Highlights from this 2010 report on crime in Australia include: violent crimes occurred most commonly in residential settings, while property crimes occurred almost equally in retail and residential settings; juveniles aged 10 to 17 years continued to have higher offender rates than individuals over 18 years; 'other theft' and unlawful entry with intent accounted for the highest percentage of juvenile offenses; the most common Federal offenses heard in Magistrates', children's, and higher courts were fraud (24,705) and Federal communication (2,874) cases; most victims of crime and most offenders of crime were between the ages of 15 and 25 years; and a total of $11.6 billion was spent in Australia in 2009 on the criminal justice system, with $8.1 billion spent on State, Territory, and Federal police services and $1.5 billion spent on the criminal justice courts. This report from the Australian Institute of Criminology presents data on crime rates in Australia for the period ending December 31, 2009. Data for the report were collected from a variety of administrative datasets and surveys and it is presented in eight sections: and overview of data sources; and statistics on recorded crime, selected crime profiles, crime victimization, selected offender profiles, criminal courts, corrections, and criminal justice resources. Limitations of the data sources are discussed. 10 tables, 115 figures, and 29 references