2000 - 2001 Annual Statistical Review - Queensland Police Service

QUEENSLAND 

POLICE 

SERVICE 

Annual Statistical Review 2000-2001

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ISSN 1441-4589 

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This and past Annual Statistical Reviews are available at “www.police.qld.gov.au/ 

statsnet.htm”.

Commissioner’s Foreword 

2000/01 contains a wealth of information and I would 

recommend it to anyone with an interest in crime trends 

and patterns, and other policing issues. I am confident 

that many external researchers, private and public 

agencies and community groups will find this Review 

both interesting and informative. Additionally, publishing 

this kind of statistical information serves to assist 

individuals and organisations with whom the Service 

continues to collaborate and form strategic partnerships. 

In the 2000/01 financial year, the previous downward 

trend in the rate of total Offences Against the Person was 

reversed. In some offence categories there were 

significant swings, the most notable of these being an 8% 

increase in the rate of Robbery offences following a 14% 

decrease reported in 1999/00. 

Bob Atkinson APM, Commissioner of Police 

Each year, the Queensland Police Service collects and 

records data on crime and a wide range of other policing 

issues. This allows trends and patterns to be identified 

and is the cornerstone of many new policing strategies 

and initiatives. 

A marginal rise of 1% was recorded for total Offences 

Against Property. This is a positive outcome when 

considered in the context of previous results and 

represents a significant slowing of the rate of growth in 

the number of offences reported under this category. 

Of particular note is the rate of Unlawful Entry which 

remained unchanged, while Unlawful Entry of private 

dwellings experienced a 5% reduction. In addition, 

following large increases in Motor Vehicle Theft over the 

last two financial years, the results for 2000/01 indicate a 

marginal increase of just 2%. 

Problem-Oriented and Partnership Policing has been a 

major focus of the Service’s activities over the past three 

years. One of the strengths of this approach lies in the 

use it makes of information sources to enhance the 

analysis of crime and disorder problems as well as to 

develop measures to prevent their recurrence. 

I have recently instigated a system of Operational 

Performance Review which underpins the problemoriented 

approach by focussing on the performance of 

individual police districts. The Review process relies on a 

broad range of performance indicators, including subsets 

of the data relating to crime trends contained in this 

report. 

While the statistical data collected and maintained by the 

Service is used for many other purposes, these two key 

issues highlight the extent to which policing in 

Queensland - the Smart State - is becoming more reliant 

on smart information and analysis based on policing 

strategies. 

The Queensland Police Service Annual Statistical Review for 

As we enter the 21st Century, the Service’s primary 

objective is to produce positive policing outcomes for the 

Queensland community. A key indicator of success will 

be the extent to which the increasing crime trends of 

recent years can be addressed. 

The Annual Statistical Review provides an accurate, timely 

and comprehensive record of crime and related 

information. It is a key component of the Service’s overall 

performance evaluation framework and will be of 

increasing value as the Service embraces strategic, 

information-based policing and management strategies in 

the years ahead. 

It is with pleasure that I present the Queensland Police 

Service Annual Statistical Review for the 2000/01 financial 

year. 

Bob Atkinson APM. 

COMMISSIONER

Contents 

Queensland Crime......................................................................................................................... 

1 

Crime 2000/2001 ........................................................................................................................ 

9 

Monthly Crime Trends ................................................................................................................. 

17 

Annual Crime Trends ................................................................................................................... 

33 

Regional Comparisons............................................................................................................... 

43 

Victims of Crime............................................................................................................................... 

59 

Offenders................................................................................................................................................ 

69 

Offender/Victim Relationships............................................................................................ 

87 

Crime Locations................................................................................................................................ 

97 

District Crime....................................................................................................................................... 

101 

Traffic......................................................................................................................................................... 

131 

Personnel................................................................................................................................................ 

135 

Summary Table.................................................................................................................................. 

140 

Map of Police Boundaries....................................................................................................... 

141 

Explanatory Notes......................................................................................................................... 

143 

Glossary .................................................................................................................................................. 

