How to use SAC Stats

The Magistrates Court SAC Statistics Dashboard is a web-based tool that allows users to:

• Explore Magistrates Court sentencing statistics using customisable filters and slicers.
• Access detailed information about the dashboard, including counting rules, inclusions, and exclusions.
• Navigate back to the Sentencing Advisory Council (SAC) website for additional resources and information.

Six Pages for Sentencing Statistics

There are six sentencing type pages to explore the data, they are

• All Sentences
• Imprisonment
• Home Detention
  • Community Corrections (three sub-tabs included)
  • Community Corrections
  • Community Service Order (CSO) (legacy)
• Probation Order (legacy)
• Drug Treatment
• Fine

Filter Panel

Offences – The entire dashboard must be filtered by a single offence (e.g., SECTION).

Optional Slicers: Calendar Year, Global Sentence, etc.

Information Panel

Information Panel can be accessed via clicking the below icon. It contains key counting rules, list of offences and sentencing outcomes, exclusions and limitations

Data coverage

It shows SAC Statistics data inclusive up to a date, i.e. charges' finalised date

There is a gap between the data’s inclusive end date and the last refresh date due to the database management process

Return to Sentencing Advisory Council (SAC)

Click to bring you back to the Sentencing Advisory Council (SAC) website

Reset the dashboard

Click the ‘RESET’ button in the top-right corner

1. Filter data by offence

   Note: Offences is a mandatory filter. A single SECTION must be selected to view stats.

   Open the Offence filter

   To open the Offence filter, click the text “Offences” (as below), an “ACT, SECTION” window will open along the top of the dashboard.

   

   

   Alternatively, users may click the area highlighted below in blue to open the Offence filter:

   

   Select a SECTION

   Users MUST select a single SECTION from the Offence filter. There are two methods:
   Method 1: Expend an ACT, then select a SECTION (click a SECTION, not ACT)
   Method 2: Search by keyword(s), then select a SECTION (click a SECTION, not ACT).

   

   Once a SECTION is selected from the filter, all the pages (e.g., Imprisonment, Home Detention etc.) will be applied.
   SACT Stats data are only available for a single SECTION. Views with multiple ACTs or SECTIONs are not supported. When an ACT that contains multiple SECTIONs is selected, the following message will appear. Please select a SECTION (click the SECTION, not the ACT).

   

   When an ACT that contains only one SECTION is selected, the following message will appear. Please select the SECTION (click the SECTION, not the ACT).

Close “Offence” filter
To close this window, either click “ Close ” or “X”

Clear filters
Click the "eraser" on the top right corner of each filter, or use “Clear all” button

2. Filter data by calendar year, global sentence
To filter data by Calendar Year and Global Sentence, simply click the drop down button and tick the boxes

Note: Calendar Year and Global Sentence are optional filters. When the optional filters is selected from one page, other pages will NOT be applied.

3. Filter data by Party Type, Suspension, Order Duration, Order Component, Fine Amount

For example,

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Note: Offences is a mandatory filter. A single SECTION must be selected to view stats (see “Filtering data” section).

The information in the report, including tables, graphs, and statements, will update dynamically based on the combination of filters applied. Users can toggle between table format and chart format by using the toggle available. Additional information can be viewed when toggling to the table view.

In the first page (i.e. All Sentences), users can use the use slider (highlighted below) to adjust the charts’ axis.