Below is a list of the main criminal offences in Victoria.
We provide information for you on all the important Police charges and offences. Choose an offence and you will see;
- The Meaning of the charge
- The maximum penalty and current sentencing
- The elements of the offence
- Our case studies
- Abduction of a Child Under the Age of 16 for Sex
- Abduction or Detention for Sex
- Abortion
- Accessibility of Records for Tax Department
- Additional Records for Taxation
- Administration of Drugs for Sex
- Affray
- Aggravated Animal Cruelty
- Aggravated Assault
- Aggravated Burglary
- Allow Dog or Cat To Be a Nuisance
- Ammunition – Possessing, Acquiring or Carrying
- Animal Cruelty
- Armed Robbery
- Arson
- Arson Causing Death
- Assault
- Assault With Intent to Commit a Sexual Offence
- Assaulting or Resisting Police
- Assault With Intent to Rape
- Being Disguised With Unlawful Intent
- Bestiality
- Bigamy
- Blackmail
- Bomb Hoaxes
- Breach Alcohol Interlock Condition
- Breach of an Intervention Order
- Breach of Community Corrections Order
- Burglary
- Careless Driving
- Carry a Loaded Firearm in a Town, Populous Place, or Public Thoroughfare/Place
- Carry Out Plumbing Work Without Licence or Registration
- Carry Out Work Without a Building Permit
- Causing Injury Intentionally
- Causing Injury Recklessly
- Causing Serious Injury Intentionally in Circumstances of Gross Violence
- Causing Serious Injury Recklessly in Circumstances of Gross Violence
- Child Homicide
- Collecting or Making Documents Likely to Facilitate Terrorist Acts
- Common Assault
- Common Assault (Common Law)
- Compelling Sexual Penetration
- Consequences of Failing to Comply With Section 260A
- Conspiracy
- Contaminating Goods Causing Public Alarm or Economic Loss
- Contempt of Court
- Contravene Family Counselling Order
- Contravene Family Violence Intervention Order
- Contravene Family Violence Intervention Order Intending to Cause Harm or Fear
- Contravene Family Violence Safety Notice
- Control of Body Armour
- Control of Use of Dangerous Articles
- Corporate Criminal Responsibility for Offence Against Section 254
- Corrupting Benefits Given To, or Received By, a Commonwealth Public Official
- Culpable Driving Causing Death
- Cultivation of Narcotic Plants
- Cultivation of Narcotic Plants – Commercial Quantity
- Cultivation of Narcotic Plants – Large Commercial Quantity
- Dangerous Driving
- Dangerous Driving Causing Death or Serious Injury
- Dangerous Goods on Aircraft
- Dangerous Non-guard Dog Attacks or Bites a Person or Animal – Person in Control
- Dealing With Property Suspected of Being Proceeds of Crime
- Dealing With Property Which Subsequently Becomes an Instrument of Crime
- Delay Entry of Police
- Deliberately Omitting Information
- Destroy, Damage or in Any Way Interfere With Any Works of a Water Corporation
- Destroying or Damaging Property
- Destruction of Evidence
- Directing the Activities of a Terrorist Organisation
- Directors Must Give Information to Company
- Discharge Missile to Endanger Person or Property
- Dishonestly Cause a Loss
- Dishonestly Obtain a Financial Advantage (Centrelink Fraud)
- Display “L” Plate
- Distribution of Intimate Image
- Disturbing Religious Worship
- Dog Found at Large Between Sunrise and Sunset
- Dog Rushes at Person – Person in Control
- Drink Driving Exceed PCA
- Drive an Unregistered Vehicle
- Drive While Impaired By Drugs (Drug Driving)
- Driving a Motor Vehicle When Directed to Stop By Police
- Driving Disqualified
- Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicating Liquor or of Any Drug
- Driving While Exceeding the Prescribed Concentration of Alcohol (49.1.f)
- Driving While Licence Suspended Under Infringements Act 2006
- Drunkards Behaving in Riotous or Disorderly Manner
- Duty of Driver, etc. of Motor Vehicle If Accident Occurs
- Duty of Driver etc. of Vehicle That is Not a Motor Vehicle If Accident Occurs
- Duty of Owner of Motor Vehicle to Give Information About Driver
- Endangering Safe Operation of an Aircraft
- Endangering Safety of Aircraft
- Enter Casino While Subject to an Exclusion Order
- Entering a Level Crossing When a Train or Tram is Approaching
- Entering a Place Without Authority or Lawful Excuse
- Escaping From Lawful Custody
