QGSO Annual Statistical Report for 2020-2021 released

Latest statistics released by the Queensland Government Statistician’s Office reveal a decrease in the number of unique offenders, including youth offenders, and the number offences committed.

Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll said the statistics from the report reinforce the incredible amount of work being performed by police across the state.

“The data from the latest crime report supports what we have been striving to achieve as an organisation.

“In the past two years, an extraordinary amount of work has been targeted towards youth crime, and we can see that reflected in the decrease in unique offenders.

“However, we know there is more work to be done, and the QPS remains committed to keeping communities safe. 

“We will continue to focus on policing strategies to reduce crime.”

Police Minister Mark Ryan said that any instance of criminal offending is unacceptable and that the QPS is dedicated to not only apprehending offenders but also to supporting strategies and initiatives that prevent and disrupt crime. 

“For every crime there is a victim and even one instance of crime is one too many,” the Minister said.

“That’s why we never rest when to comes to addressing crime and youth crime.

“While the statistics may change over time, one thing that will never change is the relentless determination of the QPS to target those who would do harm to the community.

“The government support the efforts of the QPS and will do everything it can to further support community safety outcomes.

“That’s why the government is making the biggest investment in policing in more than three decades to deliver more than 2,000 extra police personnel.

“QPS continue to work with other agencies to help divert young people away from crime and we provide our police with state-of-the-art equipment.

“It’s all about supporting community safety.”

ENDS

Background:

The QGSO Annual Report for 2020-2021 is available here: www.qgso.qld.gov.au/statistics/theme/crime-justice/crime-justice-statistics/reported-crime

Report Summary:

• A 5.8% decrease in the number of unique youth offenders in Queensland in 2020-2021 (lowest number in a decade) compared to the previous year and since 2011-2012, the number of unique child offenders has decreased by 26.8%.
• A 3.3% decrease in the overall number of unique offenders in Queensland (lowest number in a decade) compared to the year before.
• The total number of offences decreased from 540,864 in 2019-2020 to 482,695 in 2020-2021, a decrease of 10.8%
• The total number of “offences against the person” increased from 37,960 in 2019-2020 to 45,687 in 2020-2021, an increase of 20.4%.
• recorded increases: other homicide (22.1% increase or 15 offences), assault (24.1% increase or 5,816 offences), sexual offences (20.9% increase or 1,368 offences) and other offences against the person (17.8% increase or 828 offences).
• recorded decreases: homicide (murder) (24.1% decrease or 13 offences) and robbery (11.6% decrease or 287 offences).
• The total number of “offences against property” decreased from 264,828 in 2019-2020 to 216,816 in 2020-2021, a decrease of 18.1%.
• All offence categories within offences against property recorded decreases in the number of offences.
• The total number of “other offences” decreased from 238,076 in 2019-2020 to 220,192 in 2020-2021 a decrease of 7.5%.
• recorded decreases: drug offences (17.3% decrease or 16,002 offences), prostitution offences (8.7% decrease or 6 offences), trespassing and vagrancy (18.9% decrease or 1,242 offences), weapons act offences (14.2% decrease or 1,208 offences), good order offences (6.9% decrease or 3,327 offences), stock related offences (75.6% decrease or 34 offences), traffic and related offences (5.8% decrease or 2,378 offences) and miscellaneous offences (1.5% decrease or 68 offences).
• recorded increases: liquor offences (excl. drunkenness) (18.4% increase or 544 offences) and breach DV protection order (17.1% increase or 5,836 offences).
• The victimisation rate increased to 826.7 reported victims per 100,000 persons, while 14.0% of reported victims (excluding those whose Indigenous status was not stated) identified as a First Nations person.
• Nearly one-quarter of all reported assault victims were aged 20–29 years while females aged 10–19 years represented 39.6% of all reported victims of sexual offences. First Nations females were 6.5 times as likely as non-Indigenous females to be a reported victim of serious assault.

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