Crime statistics

Crime statistics are reported based on the location the offence occurred.
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Crime statistics may be influenced by a wide range of factors; including, but not limited to, population size, infrastructure (such as shopping centres and entertainment precincts), seasonal trends, and the extent to which crime is reported to or detected by police. Consideration should be given to factors influencing crime when interpreting statistics.

Crime statistics are updated on a quarterly basis in the last week of January, April, July and October. Offence count data is subject to revision as police investigations may not be finalised at the time the data is published.

Reports and data

The ‘year to date annual crime statistics’ document provides a snapshot of crime and the crime rate per 100,000 people for the state of Western Australia (WA), the two Regions (Metropolitan and Regional WA) and each individual police district.

Download the year to date annual crime statistics (PDF, 4MB)

The ‘crime time series data’ document provides crime data for the state of Western Australia (WA), the two Regions (Metropolitan and Regional WA) and each individual police district from January 2007 onwards.

Download the crime time series data' (XLSX, 14MB)

Quality statement

Introduction

This quality statement provides information about the quality of the crime statistics presented, using the dimensions of the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Data Quality Framework (relevance, timeliness, accuracy, coherence, interpretability, and accessibility).

Relevance

Data is released for selected offence types for Western Australia (WA) and the regions, districts and suburbs contained therein.

Timeliness

Data is compiled based on the date an offence is reported, or becomes known to police.

Statistics are released quarterly on the website at the end of the month that follows the quarter. For example, data for the January to March quarter is released in the last week of April.

Accuracy

In 2016, the Western Australia Police Force commissioned an independent review of its statistical processes, carried out by the ABS. The review focused on production of selected criminal offence data.

Based on the ABS recommendations, the WA Police Force implemented changes to its internal statistical processes between May and November 2017. Due to these changes, comparison should be made with caution where it is either of data from before and after the period of recording and reporting changes, or involves data from a period overlapping May-November 2017.

Offence data is extracted from the WA Police Force Incident Management System (IMS). Counting rules are applied by the WA Police Force to align reported statistics, where practicable, with the National Crime Recording Standard 2008 and have been endorsed by the ABS.

Due to ongoing police investigations, offence counts are subject to revision; this may result in changes to reported crime data between quarters.

Location data is recorded for all offences. However, if the location is unable to be matched with the WA Police Force’s geographical mapping tables, the offence will appear in WA state level data, but not at lower geographical levels (i.e. region, district, or locality).

Coherence

The offence classification used for the publishing of WA Police Force crime statistics is based on a combination of the Australian and New Zealand Standard Offence Classification (ANZSOC) 2011, WA Legislation, and operational reporting requirements. 

Category names may be the same as referred to in WA legislation; however, for the WA Police Force crime statistics reporting purposes, categories may use broader or different definitions to capture similar offence types. Please refer to the glossary (below) for more information.

Interpretability

Explanatory material (see below on this page) has been provided on the WA Police Force website to assist users with understanding and interpreting crime statistics. Notes are also included in the downloadable reports and data spreadsheets.

Offence counts do not represent victim or offender counts. One offence can have multiple victims and offenders, or the same person could be a victim or offender in multiple offences. 

For example, the stealing of a credit card and using it to purchase items over a period of time may lead to multiple offences of Fraud being recorded (and counted), but only one victim and one offender would be associated with all of these offences.

Accessibility

Crime statistics are accessible through four sources on the WA Police Force website:

  1. The Power BI report provides 10 years of data on a time series trend which can be filtered by offence type or location and used to compare suburbs.
  2. The PDF report ‘year to date annual crime statistics’ is available from the download reports and data tab and provides a snapshot of offences and their rate per 100,000 people for various locations, including the WA Police Force Districts.
  3. The excel spreadsheet ‘crime time series data’ is also available from the download reports and data tab and provides 10 years of offence data for various locations, including the WA Police Force Districts.
  4. Archived crime statistics reports are also available from the download reports and data tab but these reports are based on the reporting model prior to 2017 and are not comparable to current data.

Explanatory notes

The crime statistics published on the Western Australia Police Force website are expressed as counts of criminal offences. These notes summarise the processes and methodology underpinning the production of crime statistics for Western Australia.

Many factors (social, economic, proactive policing strategies, inter-agency strategies, etc.) influence the prevalence of crime and police are only aware of offences which are reported to them or otherwise become known to them.

