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The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) is Australia’s national criminal intelligence agency. The ACIC provides intelligence to combat the threats Australia faces from serious and organised crime.
Our role
Our unique, actionable and insightful intelligence on serious and organised crime threats impacting Australia plays a critical role in bringing together intelligence, law enforcement, regulatory and policy partners to build coordinated strategies to counter the threat. We use a range of specialist capabilities to collect and analyse information to discover new criminal threats and to develop new insights about the criminal environment. Our criminal intelligence insights build awareness and influence strategies to harden the environment and create new opportunities to combat serious and organised crime.
We play a crucial role in facilitating access to policing information and criminal intelligence holdings across Australia, through our delivery of 16 national policing information systems. This enables more than 72,000 police officers and other accredited users to undertake operational policing and intelligence activities that ensure community safety.
To help ensure the safety of the Australian community, we work with Australian police agencies and accredited bodies to deliver the National Police Checking Service. The service enables members of the community to apply for a nationally coordinated criminal history check, commonly known as a ‘police check’. Police checks assist decision-makers in assessing the suitability of applicants applying for a range of employment and volunteer roles, registration or entitlement schemes, and national immigration and citizenship programs.
We fulfil our role as the regulator of National Police Checking Service accredited bodies in line with the principles of regulator best practice. Further information is in the Performance section.
Our organisation
The ACIC is part of the Home Affairs portfolio and a member of the National Intelligence Community.
We operate under the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002 (ACC Act) and our role and functions are underpinned by supporting legislation in each state and territory. The ACC Act directs aspects of our governance and accountability arrangements, including the establishment and functions of the ACIC Board.
The ACIC Board is composed of agency heads from the Department of Home Affairs; Commonwealth, state and territory law enforcement bodies; and key regulatory and national security agencies. Its functions include providing strategic direction, authorising special ACIC operations and special ACIC investigations, and determining priorities for the ACIC.
The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission Bill 2026 (the Bill) was introduced into the House of Representatives on 25 March 2026 and is being considered by Parliament. Subject to its successful passage, the Bill will position the ACIC more effectively as an intelligence agency focused on serious and organised crime. It will support the ACIC to analyse and evaluate intelligence relating to serious and organised crime, share it faster, and maximise the use of this intelligence information enabling police partners to build operational strategies and coordinate disruption activities.
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