147

Queensland Crime 

The following tables provide statistics for Queensland 

for the 1999/00 and 2000/01 financial years, for 

reported and cleared Offences Against the Person and 

Offences Against Property and reported Other 

Offences. 

Reported Offence data are presented as both numbers 

and rates (offences reported per 100,000 population) 

together with a percentage change indicator to 

provide the reader with a clear and balanced picture 

of the level of crime in Queensland. 

Cleared offences are displayed as ‘Reported and 

Cleared in Period’ and ‘Cleared in Period, Reported 

Previously’. The ‘Percentage Cleared’ figures refer only 

to those offences reported and cleared in the relevant 

financial year. 

The 1999/00 statistics included in these tables (and 

throughout the Review) have been revised from those 

published in last year’s Annual Statistical Review and, as 

such, figures presented last year may differ slightly 

from those presented in this edition. 

With Honour We Serve 

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O f f e n c e s A g a i n s t t h e P e r s o n 

Reported Offences - Queensland 

Number Reported 

Number Reported per 100,000 Population* 

Offence 1999/00 2000/01 Percentage Change 1999/00 2000/01 Percentage Change 

Homicide 246 217 -12 7 6 -13 

Murder 70 + 57 -19 2 2 -20 

Attempted Murder 118 129 9 3 4 8 

Conspiracy to Murder 2 0 0 0 0 0 

Manslaughter (excl. by 

driving) 

7 11 57 0 0 55 

Driving Causing Death 49 20 -59 1 1 -60 

Assaults (excluding Sexual) 17728 18734 6 497 517 4 

Serious Assault 10361 11123 7 291 307 6 

Other Assault 7367 7611 3 207 210 2 

Sexual Offences 5551 5816 5 156 160 3 

Rape and Attempted Rape^ 897 1076 20 25 30 18 

Other Sexual Offences 4654 4740 2 130 131 0 

Robbery 2260 2492 10 63 69 8 

Armed Robbery 1167 1267 9 33 35 7 

Unarmed Robbery 1093 1225 12 31 34 10 

Extortion 70 70 0 2 2 -2 

Kidnapping, Abduction, 

Deprivation of Liberty etc. 

329 361 10 9 10 8 

Other Offences Against the 

Person 

3407 3764 10 96 104 9 

OFFENCES AGAINST 

THE PERSON 

29591 31454 6 830 867 5 

* Although offences per 100,000 population have been rounded to the nearest whole number, the actual rate was used to calculate the percentage change between the two 

periods. Therefore, although the change values are correct, they may not appear so, particularly in smaller volume offence categories. 

+ The figures quoted in the 1999/00 Annual Statistical Review were underreported as a result of the unique circumstances surrounding the Childers Hostel fire and the prosecution 

action commenced at the time. 

^ Changes to the Criminal Code (October 2000) resulted in an expansion of the definition of Rape and Attempted Rape. Thus, caution should be exercised when comparing figures 

with those from previous years. 

2 With Honour We Serve


Cleared Offences - Queensland 

Reported and Cleared in Period Cleared in Period, Reported Previously Percentage Cleared* 

Offence 1999/00 2000/01 1999/00 2000/01 1999/00 2000/01 

Homicide 190 190 38 41 77 88 

Murder 48 47 15 18 69 82 

Attempted Murder 103 120 7 6 87 93 

Conspiracy to Murder 0 0 0 1 0 0 

Manslaughter (excl. by 

driving) 

6 6 6 1 86 55 

Driving Causing Death 33 17 10 15 67 85 

Assaults (excluding Sexual) 12062 12628 1513 1635 68 67 

Serious Assault 6878 7170 1012 1063 66 64 

Other Assault 5184 5458 501 572 70 72 

Sexual Offences 3864 3977 591 696 70 68 

Rape and Attempted Rape 651 800 99 122 73 74 

Other Sexual Offences 3213 3177 492 574 69 67 

Robbery 793 940 137 133 35 38 

Armed Robbery 440 553 70 73 38 44 

Unarmed Robbery 353 387 67 60 32 32 

Extortion 31 32 9 8 44 46 

Kidnapping, Abduction, 

Deprivation of Liberty etc. 