Proactive policing strategies undertaken to encourage the reporting of certain offences, such as family violence and sexual assault, as well as the proactive targeting of specific offences, may increase the number of offences reported or detected within a given period. 

However, a decrease in the number of reports for a targeted offence may occur in subsequent periods if the targeting has been successful or a different offence becomes a replacement target for proactive effort. The number of offences reported is not within the direct control of WA Police Force.

Due to the ongoing nature of many investigations, offence counts are subject to revision as such investigations are finalised.

Between May and November 2017, changes to recording and reporting practices were implemented across the WA Police Force, which affect the published data. Due to these changes, comparison should be made with caution where it is either of data from before and after the period of recording and reporting changes, or involves data from a period overlapping May-November 2017.

These notes first detail the current offence recording and reporting practices, before detailing the changes made to these practices since May 2017.

Recording of offences

When an incident is reported to police, or becomes known to police, an incident report is generated in the WA Police Force’s Incident Management System (IMS), which includes the details of any offences committed at the incident. An incident report may record multiple offences, victims and offenders, and there is no direct correlation between the numbers of offences, victims and offenders.

After incident report generation, all offences are accorded an Offence Outcome Status denoting the status of the offence:

  • Under investigation
  • No criminal offence
  • Entered in error
  • Offence substituted
  • Unable to proceed/charge
  • Complaint withdrawn
  • False report
  • Insufficient evidence
  • Offender processed
  • Uncleared.

Offences reported by WA Police Force exclude all offences with the current offence outcome status of 'no criminal offence', 'offence substituted', 'false report', or ‘entered in error’, or the previous offence outcome statuses 'false report', or ‘mistakenly reported’.

In its recording practices, the WA Police Force follows, where practicable, the National Crime Recording Standard (NCRS) 2008. NCRS is an internal standard of the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) endorsed by the Police Commissioners of each State and Territory of Australia. 

The WA Police Force has consulted with the ABS with regards to cases where WA Police Force practice differs from NCRS. It should be noted that WA Police Force counts criminal offences, whereas NCRS relates to counts of crime victims.

Circumstances of aggravation

Offences may be subject to circumstances of aggravation, which are factors present during an offence that escalate its severity. For example, if during a robbery offence the offender threatens to kill any person, it is considered ‘aggravated robbery’. 

Due to recording limitations, offences committed under circumstances of aggravation are included but not distinguished in published data.

Reporting of offences

All published offence statistics are derived from IMS. These statistics are produced quarterly and published in the last week of the month following the quarter end.

The offence classification used for the publishing of WA Police Force crime statistics is based on a combination of the Australian and New Zealand Standard Offence Classification (ANZSOC) 2011, WA Legislation, and operational reporting requirements. 

ANZSOC was developed by the ABS on behalf of the police agencies of the States and Territories of Australia and New Zealand. The main objective of this standard is to enable comparable reporting of crime statistics across jurisdictions.

Offence category names may be the same as referred to in WA legislation. However, broader or different definitions may be used, for WA Police Force crime statistics reporting purposes, to capture similar offence types. Please refer to the Glossary for more information.

Currently published data includes selected offences reported to or becoming known to police, and resulting in the submission of an incident report in IMS. Data excludes a number of other offences against the statue laws of this State and the Commonwealth.

The number of offences reported by WA Police Force may include offences committed during earlier periods.

The selected offences are presented in Table 1 below:

Table 1

​Homicide

  • Murder
  • Attempted/Conspiracy to murder
  • Manslaughter
  • Driving causing death.

Deprivation of liberty

  • Kidnapping/Child stealing
  • Deprivation of liberty.

Drug offences

  • Drug dealing
  • Cultivate or manufacture drugs
  • Drug possession
  • Possession of drug paraphernalia
  • Other drug offences.

Recent sexual offences

  • Recent sexual assault
  • Recent non-assaultive sexual offences.

Robbery

  • Business
  • Non-business.

Receiving and possession of stolen property

  • Possess stolen property
  • Receiving stolen property.

Historical sexual offences

  • Historical sexual assault
  • Historical non-assaultive sexual offences.

Burglary

  • Dwelling
  • Non-dwelling.

Regulated weapons offences

Assault (family)

  • Serious assault (family)
  • Common assault (family).

Stealing of motor vehicle

Graffiti

Assault (non-family)

  • Serious assault (non-family)
  • Common assault (non-family)
  • Assault police officer.

