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Crime in Western Australia

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76 homicides, 3,246 sexual assaults, 22,394 assaults and 1,70293 robberies were recorded in Western Australia, in a total of 32,922 offences against the person. 30,043 incidents of burglary, 73,215 incidents of theft were recorded in a total of 143,844 offences against property.
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68 homicides, 3,753 sexual assaults, 22,869 assaults and 1,862 robberies were recorded, with a total of 34,492 offences against the person. 36,364 incidents of burglary and 86,487 incidents of theft were recorded, in a total of 169,263 offences against property.
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103 homicides, 2,900 sexual assaults, 22,854 assaults and 1,793 robberies were recorded in a total of 32,479 offences against the person. 35,555 incidents of burglary and 77,897 incidents of theft were recorded in a total of 152,649 offences against property.
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91 homicides, 2,645 sexual assaults, 22,818 assaults and 1,777 robberies were recorded in a total of 32,091 offences against the person. 36,551 incidents of burglary and 85,541 incidents of theft were recorded in a total of 160,445 offences against property.
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rated 5.7% and New South Wales, South Australia and the Australian Capital Territory each rated 2.8%. The rate of assault was 2,199 offenders per 100,000 people, compared with the Northern Territory's 4,832 and the Australian Capital Territory's 1,096.
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recorded lower rates than most other states in Australia for violent offences, but had the highest rate of burglary. In 2003 the prison population increased by 3.4% with a similar increase in 2004.
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The chance of being a victim of break-in was 3.7%, a significant drop from the previous two years. The highest-rating Northern Territory scored 6.8% and the lowest,
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in Western Australia was formally removed from the statutes of the state with the passage of the Acts Amendment (Abolition of Capital Punishment) Act 1984. Premier
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The chance of being a victim of physical assault was 3.6%. This compared to the Northern Territory rate of 5.8% and the lowest,
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Police recorded 88 homicides, 3,159 sexual assaults, 27,664 domestic and non-domestic assaults, and 1,359 robberies.
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figures for 2009/10 showed that police action was taken against 2072.1 people per 100,000 head of population in WA.
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in Western Australia was 5.1%. This compared to the Northern Territory's 7.7% and Tasmania's rate of 2.6%.
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Police statistics showed 86 homicides, 3,645 sexual assaults, 16,236 violent assaults, and 106 robberies.
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and 82,963 incidents of theft were recorded, with a total of 177,846 offences against property.
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Western Australia was the second last state in which capital punishment was legal.
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The chance of being a victim of physical assault was 3.8%. In comparison, the
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were recorded, with a total of 33,890 offences against the person.
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3,946 sexual assaults, 33,348 assaults and 135 robberies.
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in the 19th century, the most well-known of whom was "
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Index


Western Australia Police
List of massacres of Indigenous Australians
massacres
Aboriginal Australians
frontier wars
bushrangers
Moondyne Joe
Capital punishment
Brian Burke
Western Australia
homicides
sexual assaults
assaults
robberies
burglary
Northern Territory
break-in
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Victoria
Victoria
Gerry Georgatos
List of people legally executed in Western Australia
Civil disturbances in Western Australia
Crime in Australia
Indigenous Australians and crime
Western Australia Police
"Cabinet papers released: Abolition of death penalty 'greatest achievement', former premier Brian Burke says"
Reports and statistics Portal
University of Western Australia

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