Data as at 31 December 2023 (Full calendar year results)
Data outlining the number of Crime Stopper contacts, actions and results for 01 January 2023 to 31 December 2023 include:
- Calls received – 17,958
- Online reports – 4,827
- Other reports (emails and letters) – 294
- Apprehensions – 309
- Charges laid – 663
- Actions – 9,961
- Contacts (Total answered calls/online and other reports) – 18,960
Data has been sourced from the Crime Stoppers case management that highlights the number of serious crimes cleared from 1 January 2023 to 30 June 2023:
- 8 apprehension for theft (including copper and recidivist retail offences)
- 16 apprehensions for serious firearms offences (multiple gel blaster apprehensions, silencer and 3D printed parts)
- 30 apprehensions for serious drug offences (including Xanax, steroids, a pill press, precursor chemicals and a clandestine lab)
- 2 apprehensions for criminal neglect of children
- 3 apprehensions for aggravated assault
- 3 apprehensions for stolen vehicles
- 1 apprehension for possessing child exploitation material
The number of drug and firearm seizures attributed to Crime Stoppers from 1 January 2023 to 30 June 2023:
Amounts seized
- 218 cannabis plants
- 45kg of cannabis
- 465g of methamphetamine
- 52g of heroin
- 7.2lt of GHB (Fantasy)
- 55 firearms
In Street Deal
- over 18,333 cannabis street deals (does not include plants)
- over 4,652 street deals of amphetamine
Additional statistical data collated from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023, Crime Stoppers monthly reports include:
- 1,659 contacts for methamphetamine
- 754 for firearms
- 219 for murders (including cold case homicides)
- 86 for robberies
- 1,112 for offences against the person (including assaults, sexual assaults and robberies)
- 132 for arson