Stealing

  • Stealing from motor vehicle (contents or parts)
  • Stealing from retail premises (shoplift)
  • Stealing from dwelling
  • Stealing from other premises or place
  • Stealing as a servant
  • Stealing (not elsewhere classified).
  • Forgery
  • Fraud (credit card)
  • Fraud (not elsewhere classified).

Threatening Behaviour (Family)

  • Threatening Behaviour (Family)
  • Possess Weapon to Cause Fear (Family).

Property damage

  • Criminal damage
    damage.

Breach of Violence Restraint Order

  • Breach of Family Violence Restraint Order
  • Breach of Violence Restraint Order
  • Breach of Police Order.

Threatening Behaviour (Non-Family)

  • Threatening Behaviour (Non-Family)
  • Possess Weapon to Cause Fear (Non-Family).

Arson

  • Cause damage by fire
  • Cause bushfire
  • Other fire related offences.

For WA Police Force purposes a family relationship includes:

  • Partners
  • Ex-partners
  • Parents
  • Guardians of children
  • Children who reside or regularly stay with involved parties.

Facilitation offences and duplicated offences

In July 2017, practice changes were introduced in response to recommendations made by the ABS, to reduce over-reporting for certain offence types. Key areas where over-reporting was identified was in relation to facilitation offences and duplication of offences.

An example of a facilitation offence is damage caused by an offender in gaining entry to a premises in order to commit a burglary. In such circumstances, only the burglary is reported in WA Police Force’s statistics. However, if damage occurs during the burglary beyond that necessary to facilitate the primary offence of burglary, a separate damage offence would be reported. This is represented in Diagram 1 below:

An example of a duplicated offence is where multiple instances of ‘Assault’ are recorded for a single victim at a single incident. In such cases WA Police Force’s statistics will report a single ‘Assault’ offence. In the event multiple offenders are involved, they are individually recorded as taking part in the same offence.

Offence rate per 100,000

The rate of offences per 100,000 people in Western Australia is presented in the ‘year to date annual crime statistics’ report. This report provides the rate of offences per 100,000 people for the state, the metropolitan region, the regional WA region, and the police districts.

The use of a rate per 100,000 people is an internationally recognised standard for measuring the prevalence of crime and crime trends between different geographical areas, as it weights the number of offences in accordance with variations in population.

Rates are calculated using the annual estimated resident population (ERP) published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

The offence rate per 100,000 people is calculated using the following formula:

Offence rate per 100,000 = (Offence count ÷ ERP) × 100,000

The ERP used corresponds to the geographical area of the offence count.

Sanction rate

The sanction rate for offences is presented in the ‘year to date annual crime statistics’ report, by state total, the metropolitan region, the regional WA region, and the police districts.

Sanction rate is an indicator of the effectiveness of the WA Police Force in achieving select offence investigation outcomes such as the processing of an offender.

From July 2017 onwards, sanctioned offences are those offences with an offence outcome status of ‘offender processed’, ‘complaint withdrawn’, or ‘unable to proceed/charge’.

The sanction rate is calculated using the following formula:

Sanction rate = (number of offences with a sanction outcome added in the time period ÷ Number of recorded offences for the same time period) × 100

Prior to July 2017, sanctioned offences were those offences with an offence outcome status of ‘offender processed’, ‘withdrawn’, ‘statute barred’ or ‘civil/other’.

The sanction rate for offences recorded prior to July 2017 is calculated using the following formula (see below for a definition of ‘verified offences’):

Sanction rate = (number of offences with a sanction outcome ÷ Number of verified offences for the same time period) × 100

The sanction rate may exceed 100% if the number of offences with a sanction outcome added in a time period is greater than the number of new offences recorded in the same time period. Offences sanctioned within a given period may not have been reported in that period.

Changes instituted in 2017

Changes to recording and reporting practices implemented between May and November 2017 affect the published data. Recording practice changes apply to data from the point in time when the new practice was introduced.

Reporting practice changes apply to data retrospectively. Due to these changes, comparison should be made with caution where it is either of data from before and after the period of recording and reporting changes, or involves data from a period overlapping May-November 2017.

Counting rule changes

In line with ABS recommendations, counting rule changes were introduced in July 2017 to ensure that facilitation offences, and duplicated offences (described above) have been excluded from offence counts for applicable offence types. These changes were applied retrospectively.

