❓ This WA parliamentary question seeks data on the theft of registered firearms from residential homes between 2019 and 2022, including instances of multiple gun thefts per address. The response provides data on the number of firearms stolen, but cannot identify registration status.
AnsweredQoN 878Legislative Council
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(1) How many registered guns were stolen from residential homes in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 to date? (2) With reference to (1), for each of the years indicated, on how many occasions were multiple guns stolen from each residential address? (For example, one, two, three guns etc)?
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Answered
11 October 2022
Responded by
Minister for Emergency Services representing the Minister for Police
Response time
6 days
(1) The Western Australia Police Force can provide the number of firearms stolen, from residential homes in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 to date, however cannot identify the registration status.
Table 1.
Number of firearms reported stolen from residential homes in calendar years 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 Year To Date*.
Year
2019
2020
2021
2022 YTD*
Number of Stolen Firearms
285
132
216
104
*2022 YTD is between 01 January 2022 and 12 September 2022 inclusive.
(2)
Table 2.
Number of incidents where one or more firearms were reported stolen from a residential home in calendar years 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 YTD*, by number of firearms stolen per incident.
Number of Firearms Stolen per Incident
Year
2019
2020
2021
2022 YTD*
1
56
25
35
24
2 or more
58
34
47
23
2
23
18
19
7
3
12
6
12
8
4
10
4
6
3
5
4
2
2
1
6
1
1
1
3
7
2
3
-
1
8
2
-
2
-
9
-
-
2
-
10
3
-
1
-
11
-
-
1
-
12
-
-
1
-
21**
1
-
-
-
Total
114
59
82
47
*2022 YTD is between 01 January 2022 and 12 September 2022 inclusive.
**The maximum number of firearms stolen in one incident during this time period was 21. Rows for numbers 13 to 20 were omitted as there were no incidents with these numbers of firearms stolen in one incident during the time period in question.
Source: Data extracted from the Incident Management System (IMS) on 13 September 2022.
Notes:
Table 1.
Number of firearms reported stolen from residential homes in calendar years 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 Year To Date*.
Year
2019
2020
2021
2022 YTD*
Number of Stolen Firearms
285
132
216
104
*2022 YTD is between 01 January 2022 and 12 September 2022 inclusive.
(2)
Table 2.
Number of incidents where one or more firearms were reported stolen from a residential home in calendar years 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 YTD*, by number of firearms stolen per incident.
Number of Firearms Stolen per Incident
Year
2019
2020
2021
2022 YTD*
1
56
25
35
24
2 or more
58
34
47
23
2
23
18
19
7
3
12
6
12
8
4
10
4
6
3
5
4
2
2
1
6
1
1
1
3
7
2
3
-
1
8
2
-
2
-
9
-
-
2
-
10
3
-
1
-
11
-
-
1
-
12
-
-
1
-
21**
1
-
-
-
Total
114
59
82
47
*2022 YTD is between 01 January 2022 and 12 September 2022 inclusive.
**The maximum number of firearms stolen in one incident during this time period was 21. Rows for numbers 13 to 20 were omitted as there were no incidents with these numbers of firearms stolen in one incident during the time period in question.
Source: Data extracted from the Incident Management System (IMS) on 13 September 2022.
Notes:
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