Key Points

• The number of justice social work reports submitted (including supplementary reports) rose by six per cent between 2023-24 and 2024-25 to 29,600. This was the highest level since 2016-17.
• There were 16,500 community payback orders (CPOs) commenced in 2024-25. This was nine per cent up on 2023-24 and the fifth highest in ten years.
• In 2024-25, 69 per cent of CPOs were issued with an unpaid work requirement. Slightly less (67 per cent) were issued with a supervision requirement.
• The average hours given as part of CPO unpaid work requirements increased from 121 hours in 2015-16 to 137 hours in 2024-25. The 2024-25 average was the highest in the last ten years.
• The average number of months given as part of CPO supervision requirements increased from 15.6 months in 2015-16 to 16.2 months in 2024-25.
• The successful completion rate for CPOs in 2024-25 was 71 per cent, the same as in 2023-24.
• Since the introduction of CPOs, 12.5 million hours of unpaid work or other activity have been carried out as part of successful unpaid work requirements.
• The number of CPOs in existence increased from 16,800 on 31 March 2024 to the highest level in the last ten years of 18,300 on 31 March 2025.
• There were 230 drug treatment and testing orders (DTTOs) imposed in 2024-25. This was a 20 per cent fall from 280 in 2023-24 and the lowest in the last ten years.
• The successful completion rate for DTTOs in 2024-25 was 53 per cent.
• Seventy-eight per cent of all DTTOs which finished in 2024-25 had no breach applications

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Graph 1: All JSW reports fell sharply during COVID-19 but has risen above the pre-pandemic level in 2024-25 - 4% rise from 2019-20

Graph 2: Supplementary JSW reports fell sharply in 2020-21 during Covid and remain below pre-COVID-19 levels in 2024-25 – 17% fall since 2019-20

Graph 3: CPOs imposed fell sharply in 2020-21 during COVID-19 but rose to just below pre-pandemic level in 2024-25 – 2% fall since 2019-20

Graph 4: CPO success rates rose in 2020-21 during COVID-19 before falling to slightly above pre-pandemic levels in 2023-24 and 2024-25 – rise from 69% in 2017-18 to 71% in 2024-25

Graph 5: DTTOs imposed initially rose post COVID-19 but now have returned to pandemic levels in 2024-25 – 56% fall since 2019-20

Graph 6: DTTOs success rates rose sharply in 2020-21 during COVID-19 before settling around 50% in the last four years - rise from 39% in 2017-18 to 53% in 2024-25