Offence type changes

During June and July 2017, several changes to offence reporting categories were made:

  • Addition of new reporting categories:
    • Stealing from motor vehicle (contents or parts)
    • Stealing from retail premises (shoplift)
    • Stealing from dwelling
    • Stealing from other premises
    • Fraud (credit card).
  • The offence type ‘stealing (not elsewhere classified)’ is no longer used for reporting. Such offences are now reported against one of the above new offence types.
  • The offence type ‘fraud (not elsewhere classified)’ no-longer includes credit card fraud. There is therefore a series break for this offence type at June 2017. Credit card fraud is now reported against ‘fraud (credit card)’
  • The offence type ‘Breach of Family Violence Restraint Order’ was introduced through legislative change in July 2017. Counts of offences under this offence type include offences of the same name, as well as 'Breach of Violence Restraint Order' offences where a family relationship is determined to exist.
  • The adoption of the Australian and New Zealand Standard Offence Classification (ANZSOC), 2011. Prior to July 2017 the WA Police Force followed the former Australian Standard Offence Classification (ASOC), 1997. Changes between ASOC 1997 and ANZSOC 2011 are documented in the explanatory notes of the ANZSOC (2011) publication on the ABS website.

Offence outcome status changes

In July 2017, the offence outcome statuses applied to offences were contemporised. This has involved retaining some of the existing offence outcome statuses, amendment of some existing statuses, creation of new statuses, and retirement of obsolete statuses. 

The updated list of available statuses provides a greater ability for comparison across Australian law enforcement jurisdictions.

Table 2 below lists each offence outcome status and its inclusion in crime statistic offence counts.

Table 2

Offence outcome status

Recorded offences (July 2017 onwards)

Verified offences (prior to July 2017)

Under investigationYesYes
No criminal offenceNoDid not exist
Offence substitutedNo (alternative offence counted)Did not exist
Unable to proceed/chargeYesDid not exist
Complaint withdrawnYesDid not exist
False reportNo
Reporting person may be charged with the offence of making a false report and a false report offence created
No
Reporting person may be charged with the offence of making a false report and a false report offence created
Insufficient evidenceYesYes
Offender processedYesYes
UnclearedYesYes
Mistakenly reportedNo
Replaced by ‘no criminal offence’
No
Civil/OtherNo
Retired
Yes
Statute barredNo
Renamed ‘unable to proceed/charge’
Yes
WithdrawnNo
Renamed ‘complaint withdrawn’
Yes

Offences reported by WA Police Force exclude all offences with the current offence outcome status of 'no criminal offence', 'offence substituted', 'false report', or ‘entered in error’, or the previous offence outcome statuses 'false report', or ‘mistakenly reported’.

Administrative system changes

The WA Police Force’s IMS has been modified for compliance with recording and reporting practices introduced between May and November 2017.

The WA Police Force contributes to the ABS suite of crime statistics, which encompasses data from each of the states and territories of Australia.

The ABS publications that the WA Police Force contributes to are:

Care should be taken when comparing crime statistics on the WA Police Force website with ABS data due to differing methodologies, categories, and counting rules used for counting victims, offenders, and offences.

Data reporting improvements

Our new reporting tool now incorporates two offence types that were previously only available in the downloadable PDF ‘crime time series’ documents: Receiving and Possession of Stolen Property and Regulated Weapons Offences.

You may notice minor updates to previously reported statistics in the new reporting tool.
 

Glossary

Group

Sub-group

Definition

Arson Wilfully and unlawfully destroying or damaging property by fire or explosion.
 Cause Damage by FireThe use of fire or explosion to cause damage to property.
 Cause BushfireWilfully light a bushfire to injure or damage; or place a match or other inflammable or combustible substance in the open (including during a total fire ban), that then ignites and gets out of control.
 Other Fire Related OffencesOther fire related offences not elsewhere classified.
Assault The use of force against another person, or the threat of the use of force where the threat has a real or perceived ability to be enacted at the time.
 Serious Assault
  • Use of force against another person resulting in injuries such as:
    • Grievous bodily harm;
    • Actual bodily harm;
    • Wounding;
    • Severe mental behavioural disturbance or disorder; or
  • Administering drugs to another person with intent to assault; or
  • Assaulting a Public Officer (Assault Police Officer reported separately).
 Common AssaultThe use of force, or threatened use of force, against another person, that does not result in bodily harm.
 Assault Police OfficerThe direct infliction of force or violence against a police officer, which may involve bodily harm.
Breach of Violence Restraint Order An act, by an individual, of breaching the requirements of an order of law prescribed specifically for them.
 Family Violence Restraint OrderBreaching the requirements of a Family Violence Restraint Order or breaching the requirements of a Violence Restraint Order where a family relationship has been determined to exist.
 Violence Restraint OrderBreaching the requirements of a Violence Restraint Order.
 Police OrderBreaching the requirements of a Police Order.
Burglary 

