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Firearm theft in Australia 2008–09

Monitoring report no.16

Samantha Bricknell
ISBN 978 1 921532 94 8 ISSN 1836-2079
Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, October 2011

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• Foreword
• Executive summary
• Introduction
• Characteristics of stolen firearms
• The nature of firearm theft incidents
• Compliance with firearm laws
• Other findings
• Conclusion
• References
• Appendixes

Theft represents one of most likely sources of firearms for the illicit market. Between 2004–05 and 2008–09, an average of 1,545 firearms were reported as stolen to Australian state and territory police. The National Firearm Theft Monitoring Program (NFTMP), which covered the period 2004–05 to 2008–09, was established at the Australian Institute of Criminology to compile more detailed information on the nature and characteristics of reported firearm theft events.