- Exceed PCA (49.1.G)
- Exceed Prescribed Concentration of Drugs
- Exceed prescribed Concentration of Drugs (Drug Driving) (49.1.I)
- Extortion With Threats to Destroy Property
- Extortion With Threats to Kill
- Facilitating a Sexual Offence Against a Child
- Fail to Apply to Register a Dog or Cat
- Fail to Comply With an Improvement Notice
- Fail to Comply With Emergency Order or Building Order
- Fail to Comply With Fire Prevention Notice
- Fail to Comply With Planning Scheme, Permit or Agreement Under s173
- Fail to Ensure Ammunition is Carried/Used in a Secure Manner and is Not Lost/Stolen
- Fail to Notify Change of Address
- Fail to Report Accident to Police When Person Injured
- Fail to Report Accident to Police When Property Damaged
- Fail to Restrain Dangerous Dog Off the Owner’s Premises
- Fail to Store Category A or B Longarm Correctly
- Failure of Directors to Call General Meeting
- Failure of Responsible Entity to Call Meeting of the Scheme’s Members
- Failure to Answer Bail
- Failure to Answer Questions When Attending Before the Commissioner
- Failure to Comply With Requirements Under Taxation Law
- Failure to Lodge Documents
- Failure to Vote at Any Election Without a Valid and Sufficient Excuse
- False Accounting
- False Imprisonment
- False or Misleading Information
- False Statements
- False Statements By Company Directors
- Falsification of Documents
- Falsifying or Concealing Identity
- Fishing Closures – Contravene a Prohibition
- Forgery
- Forgery etc. of Documents and Identification Marks
- Forging Prescriptions and Orders for Drugs of Dependence
- Form of Record – English Language
- Frauds By Officers
- Furnish False or Misleading Information (Sex Offender Registry)
- General Duty of Driver or Person in Charge of Motor Vehicle
- Getting Funds To, From, or For a Terrorist Organisation
- Giving False or Misleading Information to Tax Officers
- Going Equipped for Stealing
- Good Faith, Use of Position and Use of Information – Criminal Offences
- Handling Stolen Goods
- Importing and Exporting Border Controlled Precursors
- Importing and Exporting Commercial Quantities of Border Controlled Drugs or Border Controlled Plants
- Improper Use of Motor Vehicle
- Incest
- Inclusion of False or Misleading Information in Records
- Incurring of Certain Debts; Fraudulent Conduct
- Indecent Act In the Presence of a Child Under the Age of 16
- Indecent Assault
- Indemnifying Surety
- Inducement to Be Appointed Liquidator etc. of Company
- Infanticide
- Insider Trading
- Intentionally Causing Serious Injury
- Intentionally or Recklessly Causing a Bushfire
- Intentionally Visually Capture Another Person’s Genital or Anal Region
- Interfere With Corpse of a Human Being
- Introduction of a Drug of Dependence Into the Body of Another Person
- Involving a Child in the Production of Child Abuse Material
- Kidnapping
- Leave Child Without Supervision or Care
- Lighting of Fires in the Open Air
- Lighting Open Air Fires
- Listed Company – Director to Notify Market Operator of Shareholdings etc.
- Loitering Near Schools
- Loitering With Intent to Commit an Indictable Offence
- Making False Reports to Police etc.
- Manslaughter
- Material Personal Interest – Director’s Duty to Disclose
- Membership of a Terrorist Organisation
- Murder
- Negligently Causing Serious Injury
- Negligent Manslaughter
- Non-dangerous Dog Attacks
- Notice to ASIC of Share Cancellation
- Notice to ASIC of Share Issue
- Obscene, Indecent, Threatening Language and Behaviour in Public
- Obstruction of Commissioner or an Authorised Officer
- Obstruction of Commonwealth Public Officials
- Obtain a Financial Advantage By Deception (Commonwealth) (Common Centrelink Charge)
- Obtaining Drugs of Dependence By False Representation
- Obtaining Financial Advantage By Deception
- Obtaining Licence etc. By False Statements
- Obtaining Property By Deception
- Obtaining Property By Deception – Commonwealth
- Occupier Land Contravenes Planning Scheme
- Offence of Serious Racial Vilification
- Offence to Alter, Deface or Place Number on Engine of Motor Vehicle
- Offence to Commit an Indictable Offence Whilst on Bail
- Offence to Contravene Certain Conduct Conditions
- Offence to Drive High-Powered Vehicle
- Offence to Harass Witnesses etc.