The unlawful entry of a structure with the intent to commit an offence, or committing an offence in a place when in that place without consent. A structure is defined as a building that is contained by walls and can be secured in some form. This includes, but is not limited to, a:

  • dwelling (e.g. house, flat, caravan);
  • office;
  • bank;
  • shop;
  • factory;
  • school; and
  • church.
 Burglary (Dwelling)To enter or attempt to enter any building, structure, tent, or caravan that is ordinarily used for human habitation without consent and with intent to commit an offence.
 Burglary (Non-Dwelling)To enter or attempt to enter a building, structure, or tent other than a dwelling without the owner's consent and with intent to commit an offence.
Circumstances of Aggravation 

Circumstances in which:

  • Either immediately before, during, or immediately after the commission of an offence, the offender:
    • is or pretends to be armed with a dangerous or offensive weapon or instrument; or
    • is or pretends to be in possession of an explosive substance; or
    • is in company with another person or other persons; or
    • does bodily harm to any person; or
    • threatens to kill or injure any person; or
    • detains any person; or
  • Immediately before the commission of the offence, the offender knew, or ought to have known, that there was another person (other than a co-offender) in the place.
Crime Rate Rate of offences per 100,000 people based on the Australian Bureau of Statistics Estimated Resident Population as at June in any given year.
Deprivation of Liberty  
 Kidnapping/Child Stealing

The abducting of a person against their will and depriving them of their personal liberty with intent to:

  • gain a benefit,
  • cause a detriment,
  • prevent, hinder or compel an act.

Includes abduction of a child under the age of 16 years and depriving them of their personal liberty, with the intention of depriving any person with lawful care of the child. Includes fraudulently enticing the child away.

 Deprivation of LibertyThe unlawful detention of a person against their will.
Drug Offences The possessing, selling, dealing or trafficking, importing or exporting, manufacturing or cultivating of drugs or other substances prohibited under legislation.
 Drug DealingThe supply of an illicit drug or controlled substance of any quantity; or the purchase or possession of an illicit drug or controlled substance, where the amount involved is deemed to be of a quantity for commercial activity.
 Cultivate or Manufacture DrugsActions resulting or intended to result in either the manufacture of controlled substances, or cultivation of plants used to make illicit drugs.
 Drug PossessionThe possession of a non-commercial quantity of an illicit drug or controlled substance of which possession or use is prohibited under legislation.
 Possession of Drug ParaphernaliaThe possession of pipes, syringes, or other utensils associated with the use of drugs.
 Other Drug OffencesOther drug offences not elsewhere classified, such as ‘occupier permit drug offence’ or ‘conspiracy to commit a drug offence’.
Family Relationship The following definition is to be used in conjunction with any reference to 'family' related offences:

'Family' includes: partner, ex-partner, parents, guardians of children, and children who reside or regularly stay with involved parties.
Fraud and Related Offences Offences involving a dishonest act or omission, carried out with the intention of deceiving for the purpose of obtaining a benefit or avoiding some detriment/disadvantage.
 ForgeryForging or uttering records with intent to defraud, counterfeiting currency, or possessing equipment to forge or counterfeit. Includes all attempts.
 Fraud (Credit Card)The use of deception or impersonation with the intent of dishonestly obtaining property, services or other benefit, or to avoid detriment/disadvantage, through the use of unlawfully obtained credit/debit card information.
 Fraud (Not Elsewhere Classified)Fraud not elsewhere classified.

