Mr Omodei asks about comparative home burglary rates in Australian capital cities. The response indicates WA-specific data isn't directly comparable interstate, suggesting using ABS data for comparison.

AnsweredQoN 163Legislative Assembly
Asked
30 June 2005
Portfolio
Police and Emergency Services

QuestionView source ↗

(b) what is the comparative figure for other Australian capital cities?
(b) The Office of Crime Prevention has advised this figure does not have interstate comparability as it is produced for WA alone by the University of Western Australia's Crime Research Centre. Comparable statistics are available from the Australian Bureau of Statistics publication on Recorded Crime - Victims, 2004 (ABS Cat. N. 4510.0).

AnswerView source ↗

Answered
16 August 2005
Responded by
Minister for Police and Emergency Services
Response time
47 days
(a) The Office of Crime Prevention has advised that the rate of home burglary per 1000 residential dwellings relates to Western Australia.
(b) The Office of Crime Prevention has advised this figure does not have interstate comparability as it is produced for WA alone by the University of Western Australia's Crime Research Centre. Comparable statistics are available from the Australian Bureau of Statistics publication on Recorded Crime - Victims, 2004 (ABS Cat. N. 4510.0).

Explore WA Government Data

Search the full archive in the free dashboard, or query programmatically via API.

Explore more