

11%

100%

Aug-22

211

109

16

13

1

0

14

60

424

50%

26%

4%

3%

0%

0%

3%

14%

100%

Sep-22

226

96

10

7

2

0

3

40

384

59%

25%

3%

2%

1%

0%

1%

10%

100%

Oct-22

193

94

10

11

2

1

9

39

359

54%

26%

3%

3%

1%

0%

3%

11%

100%

Nov-22

207

100

6

18

1

0

4

49

385

54%

26%

2%

5%

0%

0%

1%

13%

100%

Dec-22

186

93

9

9

0

0

6

28

331

56%

28%

3%

3%

0%

0%

2%

8%

100%

Jan-23

259

94

13

13

1

1

3

33

417

62%

23%

3%

3%

0%

0%

1%

8%

100%

Feb-23

193

133

3

16

1

0

14

32

392

49%

34%

1%

4%

0%

0%

4%

8%

100%

Mar-23

235

137

12

15

3

0

8

40

450

52%

30%

3%

3%

1%

0%

2%

9%

100%

Apr-23

193

102

7

13

0

0

4

36

355

54%

29%

2%

4%

0%

0%

1%

10%

100%

May-23

258

133

10

21

2

0

11

38

473

55%

28%

2%

4%

0%

0%

2%

8%

100%

Jun-23

211

121

15

13

1

0

10

40

411

51%

29%

4%

3%

0%

0%

2%

10%

100%

Total

2577

1315

123

166

14

2

93

477

4767

54%

28%

3%

3%

0%

0%

2%

10%

100%

1. Files counted may have one or more accused.  Adj = Adjudications, Pros = Prosecution, Conf = Confiscations, MI = Mental Impairment Matters, HSO = Habitual Sexual Offender Matters.

2. 'Other' includes Magistrates Court Prosecution files, Opinions files, Bail Review files, Drug Court files, Non-Parole period files, and Breach Bond files.

Table 1.3. Witness Assistance Team (WAT) file activity for the month1

 

Files at the start of the period

New referrals

during the period

Filesclosed during the period

Other2

Files at the end of the period

Jul-22

861

33

35

1

860

Aug-22

860

46

45

0

861

Sep-22

861

36

34

0

863

Oct-22

863

41

41

0

863

Nov-22

863

39

44

2

860

Dec-22

860

24

34

1

851

Jan-23

851

19

46

2

826

Feb-23

826

32

26

3

835

Mar-23

835

36

39

0

832

Apr-23

832

32

33

-4

827

May-23

827

35

49

6

819

Jun-23

819

24

47

0

796

Total

861

397

473

11

796

1.         The figures presented are not inclusive of historic WAT files that are not in the Prosecution Case Management System.

2.         Not every file received will be referred to WAT.

3.         ‘Other' includes matters being joined (-) or severed (+), erroneously opened (+ or -), closed files being re-opened (+).

Table 1.4. Status of Mental Impairment matters open at the end of the month (running total)1

 

Released on licence

Detained pending determination of review

Detained

Declared liable to supervision (limiting term not yet fixed)

Supervision Orders expired (i.e., briefs closed)

Total

Jul-22

93

0

21

7

2

123

76%

0%

17%

6%

2%

100%

Aug-22

86

0

22

6

8

122

70%

0%

18%

5%

7%

100%

Sep-22

87

0

20

7

2

116

75%

0%

17%

6%

2%

100%

Oct-22

85

1

21

8

1

116

73%

1%

18%

7%

1%

100%

Nov-2022

87

1

20

8

0

116

75%

1%

17%

7%

0%

100%

Dec-22

90

1

19

6

0

116

78%

1%

16%

5%

0%

100%

Jan-2023

89

1

18

7

2

117

76%

1%

15%

6%

2%

100%

Feb-23

91

2

17

6

0

116

78%

2%

15%

5%

0%

100%

Mar-2023

92

2

16

6

2

118

78%

2%

14%

5%

2%

100%

Apr-2023

95

1

15

5

1

117

81%

1%

13%

4%

1%

100%

May-2023

93

2

16

7

0

118

79%

2%

14%

6%

0%

100%

Jun-2023

93

1

18

6

0

118

79%

1%

15%

5%

0%

100%

Table 1.5. Mental Impairment Applications made during the month

 

Application to vary/ review Supervision Orders

Application to revoke Supervision Orders

Other

Total

Jul-22

1

0

0

1

Aug-22

1

0

0

1

Sep-22

5

1

0

6

Oct-22

1

0

0

1

Nov-22

1

0

0

1

Dec-22

1

1

0

2

Jan-23

1

0

0

1

Feb-23

7

1

0

8

Mar-23

7

0

0

7

Apr-23

1

0

0

1

May-23

1

1

0

2

Jun-23

0

0

0

0

Total

27

4

0

31

87%

13%

0%

100%

Table 1.6. Mental Impairment prosecution brief activity by month

 

Pending matters

(s269reports ordered)

Finding of

Mental Incompetence

Unfit to Plead

Total

Jul-22

0

1

0

1

0%

100%

0%

100%

Aug-22

3

2

0

5

60%

40%

0%

100%

Sep-22

4

2

1

7

57%

29%

14%

100%

Oct-22

3

1

0

4

75%

25%

0%

100%

Nov-22

3

0

1

4

75%

0%

25%

100%

Dec-22

1

0

0

1

100%

0%

0%

100%

Jan-23

0

0

2

2

0%

0%

100%

100%

Feb-23

5

1

1

7

71%

14%

14%

100%

Mar-23

3

0

1

4

75%

0%

25%

100%

Apr-23

1

0

1

2

50%

0%

50%

100%

May-23

2

0

1

3

67%

0%

33%

100%

Jun-23

4

1

2

7

57%

14%

29%

100%

Total

29

8

10

47

62%

17%

21%

100%

Data from previous years is available at: https://data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset