The maximum penalty for the offence of “stealing property in a dwelling-house” is 7 years in prison.
According to the Judicial Commission of NSW, the actual penalties imposed for the offence are as follows:
- Community Correction Order: 38.2%
- Prison: 31.14%
- Intensive Correction Order: 16.05%
- Fine Only: 7.06%
- Conditional Release Order without Conviction: 3.41%
- Conditional Release Order with Conviction: 2.92%
- Section 10A No Other Penalty: 0.97%
- Section 10(1)(a) Dismissal: 0.25%
The average prison sentence for the offence is 11 months imprisonment, and the average non-parole period (or minimum prison term that must be served) is 7 months in prison.