Question On Notice No. 45 asked in the Legislative Council on 13 June 2017 by Hon Robin Chapple
Question Directed to the: Minister for Environment representing the Minister for Police
Parliament: 40 Session: 1
Question
(1) Will the Minister please table all available data on rates of aggravated robberies for every year from June 2012 through to June 2017 for:
(a) Broome;
(b) Derby;
(c) Fitzroy Crossing;
(d) Halls Creek;
(e) Kununurra; and
(f) Wyndham?
(2) Will the Minister please table all available data on rates of non-aggravated robberies for every year from June 2012 through to June 2017 for:
(a) Broome;
(b) Derby;
(c) Fitzroy Crossing;
(d) Halls Creek;
(e) Kununurra; and
(f) Wyndham?
(3) Will the Minister please table all other available data on rates of theft-related crimes for every year from June 2012 through to June 2017 for:
(a) Broome;
(b) Derby;
(c) Fitzroy Crossing;
(d) Halls Creek;
(e) Kununurra; and
(f) Wyndham?
(4) Will the Minister please table all available data on rates of offences against property for every year from June 2012 through to June 2017 for:
(a) Broome;
(b) Derby;
(c) Fitzroy Crossing;
(d) Halls Creek;
(e) Kununurra; and
(f) Wyndham?
(5) Will the Minister please table all available data on rates of threatening behaviour towards others for every year from June 2012 through to June 2017 for:
(a) Broome;
(b) Derby;
(c) Fitzroy Crossing;
(d) Halls Creek;
(e) Kununurra; and
(f) Wyndham?
Answered on 15 August 2017
The WA Police have provided the following answers:
(1)
| Aggravated Robbery Offences |
| Jun 2012 to May 2013 | Jun 2013 to May 2014 | Jun 2014 to May 2015 | Jun 2015 to May 2016 | Jun 2016 to May 2017 | Jun 2017 | Total |
(a) Broome | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 29 |
(b) Derby | 1 | . | . | 5 | . | . | 6 |
(c) Fitzroy Crossing | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | 3 |
(d) Halls Creek | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 |
(e) Kununurra | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 13 |
(f) Wyndham | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Grand Total | 11 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 53 |
(2)
| Non-Aggravated Robbery Offences |
| Jun 2012 to May 2013 | Jun 2013 to May 2014 | Jun 2014 to May 2015 | Jun 2015 to May 2016 | Jun 2016 to May 2017 | Jun 2017 | Total |
(a) Broome | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | . | 26 |
(b) Derby | . | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | . | 5 |
(c) Fitzroy Crossing | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
(d) Halls Creek | . | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | . | 4 |
(e) Kununurra | 1 | . | 1 | . | 7 | . | 9 |
(f) Wyndham | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 2 |
Grand Total | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 26 | . | 47 |
(3)
| Theft Offences |
| Jun 2012 to May 2013 | Jun 2013 to May 2014 | Jun 2014 to May 2015 | Jun 2015 to May 2016 | Jun 2016 to May 2017 | Jun 2017 | Total |
(a) Broome | 552 | 634 | 699 | 746 | 691 | 49 | 3,371 |
(b) Derby | 132 | 166 | 192 | 168 | 172 | 11 | 841 |
(c) Fitzroy Crossing | 64 | 49 | 87 | 91 | 77 | 8 | 376 |
(d) Halls Creek | 56 | 92 | 67 | 86 | 133 | 1 | 435 |
(e) Kununurra | 207 | 259 | 189 | 195 | 277 | 11 | 1,138 |
(f) Wyndham | 26 | 24 | 20 | 43 | 28 | 2 | 143 |
Grand Total | 1,037 | 1,224 | 1,254 | 1,329 | 1,378 | 82 | 6,304 |
(4)
| Offences Against the Property |
| Jun 2012 to May 2013 | Jun 2013 to May 2014 | Jun 2014 to May 2015 | Jun 2015 to May 2016 | Jun 2016 to May 2017 | Jun 2017 | Total |
(a) Broome | 1,452 | 1,781 | 2,006 | 2,066 | 1,967 | 117 | 9,389 |
(b) Derby | 471 | 464 | 599 | 533 | 593 | 25 | 2,685 |
(c) Fitzroy Crossing | 247 | 227 | 309 | 354 | 383 | 43 | 1,563 |
(d) Halls Creek | 184 | 294 | 237 | 374 | 409 | 9 | 1,507 |
(e) Kununurra | 781 | 767 | 653 | 805 | 965 | 45 | 4,016 |
(f) Wyndham | 117 | 140 | 117 | 153 | 125 | 4 | 656 |
Grand Total | 3,252 | 3,673 | 3,921 | 4,285 | 4,442 | 243 | 19,816 |
(5)
| Threatening Behaviour Offences |
| Jun 2012 to May 2013 | Jun 2013 to May 2014 | Jun 2014 to May 2015 | Jun 2015 to May 2016 | Jun 2016 to May 2017 | Jun 2017 | Total |
(a) Broome | 78 | 83 | 91 | 122 | 201 | 5 | 580 |
(b) Derby | 23 | 36 | 67 | 62 | 116 | 2 | 306 |
(c) Fitzroy Crossing | 30 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 62 | 5 | 139 |
(d) Halls Creek | 32 | 23 | 21 | 25 | 66 | . | 167 |
(e) Kununurra | 46 | 33 | 40 | 76 | 135 | 8 | 338 |
(f) Wyndham | 27 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 76 |
Grand Total | 236 | 200 | 241 | 316 | 592 | 21 | 1,606 |
Caveats:
(1) Statistics are provisional and subject to revision.
(2) Statistics provided are the number of offences.
(3) The month or year was determined using the date that the offence was reported to WA Police.
(4) Statistics are of offences reported to or becoming known to police during the specified time period where the offence(s) has not been found to be falsely or mistakenly reported, or entered in error.
(5) Statistics are for sub-districts.
(6) Data provided for the period from 01 June 2012 to 30 June 2017.
Source:
The data was extracted from the Incident Management System on 03 July 2017.