197 236 44 22 60 65 

Other Offences Against the 

Person 

1571 1830 260 304 46 49 


THE PERSON 

18708 19833 2592 2839 63 63 

* Percentage Cleared refers only to those offences which are both Reported and Cleared in the relevant financial year. 


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O f f e n c e s A g a i n s t P r o p e r t y 





Unlawful Entry 75970 77189 2 2130 2129 0 

Dwellings 46010 44542 -3 1290 1228 -5 

- Without Violence 45262 43785 -3 1269 1208 -5 

- With Violence 748 757 1 21 21 0 

Shops 8013 9013 12 225 249 11 

Other 21947 23634 8 615 652 6 

Arson 1685 1690 0 47 47 -1 

Other Property Damage 62411 63946 2 1750 1764 1 

Motor Vehicle Theft 19987 20653 3 560 570 2 

Other Theft (excluding 

Unlawful Entry) 

108296 116053 7 3037 3201 5 

Stealing from Dwellings 8686 8533 -2 244 235 -3 

Shop Stealing 12139 13911 15 340 384 13 

Vehicles (Steal from/ 

Enter with Intent) 

40226 41156 2 1128 1135 1 

Other Stealing 47245 52453 11 1325 1447 9 

Fraud 29362 26963 -8 823 744 -10 

By Cheque 4825 4765 -1 135 131 -3 

By Credit Card 7858 8084 3 220 223 1 

Other Fraud 16679 14114 -15 468 389 -17 

Handling Stolen Goods 6262 6105 -3 176 168 -4 

Possess Property Suspected 

Stolen 

1385 1204 -13 39 33 -14 

Receiving Stolen Property 2145 1740 -19 60 48 -20 

Possess, Receive, Dispose 

of Tainted Property 

2622 3053 16 74 84 15 

Other Handling Stolen 

Goods Offences 

110 108 -2 3 3 -3 


PROPERTY 

303973 312599 3 8523 8621 1 




Of f e n c e s A g a i n s t P r o p e r t y 

Cleared Offences - Queensland 

Reported and Cleared in Period Cleared in Period, Reported Previously Percentage Cleared* 

Offence 1999/00 2000/01 1999/00 2000/01 1999/00 2000/01 

Unlawful Entry 9457 9695 3085 2113 12 13 

Dwellings + 5463 5341 2060 1295 12 12 

- Without Violence 5002 4895 1692 1162 11 11 

- With Violence 461 446 51 51 62 59 

Shops 1162 1393 361 237 15 15 

Other 2832 2961 664 581 13 13 

Arson 193 177 29 49 11 10 

Other Property Damage 11730 11538 1530 1840 19 18 

Motor Vehicle Theft^ 3951 4250 674 720 20 21 

Other Theft (excluding 

Unlawful Entry) 

23050 23632 2705 3093 21 20 

Stealing from Dwellings 1731 1607 398 411 20 19 

Shop Stealing 8912 10110 357 422 73 73 

Vehicles (Steal from/ 

Enter with Intent) 

4784 4635 758 1068 12 11 

Other Stealing 7623 7280 1192 1192 16 14 

Fraud 20587 17646 3694 3598 70 65 

By Cheque 2839 3136 992 988 59 66 

By Credit Card 5200 4444 420 657 66 55 

Other Fraud 12548 10066 2282 1953 75 71 

Handling Stolen Goods 5981 5864 141 130 96 96 

Possess Property Suspected 

Stolen 

1308 1126 21 31 94 94 

Receiving Stolen Property 2098 1713 24 31 98 98 

Possess, Receive, Dispose 

of Tainted Property 

2499 2937 93 58 95 96 

Other Handling Stolen 

Goods Offences 

76 88 3 10 69 81 


PROPERTY 

74949 72802 11858 11543 25 23 

* Percentage Cleared refers only to those offences which are both Reported and Cleared in the relevant financial year. 

^ Recovery of a motor vehicle does not in itself clear an offence of Motor Vehicle Theft (see Glossary, page 147). The recovery rate for 2000/01 was approximately 85%. 