Prior to June 2017 this offence type included credit card fraud.
Graffiti Unlawful property damage caused by the application of substances (e.g. paint) or etching or scratching.
Historical Sexual Offence Historical Sexual Offence is a sexual offence that is reported more than 90 days after the offence occurred.
Homicide Unlawfully kill, attempt to unlawfully kill, or conspiracy to kill another person.
 Murder

Unlawfully kill another person where :

  • there is an intent to kill; or
  • there is an intent to cause bodily harm of such a nature as to endanger, or be likely to endanger, the life of the person killed, or another person; or
  • the death is caused by an act done in the prosecution of an unlawful purpose, of such a nature as to be likely to endanger life.
 Attempted/Conspiracy to MurderThe attempted unlawful killing of another person or conspiring with others to commit murder.
 ManslaughterThe unlawful killing of another person under circumstances that do not amount to murder.
 Driving Causing DeathThe unlawful killing of another person without intent to kill, as a result of culpable, reckless, or negligent driving.
Motor Vehicle 

A motor vehicle:

  • Is built to be propelled by a motor that forms part of the vehicle;
  • Is self-propelled that is not operated on rails and includes a trailer, semi-trailer or caravan while attached to a motor vehicle;
  • Does not include a power assisted pedal cycle; and
  • Must be eligible for registration for use on public roads.
Non-Family Relationship Every other family or personal relationship which is not listed under the Family Relationship definition.
Offence Outcome Status Code A status applied to each offence as a determination of the end state of a recorded offence within a reported incident.
 Civil/OtherOffence is considered to be a civil matter where a breach of a verbal or written contract between two or more parties has occurred. E.g. tenant of rental property causes wear and tear damage, not 'Property Damage' or 'Criminal Damage'.

From July 2017 this code has been removed from the Offence Outcome Status Codes list.
 Complaint WithdrawnInvestigating police officers consider an offence to have occurred, however victim indicates they no longer support an investigation or charging of a suspect.
 False ReportDeliberate (criminal) reporting of an offence that did not occur.
 Insufficient EvidenceEvidence is not sufficient to proceed by way of charge against a suspect for the recorded offence.
 Mistakenly ReportedApplied when an offence is discovered to be mistakenly reported - e.g. Victim rings police to report their vehicle has been stolen from a car park, then call back to advise police that they have found their vehicle.

This Offence Outcome Status Code has been replaced by 'No Criminal Offence' from July 2017.
 No Criminal OffenceIt has been determined by investigating police officers that a criminal offence, as defined by legislation, has not occurred.
 Offender ProcessedOffender has been processed (e.g. charged, infringement issued, referred to a Juvenile Justice Team, cautioned, etc.).
 Offence SubstitutedThe offence to which this is applied is replaced with another, on the basis that the initially recorded offence is no longer deemed an accurate reflection of the circumstances.
 Statute BarredThis Offence Outcome Status Code has been renamed to 'Unable to Proceed/Charge' from July 2017.

Unable to progress charging of offender (e.g. statute of limitations, death, immature age, etc.).
 Unable to Proceed/ChargeUnable to progress charging of offender (e.g. statute of limitations, death, immature age, etc.). Does not include circumstances where evidence is not sufficient to charge.
 UnclearedInvestigating police officers consider an offence to have occurred, but remains unresolved.
 Under InvestigationInvestigation is in progress. Final outcome not yet determined.
 WithdrawnThis Offence Outcome Status Code has been renamed to 'Complaint Withdrawn' from July 2017.

Investigating police officers consider an offence to have occurred, however victim indicates they no longer support an investigation or charging of the offender.
Property Damage Property damage, other than in circumstances where the damage was caused facilitating another offence – for example, damage caused to facilitate entry to a building for the purpose of committing burglary is not recorded as its own offence.
 Criminal DamageThe wilful and unlawful destruction or damage of the property of another person/entity without their consent.
 DamageThe unlawful destruction or damage of the property of another person without their consent.
Receiving and Possession of Stolen Property Receive, handle, process or possess money or goods taken or obtained illegally.
 Possess Stolen PropertyPossession of stolen or unlawfully obtained property, or property reasonably suspected of having been stolen or unlawfully obtained.
 Receiving Stolen PropertyKnowingly receiving, handling or dealing with property obtained by means of an act constituting an indictable offence.
Recent Sexual Offence Recent Sexual Offence is a sexual offence that is reported within 90 days of the offence occurring.
Recorded Offences Recorded offences are all offences reported to or becoming known to police within the relevant time period and do not have an Offence Outcome Status Code of 'No Criminal Offence', 'Offence Substituted', or 'False Report'. The number of reported offences is not within the direct control of the police.

Recorded offences exclude offences against public order, such as disorderly conduct, and offences against the Firearms Act 1973, Liquor Licensing Act 1988, and a number of other offences against the statute laws of this State and the Commonwealth.
Regulated Weapons Offences Offences relating to possessing weapons/explosives, or items intended to be used as weapons, in circumstances that contravene legislative and regulatory requirements.

