Media Releases

To mark the 20-year milestone of having a Crime Stoppers program in every Australian State and Territory, an independent study has been released as part of National Crime Stoppers Day 2019 celebrations on Monday, 27th May. The Impact Report shows 82% of all Australians feel safer knowing the program is in place…

Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission media release Western Australia continues to report the highest average methylamphetamine consumption in both capital city and regional sites of all locations tested nationwide, following the release of the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission’s sixth National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program report today. Based on the wastewater findings, between April…

A unique Western Australian schools program that aims to help develop “good citizens” has won an international Crime Stoppers Award. The Civics and Citizenship program received the Crime Stoppers International “Specialised Program” Award at the 2018 Crime Stoppers International Conference in The Hague, Netherlands today (30 October). The free, online Civics and…

Call for public to help catch 10 criminals on ‘Rogue Radar’ list.   Crime Stoppers is calling on all members of the public to help track down the 10 outlaws named on this year’s ‘Rogue Radar’ list, some of whom are wanted for serious offences including murder and sexual assault. Operation Roam:…

Western Australia is one of the most diverse and fastest growing States in Australia with more than 240 languages spoken in WA. The 2016 Census shows that 17.7% of Western Australians speak a language other than English (LOTE) at home and the number of LOTE speakers has increased by nearly 35% since…

20 criminals named on the ‘Rogue Radar’ list. Crime Stoppers is calling on members of the public to stay alert and be on the lookout for 20 wanted fugitives named on the ‘Rogue Radar’ list. The offenders are currently at large and potentially hidden in plain sight in communities across Australia. Operation…

Nick Stagg, Partner at Lavan Legal and Chairman of Crime Stoppers WA is delighted to welcome Vince Hughes as the Crime Stoppers WA new Chief Executive Officer. Vince has broad experience that positions him well for this role including senior public sector roles at the Public Sector Commission, WA Police, Corruption and…

Thanks to the strong response by Goldfields residents, the recent Crime Stoppers WA Dob in a Dealer drug campaign has given police considerably more intelligence leads for solving drug crime. The number of reports from Goldfields residents rose by 82% during the campaign, and still continued at a good rate a month…

Crime Stoppers WA Dob in a Dealer drug campaign designed to stop the rise of methamphetamine trafficking across the Pilbara has given police new intelligence leads. The Dob in a Dealer campaign, launched in Karratha in April, calls on the members of the community to confidentially report any information about trafficking of…

Crime Stoppers WA is targeting the Mid West region from 18 April for a two-week intensive Dob in a Dealer drug campaign to gather information for WA Police intelligence about local drug dealing activity. Local residents are asked to report information about the manufacture and distribution of crystal methylamphetamine (‘ice’) and other illegal drugs….