+ Offences reported prior to the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1997 cannot be separated into offences with and without violence. As such, subcategories may not add to the total. 


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O t h e r O f f e n c e s 





Drug Offences 36271 35160 -3 1017 970 -5 

Trafficking 151 107 -29 4 3 -30 

Possession Dangerous 

Drugs 

16708 16551 -1 468 456 -3 

Produce Dangerous Drugs 2027 1782 -12 57 49 -14 

Supply Dangerous Drugs 2279 1773 -22 64 49 -23 

Other Drug Offences 15106 14947 -1 424 412 -3 

Prostitution 568 557 -2 16 15 -4 

Found in Place used for 

Purpose of 

63 94 49 2 3 47 

Have Interest in Premises 11 33 200 0 1 195 

Knowingly Participate in 

Provision of 

35 72 106 1 2 102 

Public Soliciting 445 318 -29 12 9 -30 

Procuring Prostitution 9 16 78 0 0 75 

Permit Minor to be at Place 

used for Purpose 

2 1 -50 0 0 -51 

Advertising Prostitution 0 9 0 0 0 0 

Other Prostitution Offences 3 14 367 0 0 359 

Liquor (excluding 

Drunkenness) 

1450 1438 -1 41 40 -2 

Gaming Racing & Betting 

Offences 

9 8 -11 0 0 -13 

Breach Domestic Violence 

Protection Order 

5285 6065 15 148 167 13 

Trespassing and Vagrancy 2429 2639 9 68 73 7 









Weapons Act Offences 5512 4625 -16 155 128 -17 

Unlawful possn conc. 

firearm 

249 235 -6 7 6 -7 

Unlawful possn firearm - 

Other 

1163 997 -14 33 27 -16 

Bomb, possn and/or use of 110 97 -12 3 3 -13 

Possn and/or use other 

weapons, restricted items 

1749 1798 3 49 50 1 

Weapons Act Offences - 

Other 

2241 1498 -33 63 41 -34 

Good Order Offences 21210 23756 12 595 655 10 

Indecent Behaviour 1682 1714 2 47 47 0 

Language Offences 3441 3508 2 96 97 0 

Disorderly Conduct 5516 6641 20 155 183 18 

Resist, Hinder, etc. 9178 10399 13 257 287 11 

Fare Evasion 1393 1494 7 39 41 5 

Stock Related Offences 60 70 17 2 2 15 

Traffic and Other Related 

Offences 

26833 29337 9 752 809 8 

Dangerous Operation of a 

Vehicle 

1210 1341 11 34 37 9 

Drink Driving 21980 23473 7 616 647 5 

Disqualified Driving 3542 4412 25 99 122 23 

Interfere with Mechanism of 

Motor Vehicle 

101 111 10 3 3 8 

Miscellaneous Offences 5228 4491 -14 147 124 -16 

OTHER OFFENCES 104855 108146 3 2940 2983 1 




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Crime 2000/2001 

Offences Against the Person 

The broad offence division of Offences Against the 

Person is comprised of a number of different offence 

categories with the volume of offences reported 

differing significantly across categories. For example, 

Assaults account for 60% of Offences Against the 

Person while Homicides account for approximately 1% 

(Figure 1). Thus, Assault offences tend to dominate 

person offences while Homicide will have little effect 

on the overall total. 

Homicide (1%) 

Other (12%) 

Kidnapping etc. (1%) 

Extortion (0%) 

Robbery (8%) 

Fifteen to nineteen-year-old females were most likely 

to have been victims of person offences in 2000/01 

followed closely by twenty-five to twenty-nine-yearold 

males. In the younger age groups (0 to 19 years), 

females were more likely than males to be victims of 

person offences with this trend reversed in the older 

age groups. From the age of twenty, males were 

more likely than females to be victims. 

Males were significantly more likely to be proceeded 

against for person offences compared with females. 

While only 16% of offenders were female, 15% were 

male aged fifteen to nineteen years. The likelihood 

of offending peaked in the fifteen to nineteen age 

group for both males and females and decreased 

sharply with increasing age. 

