Question On Notice No. 2757 asked in the Legislative Council on 11 February 2020 by Hon Martin Aldridge
Question Directed to the: Minister for Environment representing the Minister for Police
Parliament: 40 Session: 1
Question
Can the Minister please provide a quarterly breakdown of the following statistics, September 2019 to present, based on the monthly crime statistics released by Western Australia Police Force for Regional Western Australia (in your answer please include crimes in the Peel region from within the Mandurah District):
(a) the number of receiving and possession of stolen property involving:
(i) livestock, whether alive or deceased;
(ii) agricultural equipment or machinery;
(iii) vehicle theft;
(iv) trespass; and
(v) licenced weapons theft;
(b) for all above, if anyone was charged;
(c) if yes to (b), if those individuals were convicted;
(d) for those convicted, whether conditions were imposed by the justice system (bail conditions, community suppression orders, etc.); and
(e) the local government area and postcode of where the offence occurred?
Answered on 18 March 2020
The Western Australia Police Force advise:
(a) the number of receiving and possession of stolen property involving:
(i) livestock, whether alive or deceased: quarter ended 31 December 2019, 4.
(ii) agricultural equipment or machinery: quarter ended 31 December 2019, 2.
(iii) vehicle theft: quarter ended 31 December 2019, 6.
(iv) trespass; quarter ended 31 December 2019, 3.
(v) licenced weapons theft: quarter ended 31 December 2019, 1.
(b) Yes.
(c) - (d) Information sought regarding court outcomes is held by the Department of Justice.
(e) Local Government Area:
Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Broome, Cranbrook, Gingin, Halls Creek, Karratha, Mandurah, Meekatharra, Murray, Port Hedland, West Arthur, Wyndham-East Kimberley.
Postcodes:
6208, 6210, 6255, 6315, 6321, 6503, 6642, 6714, 6722, 6725, 6740, 6770.