an offender is only counted once, irrespective of how many offences they may have committed within the same incident or how many times they were dealt with by police during the reference period
Supplementary notes
Australia's financial years run from July to June of the following year. For example, FY 2024 starts on July 1, 2023 and ends on June 30, 2024.
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Number of illicit drug offenses Australia FY2023-FY2024, by age
As of financial year 2024, ***** people aged 20 to 24 years old were recorded for illicit drug offenses in Australia. ***** children under the age of 18 years were recorded during the same time for illicit drug offenses.
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (March 5, 2025). Number of offenders recorded for illicit drug offenses in Australia from financial year 2023 to financial year 2024, by age [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 08, 2026, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1616258/australia-number-of-illicit-drug-offenses-by-age/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Number of offenders recorded for illicit drug offenses in Australia from financial year 2023 to financial year 2024, by age." Chart. March 5, 2025. Statista. Accessed May 08, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1616258/australia-number-of-illicit-drug-offenses-by-age/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2025). Number of offenders recorded for illicit drug offenses in Australia from financial year 2023 to financial year 2024, by age. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 08, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1616258/australia-number-of-illicit-drug-offenses-by-age/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Number of Offenders Recorded for Illicit Drug Offenses in Australia from Financial Year 2023 to Financial Year 2024, by Age." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Mar 2025, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1616258/australia-number-of-illicit-drug-offenses-by-age/
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Number of offenders recorded for illicit drug offenses in Australia from financial year 2023 to financial year 2024, by age Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1616258/australia-number-of-illicit-drug-offenses-by-age/ (last visited May 08, 2026)
Number of offenders recorded for illicit drug offenses in Australia from financial year 2023 to financial year 2024, by age [Graph], Australian Bureau of Statistics, March 5, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1616258/australia-number-of-illicit-drug-offenses-by-age/
