❓ Question seeks data on stalking convictions and custodial sentences in WA over the past five years. The answer provides conviction and imprisonment numbers, clarifying that data is based on charges lodged, not initial complaints.
AnsweredQoN 897Legislative Council
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I refer to stalking offences within Western Australia for the last five years, and I ask: (a) how many stalking complaints classified as harassment or miscellaneous offences have resulted in convictions during this period; and (b) how many stalking complaints classified as harassment or miscellaneous offences have resulted in custodial sentences during this period?
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Answered
24 February 2026
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary to the Attorney General
Response time
11 days
a) - b)
The Department of Justice cannot report on complaints as Courts are only involved when the preferred charge/s are lodged by the prosecuting agency.
The table below provides a count of convictions for each of the last five financial years, and the number of those convictions where a sentence of imprisonment was imposed.
2020/21
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
2024/25
i Conviction
124
92
100
167
144
i Sentence of Imprisonment
51
34
47
69
49
The Department of Justice cannot report on complaints as Courts are only involved when the preferred charge/s are lodged by the prosecuting agency.
The table below provides a count of convictions for each of the last five financial years, and the number of those convictions where a sentence of imprisonment was imposed.
2020/21
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
2024/25
i Conviction
124
92
100
167
144
i Sentence of Imprisonment
51
34
47
69
49
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