Sexual Offences (18%) 

Figure 1: Offences Against the Person (%) - 2000/01 

Assaults (excluding Sexual) ( 60%) 

Of those who were found to have committed person 

offences approximately 59% were proceeded against 

through an arrest with a further 32% proceeded 

against through the service of a court notice. In 

approximately 55% of cases the victim was known to 

the offender. 

Homicide 

Overall, the number of Offences Against the Person 

increased by 6% in Queensland from 1999/00 to 

2000/01. A total of 31,454 offences were reported to 

police in 2000/01, 1,863 more than the revised figure 

from the previous financial year. Taking into account 

the growth of the Queensland population, the rate of 

person offences increased by 5% to 867 offences per 

100,000 persons. 

Of the 31,454 Offences Against the Person reported to 

police during the 2000/01 financial year, 19,833 (63%) 

were cleared by the end of June 2001. An additional 

2,839 offences reported in previous time periods were 

also cleared during 2000/01. 

Following decreases over the previous two financial 

years, Homicide offences have again decreased (by 

12%) in 2000/01. In fact, the rate of Homicide 

offences for the period under review is the lowest 

experienced by Queensland since the late 1970’s (see 

Annual Crime Trends: page 34). 

Factoring in the increase in the Queensland 

population, Homicide offences have decreased by 

13% to a rate of 6 offences per 100,000 persons. The 

reduction in Homicide is attributable to a 19% drop in 

Murder (70 to 57 offences) and a 59% drop in Driving 

Causing Death offences (49 to 20). 

With the exception of South Eastern Region, all 

regions recorded an increase in person offences. The 

largest increases occurred in Central and Southern 

Regions. As with previous years, the northern part of 

the State experienced the highest rates of person 

offences. 

Of the 217 offences reported to police in 2000/01, 

190 (88%) were cleared in the same period. This 

represents a 14% increase in the clear-up of Homicide 

offences. An additional 41 offences were cleared 

from previous periods. 

Both Far Northern and Northern Regions experience 


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marked decreases (of 54% and 53% respectively) in 

the rate of Homicide offences reported in 2000/01. 

Metropolitan North Region, which experienced a 15% 

increase, reported the highest rate in 2000/01. 

Southern and Central Regions also reported increases 

for the year under review. 

Over half (59%) of the victims of Homicide were male 

with a high proportion (21%) of male victims aged 

twenty to twenty-nine years. At every age group 

except the forty to forty-four year age group, males 

were more likely to be victims than females. 

The seasonal influence on the occurrence of Assaults 

can be seen clearly in monthly crime trends (see page 

19). These offences peak around December of each 

year and fall to a low around July. 

Far Northern and Northern Regions experienced the 

highest rates of Assault with both reporting an 

increase, of 9% and 3% respectively. Metropolitan 

South Region recorded the lowest rate at 338 offences 

per 100,000 population. The State recorded a 4% 

increase in the rate of Assault, with every region 

contributing to this increase. 

Males were significantly more likely than females to 

commit Homicide offences. In 2000/01, males aged 

twenty to twenty-four years were most likely to offend. 

While 84% of offenders were proceeded against 

through an arrest, for 64% of offenders the victim was 

known to them. 

Assault 

As stated previously, Assaults comprise approximately 

60% of total Offences Against the Person and, as such, 

tend to dominate this broad offence division. The 

number of Assaults in Queensland increased by 6% 

from 1999/00 to 2000/01. This equates to a rate of 

517 offences per 100,000 persons. The overall 

increase in Assault is attributable to a 7% rise in 

Serious Assault and a 3% rise in Other Assault. Of the 

18,734 offences reported to police in 2000/01, 12,628 

(67%) were cleared in the same period with a further 

1,635 offences cleared from previous periods. 

