Indecent assault (repealed)

Legislation: Crimes Act 1958 (Vic) s 39(1)

Maximum penalty: 10 years imprisonment

Period: 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2023

Jurisdiction: Magistrates' Court

Charges

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Cases

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All outcomes

Males

Females

Aged 18 to 24

Aged 25 to 54

Aged 55 and over

*Note: unavailable options have under 10 cases

Charge data

In the Magistrates' Court, 41 charges of indecent assault (repealed) were sentenced in the three years to 30 June 2023. The most common sentence for a charge of this offence was an 'other' sentence type (63.4% or 26 charges).

On SACStat, a charge is a single count of a sentenced offence. Charge data is most useful in understanding how a specific crime is usually sentenced.

Case data

In 19 cases sentenced in the Magistrates' Court in the three years to 30 June 2023, each case included at least one charge of indecent assault (repealed). Among the 19 cases, 19 people were male and 0 people were female. The most common outcome for cases was an 'other' sentence type (68.4% or 13 cases).

A case is a collection of one or more charges against a person or company sentenced at the one hearing. Case data is most useful in understanding the total sentence usually imposed on people found guilty of a particular crime.

Bar graph showing sentence types imposed for charges of indecent assault (repealed) — **Figure 1**: Sentencing outcomes for all charges of indecent assault (repealed)
**Number: 41 charges**

Bar graph showing imprisonment lengths for charges of indecent assault (repealed) — **Figure 2**: Imprisonment lengths for charges of indecent assault (repealed)
**Number: 1 charge**

Bar graph showing lengths of community correction orders for charges of indecent assault (repealed) — **Figure 3**: Community correction order lengths for charges of indecent assault (repealed)
**Number: 14 charges**

Stacked bar graph showing sentences imposed each year for charges of indecent assault (repealed) — **Figure 5**: Sentencing outcomes for all charges of indecent assault (repealed) by financial year
**Number: 41 charges**

Bar graph showing the number of charges each year for the offence of indecent assault (repealed) — **Figure 6**: Number of charges of indecent assault (repealed) by financial year
**Number: 41 charges**

Bar graph showing imprisonment lengths each year for charges of indecent assault (repealed) — **Figure 7**: Average imprisonment lengths for charges of indecent assault (repealed) by financial year
**Number: 1 charge**
**Note**: The graph only includes imprisonment that was not part of an aggregate sentence (non-aggregate imprisonment).

Bar graph showing sentence types for all offenders for cases of indecent assault (repealed) — **Figure 9A**: Sentencing outcomes for all people for cases of indecent assault (repealed)
**Number: 19 cases**

Bar graph showing sentence types for male offenders for cases of indecent assault (repealed) — **Figure 9B**: Sentencing outcomes for males for cases of indecent assault (repealed)
**Number: 19 cases**

Bar graph showing sentence types for offenders aged 25 to 54 for cases of indecent assault (repealed) — **Figure 9E**: Sentencing outcomes for people aged 25 to 54 for cases of indecent assault (repealed)
**Number: 1 case**

Bar graph showing sentence types for offenders aged 55 and over for cases of indecent assault (repealed) — **Figure 9F**: Sentencing outcomes for people aged 55 and over for cases of indecent assault (repealed)
**Number: 18 cases**

Bar graph showing imprisonment lengths for cases of indecent assault (repealed) — **Figure 10**: Imprisonment lengths for cases of indecent assault (repealed)
**Number: 1 case**, including imprisonment only (1 case) and imprisonment combined with a community correction order (0 cases).

Bar graph showing non-parole periods for cases of indecent assault (repealed) — **Figure 11**: Non-parole periods for all people for cases of indecent assault (repealed)
**Number: 1 case**
**Note**: Imprisonment terms do not include a community correction order.

Bar graph showing lengths of community correction orders for cases of indecent assault (repealed) — **Figure 12**: Community correction order lengths for cases of indecent assault (repealed)
**Number: 5 cases**

Stacked bar graph showing sentences imposed each year for cases of indecent assault (repealed) — **Figure 13**: Sentencing outcomes for all cases of indecent assault (repealed) by financial year
**Number: 19 cases**

Bar graph showing the number of cases each year for cases of indecent assault (repealed) — **Figure 14**: Number of cases of indecent assault (repealed) for all people by financial year
**Number: 19 cases**

Bar graph showing the average imprisonment length each year for cases of indecent assault (repealed) — **Figure 15**: Average imprisonment lengths for cases of indecent assault (repealed) by financial year
**Number: 1 case**