Excludes the use of weapons to threaten or injure persons or property, such as discharging a firearm to cause fear which is reported as ‘Threatening Behaviour’.
Robbery Uses, attempts to use, or threatens, violence against a person or business to facilitate stealing of property.
 Robbery (Business)Uses, attempts to use, or threatens violence, to facilitate the unlawful taking of property belonging to a business.
 Robbery (Non-Business)Uses, attempts to use, or threatens violence, to facilitate the unlawful taking of property, other than that belonging to a business.
Sanction All criminal offences that have had an Offence Outcome Status Code applied that is classified as a sanction outcome.

From July 2017 onwards:
A sanction outcome includes the Offence Outcome Status Codes of: Offender Processed, Complaint Withdrawn, and Unable to Proceed/Charge.

Prior to July 2017:
A sanction outcome includes the Offence Outcome Status Codes of: Offender Processed, Withdrawn, Statute Barred and Civil/Other.

 
Sanction Rate The number of 'recorded offences' that have had a sanction outcome in the relevant time period, divided by the number of 'recorded offences' in the same time period, expressed as a percentage.

The Sanction Rate may exceed 100% if the number of offences with a sanction outcome recorded in a given time period is greater than the number of new offences recorded in the same time period.

The Sanction Rate calculation prior to July 2017 is based on 'Verified Offences', which reflects the different set of Offence Outcome Status Codes that were used for this period.
Sexual Offences Acts of a sexual nature, or committed with an intent of a sexual nature, against another person, which are non-consensual or where consent is given in proscribed circumstances.
 Sexual AssaultPhysical contact, or the intent of contact, of a sexual nature against another person, which is non-consensual or where consent is given in proscribed circumstances.
 Non-Assaultive Sexual OffencesSexual related offences, other than sexual assault. (e.g. Child exploitation material, grooming, procuring for prostitution, wilful exposure, etc.).
Stealing The unlawful taking or obtaining of money, goods or services, without the use of force, threat of force or violence, coercion or deception.
 Stealing From Motor Vehicle (Contents or Parts)To steal or attempt to steal, the contents or parts from a motor vehicle.
 Stealing From Retail Premises (Shoplift)To steal or attempt to steal goods on display for sale from a retail premises (otherwise known as ‘shoplifting’). Does not include the theft of property from retail premises where the property was taken from areas not accessible to the public, or where the property is taken in circumstances that would be described as a burglary.
 Stealing From DwellingTo steal or attempt to steal property from a dwelling and/or its yard, where the entry was lawfully gained and without violence or threat of violence.
 Stealing From Other Premises or PlaceTo steal or attempt to steal property other than from a dwelling, motor vehicle or retail premises, without violence or threat of violence.
 Stealing as a ServantTo steal or attempt to steal property by an employee from their employer, without violence or threat of violence.
 Stealing (Not Elsewhere Classified)To steal or attempt to steal property without violence or threat or violence, and not elsewhere classified.
Stealing of Motor Vehicle The taking of a motor vehicle without consent. Excludes attempts to steal a motor vehicle.
Threatening Behaviour  
 Threatening BehaviourDeclaration, orally via a communications device or recording, using a computer, or in writing, of intention to punish or hurt; to injure body, property or reputation; or give warning of intention to inflict harm or revenge.
 Possess Weapon to Cause FearA person who is, or pretends to be, armed with any dangerous or offensive weapon or instrument in circumstances that are likely to cause fear to any person.

Includes discharging of a firearm to cause fear.
Verified Offences Verified offences was used prior to July 2017.

Verified offences were all offences reported to or becoming known to police within the relevant time period, that had not been determined to be either a 'False Report' or 'Mistakenly Reported'. The number of reported offences is not within the direct control of the police.

Verified offences exclude offences against public order, such as disorderly conduct, and offences against the Firearms Act 1973, Liquor Licensing Act 1988, and a number of other offences against the statute laws of this State and the Commonwealth.
Year to Date Year-to-date (YTD) is a period starting from the beginning of the current financial year and continuing up to the current month of data.

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New resources to help prevent online child sexual exploitation

The Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation and the eSafety Commissioner recently developed several resources to help families of culturally and linguistically diverse communities and organisations with the aim of preventing, identifying and responding to online child sexual exploitation.
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