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CRIME Stoppers WA’s Civics and Citizenship program has been recognised at the 2018 Crime Stoppers International Conference in The Hague, Netherlands. The free online program, developed in 2017, links the themes of democratic values, active citizenship, laws and crime with the community reporting role of Crime Stoppers. Schools from across Perth have…

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…

Crime Stoppers WA is planning a new service that will allow bike owners and related businesses to; list the bikes they own so they can be returned, if stolen. provide WA Police with a tool to instantly search for and find owners of stolen bikes so they can be reunited. check if…

Sometime during the weekend of the 6th and 7th October, a large bronze plaque was stolen from the top of the popular DNA Tower in Kings Park. The distinctive round plaque is 62cm in diameter and shows distances to Perth landmarks like Rottnest, Fremantle Harbour and Perth city from the top of…

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…

A reward of up to $5,000 is being offered for information leading to the recovery of a green 1964 EH Holden station wagon stolen from a property on Lilydale Road, Underwood, Tasmania in mid to late March 2018.  It is possible that the vehicle may be interstate. The Holden was stolen along…

Across Australia, 57,324 firearms were handed in, to be registered or destroyed, between July and September 2017 during the National Firearms Amnesty. This included around 2,500 fully-automatic or semi-automatic guns that were previously unaccounted for, and 2,900 handguns. Officers in Western Australia were handed a Buffalo Arms M1919A4 Browning machine gun which…

Investigators are still seeking crucial information to help solve the murder of Valeria Fermendjin over two years ago. The 70-year old grandmother died sometime between 7.20am and 8.30am on January 5, 2016 in her Leach Highway home in Melville. A number of items were stolen from Ms Fermendjin’s home at the time…

The State Government has announced a reward of up to $250,000 for information on the disappearance and suspected murder of Lisa Jane Brown. Lisa, a mother of two young children, was 19 at the time she disappeared from Northbridge during the early hours of November 10, 1998. Lisa’s boyfriend told police that…