Crime in Queensland

[2] The state has criminal codes for hooning,[3] graffiti,[4] sharing intimate images without consent[5] and fare evasion.

[9] Community crime Facebook groups have grown in number and influence, becoming de facto lobby organisations.

Legislation passed that allows Queensland police to use hand-held metal detectors to search people without reasonable suspicion in a crackdown on knife crime.

Small scale drug possession laws were changed in 2023 with the introduction of a three-strike system that offers a caution to a first-timer, and diversion and assessment programs for anyone busted two or three times.

[16] In the same year, mobile and fixed site pill testing was introduced in an attempt to curb the harmful effects of illicit drugs.

[19] The sale and distribution of illicit drugs is the most pervasive form of organised crime activity in Queensland.

[22] The industrial scale of the equipment and the amount of precursor chemicals found indicated an organised crime syndicate was behind the lab.

[26] Amnesty International Australia describes the current youth detention situation as a human rights crisis.

[27] To alleviate pressure on watch house use a dedicated remand centre for young offenders is being built at Wacol.

[31] The suburbs of Dunwich, Dutton Park, Moorooka, Acacia Ridge and Inala reported the most break-ins across Brisbane in the 10 years to 2019.

[37] Number of total offenses in Queensland since 2012:[38] 2012: 437,863 2013: 435,599 2014: 440,986 2015: 460,113 2016: 503,278 2017: 493,230 2018: 516,899 2019: 543,605 2020: 501,134 2021: 505,306 2022: 561,629 2023: 606,274 2024: 460,467 (October 17) Some railway stations have issues with youth gangs and individuals harassing passengers and police officers.

Burpengary, Bald Hills and Indooroopilly train stations were the only on the Citytrain network to have a grievous assault - defined as potentially causing permanent injury or disability.

[40] Queensland Police Operations Support Command said in 2008 that the network is safe and that the rate of crime is not worse than that in the community in general, explaining that the perception it was higher was due to the close confines of being in a passenger train.

[42] The campaign, See It From Their Side, funds a number of public awareness campaigns (television, radio, and print), the installation of physical safety measures, additional Senior Network Officers (transport fare and safety enforcement officers), and further policy development.

[43] Youth gangs have played a large part in the amount of crime occurring within various problem areas of Brisbane.

[46] Copper wire theft is a growing trend in South East Queensland with sporting clubs and construction sites targeted.