The maximum penalty for the offence of “Enter Dwelling House” is 10 years in prison.
According to the Judicial Commission of NSW, the actual penalties imposed for the offence are as follows:
- Prison: 61%
- Intensive Correction Order: 25%
- Community Correction Order: 11%
- Conditional Release Order without Conviction: 2%
- Conditional Release Order with Conviction: 1%
The average prison sentence for the offence is 2.6 years imprisonment, and the average non-parole period (or minimum prison term that must be served) is 1.5 years in prison.