The Sentencing Advisory Council released a report on the sentencing of children in Victoria on 20 July 2016. The report, Sentencing Children in Victoria: Data Update Report, focuses on children sentenced in the Children’s Court and the higher courts from 2010 to 2015 (inclusive). The report updates select sentencing data from the Council’s 2012 report Sentencing Children and Young People in Victoria. The Council has found that sentenced offending by children in Victoria is rare. In 2015, only 0.6% of the Victorian population aged 10 to 17 received a sentence in the Children’s Court, less than one-third the equivalent rate for adults (2.1% of adults received a sentence in the Magistrates’ Court and the higher courts in 2015). Only one child was sentenced in the higher courts in 2015. Number and percentage of cases by sentence type and calendar year, Children’s Court, 2010 to 2015 details can be found fact sheet on website.