The Youth Justice National Minimum Data Set (YJ NMDS) is an annual collection of information on young people under youth justice supervision in Australia. It contains data on all supervised orders (both community based and detention) relating to young people under youth justice supervision.

Collection details
Variables to support reporting and linkage
  • Indigenous status

Temporal coverage 

1/7/2000 to 30/6/2023

Geographical coverage

National

Data availability

  • Publications
  • Summary tables published in electronic form

Restricted unit record access subject to Ethics Committee approval and/or the agreement of all relevant data custodians in all states and territories (charges may apply).

Data scope 

All young people under youth justice supervision throughout Australia from July 2000.

Methodology 

Admin data

Metadata information and data quality statement (DQS)

Youth Justice DSS 2020
(METEOR 743989)

External links and information 

Youth Justice in Australia 2022-23

Youth Justice NMDS 2022-23: Quality Statement
(METEOR 787207)

Contact

[email protected]