- Offence to Obstruct etc. Person Operating Road Safety Camera or Speed Detector
- Offence to Procure Use of Motor Vehicle By Fraud
- Offence to Provide False or Misleading Information
- Offence to Sell Certain Breath Analysing Instruments
- Offences Against Court Security
- Offences By Officers of Certain Companies
- Offences Connected With Explosive Substances
- Offences for Failure to Comply With Statutory Duties
- Offences for Failure to Comply With Statutory Duties By Guarantor
- Offensive Behaviour By a Person in a Motor Vehicle in a Declared Area
- Other Acts Done in Preparation for, or Planning, Terrorist Acts
- Owner Land Fails to Comply With Any Planning Scheme
- Period of Retention
- Perjury
- Persistent Contravention of Family Violence Intervention Order or Notices
- Persistent Sexual Abuse of a Child Under the Age of 16
- Persons Found Drunk and Disorderly
- Person Who is Not a Licensee Sell Liquor or Offer Liquor for Sale
- Perverting the Course of Justice
- Possess Cartridge Ammunition
- Possess More Fish Than the Catch Limit
- Possess More Than Twice Catch Limit of Abalone
- Possess Property Reasonably Suspected to be Stolen
- Possessing a Longarm Without License
- Possessing an Unregistered Longarm
- Possessing Certain Types of Handguns
- Possessing Controlled Drugs
- Possessing Controlled Precursors
- Possessing Controlled Weapon
- Possessing Housebreaking Implements
- Possessing Marketable Quantities of Unlawfully Imported Border Controlled Drugs or Border Controlled Plants
- Possessing Things Connected With Terrorist Attacks
- Possessing Traffickable Quantity of Unregistered Firearms
- Possessing Unlawfully Imported Border Controlled Drugs Or Border Controlled Plants
- Possessing, Carrying or Using a Handgun Without a Licence (Non-prohibited Person)
- Possessing, Using, or Carrying an Unregistered Handgun
- Possession of a Drug of Dependence
- Possession of Child Abuse Material
- Possession of Data With Intent to Commit Serious Computer Offence
- Possession of Precursor Chemicals
- Possession of Substance etc for Trafficking in a Drug of Dependence
- Possession of Tablet Press
- Posting Bills and Defacing Property
- Probationary Driver – No “P” Plates
- Procuring a Sexual Act By Fraud
- Procuring a Sexual Act By Threat
- Producing, Supplying or Obtaining Data With Intent to Commit Serious Computer Offence
- Production of Child Pornography
- Prohibited Person Possessing Firearms
- Prohibited Weapons
- Providing or Receiving Training Connected With Terrorist Acts
- Public Nuisance
- Publishing Evidence Heard During a Bail Application in Breach of a Court Order
- Rape
- Reckless Conduct Endangering Life
- Reckless Conduct Endangering Serious Injury
- Recklessly Causing Serious Injury
- Recruiting for a Terrorist Organisation
- Refuse Breath Test – Drink Driving
- Refuse or Fail to State Name and Address
- Refuse to Provide Further Sample – Drink Driving
- Refuse Drug Test – Drug Driving
- Refuse to Give Blood or Urine Sample – Drink Driving
- Refuse to Provide Further Sample – Drink Driving
- Refuse to Provide Oral Fluid – Drink Driving
- Refuse to Stop
- Requirement to Keep Proper Records
- Resisting Arrest
- Rioters Demolishing Buildings
- Robbery
- Sabotage
- Setting Fire to Aircraft
- Setting Traps to Kill
- Sex Offender Registry – Failing to Comply With Reporting Conditions
- Sexual Exposure
- Sexual Activity Directed at Another Person
- Sexual Assault
- Sexual Assault By Compelling Sexual Touching
- Sexual Offences – Persons With a Cognitive Impairment By Providers of Special Programs
- Sexual Offences Against Persons With a Cognitive Impairment By Doctors etc
- Sexual Penetration of 16 or 17 Year Old Child
- Sexual Penetration of a Child Under the Age of 16
- Sexual Servitude
- Solicit for Prostitution in Public Place
- Speed Trials
- Stalking
- State False Address When Requested
- State False Name When Requested
- Store Firearm or Ammunition in an Insecure Manner
- Supply of Drug of Dependence to a Child
- Supplying Drugs to Children
- Supply Liquor in Breach of Licence
- Suppression of Documents
- Taking or Use Vehicle Without Owner’s Consent
- Tampering or Interfering With Motor Vehicle Without Just Cause or Excuse
- Tax Evasion
- Terrorist Acts
- Theft – Commonwealth
- Theft (State)
- Threatening Injury to Prevent Arrest
- Threatening to Contaminate Goods
- Threats to Destroy or Damage Property
- Threats to Inflict Serious Injury
- Threats to Kill
- Threats to Sabotage
- Threats to Safety of Aircraft
- Threat to Commit Sexual Offence
- Threat to Distribute Intimate Image
- Trafficking in a Drug of Dependence
- Trafficking in a Drug of Dependence to a Child
- Trafficking in a Drug or Drugs of Dependence – Commercial Quantity
- Trafficking in a Drug or Drugs of Dependence – Large Commercial Quantity
- Unauthorised Access to or Modification of Restricted Data
- Unauthorised Access, Modification or Impairment With Intent to Commit a Serious Offence
- Unauthorised Impairment of Data Held in Computer Disk, Credit Dard or Other Device
- Unauthorised Impairment of Electronic Communication – Commonwealth
- Unauthorised Impairment of Electronic Communication – State
- Unauthorised Modification of Data to Cause Impairment – Commonwealth
- Unauthorised Modification of Data to Cause Impairment – State
- Unlawful Assembly
- Unlawfully Take, Use or Divert Water
- Unlawfully Taking Control of an Aircraft
- Unlawful Oaths to Commit Treason, Murder etc.
- Unlicensed Driving
- Unlicensed Own Category A or B Longarm
- Unlicensed Own Category C or D Longarm or Handgun
- Use of a Drug of Dependence
- Use or Possess Abalone Equipment to Exceed More Than Twice Catch Limit
- Using Firearms to Resist Arrest
- Using of Firearms in the Commission of Offences
- Wilful Damage
- Violent Disorder
- Wilfully Destroying Records
- Workplace Manslaughter
