As of financial year 2024, ***** people aged 30 to 34 years old were recorded for offenses with weapons or explosives in Australia. ***** children under the age of 18 years were recorded during the same time for offenses with weapons or explosives.
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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (March 5, 2025). Number of offenders recorded for offenses with weapons or explosives in Australia from financial year 2023 to financial year 2024, by age [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 04, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1616265/australia-number-of-offenses-with-weapons-or-explosives-by-age/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Number of offenders recorded for offenses with weapons or explosives in Australia from financial year 2023 to financial year 2024, by age." Chart. March 5, 2025. Statista. Accessed July 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1616265/australia-number-of-offenses-with-weapons-or-explosives-by-age/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2025). Number of offenders recorded for offenses with weapons or explosives in Australia from financial year 2023 to financial year 2024, by age. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1616265/australia-number-of-offenses-with-weapons-or-explosives-by-age/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Number of Offenders Recorded for Offenses with Weapons or Explosives in Australia from Financial Year 2023 to Financial Year 2024, by Age." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Mar 2025, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1616265/australia-number-of-offenses-with-weapons-or-explosives-by-age/
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Number of offenders recorded for offenses with weapons or explosives in Australia from financial year 2023 to financial year 2024, by age Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1616265/australia-number-of-offenses-with-weapons-or-explosives-by-age/ (last visited July 04, 2025)
Number of offenders recorded for offenses with weapons or explosives 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/1616265/australia-number-of-offenses-with-weapons-or-explosives-by-age/
