Engage in sexual activity with a child aged under 16 outside of australia

Legislation: Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) s 272.9

Maximum penalty: 20 years imprisonment

Period: 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2024

Jurisdiction: higher courts

Charges

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Cases

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All outcomes

Males

Females

Aged under 25

Aged 25 to 54

Aged 55 and over

*Note: unavailable options have under 10 cases

Charge data

In the higher courts, 16 charges of engage in sexual activity with a child aged under 16 outside of australia were sentenced in the five years to 30 June 2024. The most common sentence for a charge of this offence was imprisonment (100% or 16 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 higher courts, engage in sexual activity with a child aged under 16 outside of australia was the principal proven offence (the most serious crime in the case) in fewer than 10 cases in the five years to 30 June 2024. Therefore, outcomes for cases are not given for this offence.

Bar graph showing sentence types imposed for charges of engage in sexual activity with a child aged under 16 outside of australia — **Figure 1**: Sentencing outcomes for all charges of engage in sexual activity with a child aged under 16 outside of australia
**Number: 16 charges**

Bar graph showing imprisonment lengths for charges of engage in sexual activity with a child aged under 16 outside of australia — **Figure 2**: Imprisonment lengths for charges of engage in sexual activity with a child aged under 16 outside of australia
**Number: 16 charges**
**Range and median**: The shortest imprisonment length is 1.5 years, the longest is 7 years, and the median is 6 years, meaning that half of the imprisonment lengths are below 6 years and half are above.
**Note**: The graph only includes imprisonment that was not part of an aggregate sentence (non-aggregate imprisonment).

Stacked bar graph showing sentences imposed each year for charges of engage in sexual activity with a child aged under 16 outside of australia — **Figure 3**: Sentencing outcomes for all charges of engage in sexual activity with a child aged under 16 outside of australia by financial year
**Number: 16 charges**

Bar graph showing the number of charges each year for the offence of engage in sexual activity with a child aged under 16 outside of australia — **Figure 4**: Number of charges of engage in sexual activity with a child aged under 16 outside of australia by financial year
**Number: 16 charges**

Bar graph showing imprisonment lengths each year for charges of engage in sexual activity with a child aged under 16 outside of australia — **Figure 5**: Average imprisonment lengths for charges of engage in sexual activity with a child aged under 16 outside of australia by financial year
**Number: 16 charges**
**Note**: The graph only includes imprisonment that was not part of an aggregate sentence (non-aggregate imprisonment).