Date: 2 April 2025
Source: Queensland Government — The Queensland Cabinet and Ministerial Directory

The Crime Report Queensland 2023-2024 has exposed the shocking trajectory of Queensland’s Youth Crime Crisis over the past decade.

The Report reveals between 2014 and 2024, the number of youth charged with stolen cars and robbery tripled, and the number of youth charged with break-ins and assault doubled.

The data revealed the most common age of an offender in Queensland was 15 years old – comprising of 12,268 fifteen-year-olds charged last financial year alone.

Some of the other damning discoveries between 2014-15 to 2023-24:

• Recorded offences in Queensland increased 18%
• Break-ins (unlawful entry) 28.3%
• Stolen vehicles increased 91%
• Robbery increased 100.9%
• Armed Robbery increased 82.3%
• Kidnapping increased 82.2%
• Arson 28.5%
• Rape and attempted rape increased 92.2%

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