If you have any information about an illicit firearm, you can contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or at www.crimestoppers.com.au. Report safely and anonymously.

You don’t have to say who you are, get involved or compromise your own safety.

No – you may have heard something or have a suspicion only. Don’t second guess yourself, contact Crime Stoppers and let us evaluate it – because if the information is of concern to you then it’s important to us.

When you contact Crime Stoppers you don’t have to provide concrete evidence of a crime involving a firearm. You may have overheard something, or something just doesn’t feel quite right – so reach out and share what you know.

Firearms enable organised crime groups to be more lethal in their activities.

It only takes one firearm in the hands of a person with malicious intent to be of great concern to yourself, your family, or the community. Illicit firearms put us all at risk.

Crime Stoppers needs your help for ongoing, and sustained effort to reduce the number of, and access to, illicit and unregistered firearms in the community. Say something before it is too late.

The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission data estimates that there is a significant number of illicit firearms remain in the community.

These exist in two distinct markets: 

Black market firearms are used for criminal purposes and find their way to the black market via illicit importation, illicit manufacture, and theft from registered and unregistered guns.

The grey market is a subset of the black market. Grey market firearms are those that should have been handed in or registered following major firearm reforms in 1996. The possession of a firearm that was not surrendered in 1996 or registered is illegal.

Intelligence from law enforcement suggests that not only are serious and organised crime groups looking to access firearms for criminal purposes, but an increasing number are trafficking firearms as an income means.

The illicit firearms market is driven in part by outlaw motorcycle gangs, organised crime groups, and other groups engaged in trafficking illicit commodities such as drugs.

Based on available data, the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission conservatively estimates there are 260,000 firearms (250,000 long arm and 10,000 handguns) in the domestic illicit market. This estimate is based on a range of intelligence sources, including firearm importation figures and seizure trends over time. Please refer to the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) report 2016, for further information.

If people don’t share what they know about illicit firearms in the community, then there is the real potential that those firearms can fall into the hands of criminals, people with a mental illness,  children and teens.

Say something before it is too late. Protect yourself and your family.  

Yes. If you know of any other type of unwanted or illegal weapon, you should contact police to tell Crime Stoppers.