❓ I refer to the "Tough new knife laws" brought in at the end of 2024, and I ask: (a) how many bladed weapon assaults were recorded for 2025 in: (i) entertainment precincts; and (ii) the rest of Western
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I refer to the "Tough new knife laws" brought in at the end of 2024, and I ask: (a) how many bladed weapon assaults were recorded for 2025 in: (i) entertainment precincts; and (ii) the rest of Western Australia?
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Answered
14 May 2026
Responded by
Minister for the Environment representing the Minister for Police
Response time
6 days
(a) The Western Australia Police Force is unable to provide a response to the number of bladed weapon assaults. Manual interrogation of each incident would be required to determine if each assault was bladed weapon related. The WA Police Force has provided the following data to provide an update on the status of the Cook Labor Government's tough new knife laws:
Table 1: Number of edged weapon scans in 2025
Other data related to crime statistics, including breakdowns by offence type and suburb, is publicly accessible in the Western Australia Police Force Crime Statistics Report, which is published each quarter.
Table 1: Number of edged weapon scans in 2025
Other data related to crime statistics, including breakdowns by offence type and suburb, is publicly accessible in the Western Australia Police Force Crime Statistics Report, which is published each quarter.
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