Theft of mail-receptacles, articles or postal messages

Legislation: Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) s 471.1

Maximum penalty: 10 years imprisonment

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, 73 charges of theft of mail-receptacles, articles or postal messages 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 (37% or 27 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, theft of mail-receptacles, articles or postal messages 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 theft of mail-receptacles, articles or postal messages

Number: 73 charges

Bar graph showing sentence types imposed for charges of theft of mail-receptacles, articles or postal messages

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

Figure 2: Imprisonment lengths for charges of theft of mail-receptacles, articles or postal messages

Number: 11 charges

Bar graph showing imprisonment lengths for charges of theft of mail-receptacles, articles or postal messages

Note: The graph only includes imprisonment that was not part of an aggregate sentence (non-aggregate imprisonment)

See Table 2 in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.

Figure 4: Fine amounts for charges of theft of mail-receptacles, articles or postal messages

Number: 13 charges

Note: The graph only includes fines that were not part of an aggregate sentence (non-aggregate fines).

Bar graph showing fine amounts for charges of theft of mail-receptacles, articles or postal messages

See Table 4 in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.

Figure 5: Sentencing outcomes for all charges of theft of mail-receptacles, articles or postal messages by financial year

Number: 73 charges

Stacked bar graph showing sentences imposed each year for charges of theft of mail-receptacles, articles or postal messages

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

Figure 6: Number of charges of theft of mail-receptacles, articles or postal messages by financial year

Number: 73 charges

Bar graph showing the number of charges each year for the offence of theft of mail-receptacles, articles or postal messages

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

Figure 7: Average imprisonment lengths for charges of theft of mail-receptacles, articles or postal messages by financial year

Number: 11 charges

Note: The graph only includes imprisonment that was not part of an aggregate sentence (non-aggregate imprisonment).

Bar graph showing imprisonment lengths each year for charges of theft of mail-receptacles, articles or postal messages

See Table 7 in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.

Figure 9: Average fine amounts for charges of theft of mail-receptacles, articles or postal messages by financial year

Number: 13 charges

Note: The graph only includes fines that were not part of an aggregate sentence (non-aggregate fines).

Bar graph showing fines amounts each year for charges of theft of mail-receptacles, articles or postal messages

See Table 9 in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.