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Parliamentary Questions


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 2013Jun 2013 to May 2014Jun 2014 to May 2015Jun 2015 to May 2016Jun 2016 to May 2017Jun 2017Total
(a) Broome316711129
(b) Derby1..5..6
(c) Fitzroy Crossing...12.3
(d) Halls Creek...1..1
(e) Kununurra71221.13
(f) Wyndham.1....1
Grand Total11381614153

(2)

Non-Aggravated Robbery Offences
Jun 2012 to May 2013Jun 2013 to May 2014Jun 2014 to May 2015Jun 2015 to May 2016Jun 2016 to May 2017Jun 2017Total
(a) Broome344213.26
(b) Derby.1.13.5
(c) Fitzroy Crossing....1.1
(d) Halls Creek.1.12.4
(e) Kununurra1.1.7.9
(f) Wyndham.11...2
Grand Total476426.47

(3)

Theft Offences
Jun 2012 to May 2013Jun 2013 to May 2014Jun 2014 to May 2015Jun 2015 to May 2016Jun 2016 to May 2017Jun 2017Total
(a) Broome552634699746691493,371
(b) Derby13216619216817211841
(c) Fitzroy Crossing64498791778376
(d) Halls Creek569267861331435
(e) Kununurra207259189195277111,138
(f) Wyndham26242043282143
Grand Total1,0371,2241,2541,3291,378826,304

(4)

Offences Against the Property
Jun 2012 to May 2013Jun 2013 to May 2014Jun 2014 to May 2015Jun 2015 to May 2016Jun 2016 to May 2017Jun 2017Total
(a) Broome1,4521,7812,0062,0661,9671179,389
(b) Derby471464599533593252,685
(c) Fitzroy Crossing247227309354383431,563
(d) Halls Creek18429423737440991,507
(e) Kununurra781767653805965454,016
(f) Wyndham1171401171531254656
Grand Total3,2523,6733,9214,2854,44224319,816

(5)

Threatening Behaviour Offences
Jun 2012 to May 2013Jun 2013 to May 2014Jun 2014 to May 2015Jun 2015 to May 2016Jun 2016 to May 2017Jun 2017Total
(a) Broome7883911222015580
(b) Derby233667621162306
(c) Fitzroy Crossing30131019625139
(d) Halls Creek3223212566.167
(e) Kununurra463340761358338
(f) Wyndham2712121212176
Grand Total236200241316592211,606

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.