Possess a controlled drug

Legislation: Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) s 308.1

Maximum penalty: 2 years imprisonment, 400 penalty units, or both

Period: 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2023

Jurisdiction: Magistrates' Court

On SACStat, a charge is a single count of an offence
On SACStat, a case is a collection of one or more charges sentenced at a hearing

*Note: unavailable options have under 10 cases

Charge data

In the Magistrates' Court, 19 charges of possess a controlled drug were sentenced in the five years to 30 June 2023. The most common sentence for a charge of this offence was a fine with conviction (36.8% or 7 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 the Magistrates' Court, possess a controlled drug was the principal proven offence (the most serious crime in the case) in fewer than 10 cases in the five years to 30 June 2023. Therefore, outcomes for cases are not given for this offence.

Figure 1: Sentencing outcomes for all charges of possess a controlled drug

Number: 19 charges

Bar graph showing sentence types imposed for charges of possess a controlled drug

See Table 1 in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.

Figure 5: Sentencing outcomes for all charges of possess a controlled drug by financial year

Number: 19 charges

Stacked bar graph showing sentences imposed each year for charges of possess a controlled drug

See Table 5 in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.

Figure 6: Number of charges of possess a controlled drug by financial year

Number: 19 charges

Bar graph showing the number of charges each year for the offence of possess a controlled drug

See Table 6 in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.