350 

Serious Assault 

317 

307 

299 

300 

297 297 

Other Assault 

291 

277 

249 

250 

241 251 

230 

222 

226 

Reported 

217 

201 

207 210 

Offences 

per 

200 

185 

186 

100000 

175 

Population 

150 

100 

50 

0 

1991/92 1992/93 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 2000/01 

Figure 2: Reported Assaults, Queensland 

Since 1994/95, the trend for Other Assault to be 

reported at a higher rate than Serious Assault has 

reversed. Recent years have seen much higher rates 

of Serious Assault (Figure 2). A possible explanation for 

this is a broadening of the definition of Serious Assault 

to include, for example, assault of a person aged sixty 

years or more, assault on physically impaired persons 

and assaulting a police officer in the execution of duty. 

At every age group males were more likely than 

females to be victims of Assault. Males aged twentyfive 

to twenty-nine were most likely to be victims. 

From this age, the rate of victimisation decreased 

steadily with increasing age. 

Males were also more likely to commit offences of 

Assault (80% of offenders were male) and this was the 

case for every age group. Males aged fifteen to 

nineteen years were most likely to offend. Of those 

persons proceeded against, 53% were arrested and 

38% were served with a court notice; 45% of 

offenders did not know the victim. 

Sexual Offences 

Sexual offences are particularly affected by an 

unpredictable variability in the reported rates due to 

the fact that offences occurring decades ago are still 

being reported to police. As offences are counted 

against the period in which they are reported rather 

than when they occurred, increases in crime statistics 

do not always equate to an increase in victimisation. 

The number of Sexual Offences reported to police in 

2000/01 increased by 5% from the number reported 

in the previous financial year. This equates to a rate 

of 160 offences reported per 100,000 persons. This 

increase is largely attributable to a 20% increase in 

Rape and Attempted Rape (although definitional 

changes to the Criminal Code have partially 

contributed to this increase). Of those offences 

reported in 2000/01, 3,977 (68%) were cleared with a 

further 696 cleared from previous time periods. 

Far Northern Region recorded both the largest 

increase in Sexual Offences (16%) and the highest rate. 

South Eastern Region reported the largest decrease 

(15%) while Metropolitan South Region recorded the 

lowest rate. 


The Sexual Offence category is the only offence 

category for which there are more female victims than 

male (83% of victims were female). Females aged 

between ten and nineteen years were most likely to 

be victims of Sexual Offences. In fact, females in this 

age bracket comprise more than one-third of victims. 

In total, only 40 females committed Sexual Offences 

in 2000/01. Thus, 98% of offenders were male. The 

age distribution of male offenders is unique for this 

offence type in that the distribution is almost uniform 

across age groups. The number of offenders is only 

slightly lower in the youngest and older age groups 

with males aged forty-five to forty-nine most likely to 

be proceeded against for a sexual offence. For those 

proceeded against, 69% were arrested and 21% were 

served with a court notice. For 88% of offenders the 

victim was known to them although the relationship 

was not stated for 7% so this figure may be higher. 

Robbery 

An increase of 9% in the number of Armed Robberies 

reported to police in 2000/01 coupled with a 12% 

increase in Unarmed Robbery lead to an overall 10% 

increase in the number of Robbery offences reported 

in the year under review. A total of 2,492 offences 

were reported to police which equates to a rate of 69 

offences per 100,000 persons. Of these, 940 (38%) 

were cleared in the period in which they were 

reported with an additional 133 offences cleared from 

previous periods. 

Rates of Robbery have been increasing steadily since 

the late 1980’s. Since 1997/98 Armed Robbery has 

been more prevalent than Unarmed Robbery and this 

year is no exception (Figure 3). Previously, Unarmed 

Robbery was reported at a higher rate than Armed 

Robbery. 

40 

37 

38 

Armed Robbery 

36 

37 

35 

35 

35 

34 

Unarmed Robbery 

33 

33 

31 

30 

31 

30 

28 

29 29 

29 

28 

26 

26 

Reported 25 

Offences 

per 

21 

100000 

20 

Population 

15 

10 

5 

0 

1991/92 1992/93 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 2000/01 

Figure 3: Reported Robbery Offences, Queensland 

Robbery offences tend to occur more frequently in the 

south-east corner of the State and 2000/01 was no 

exception. Metropolitan North Region recorded the 

highest rate in the State (113 offences per 100,000 

persons) although this figure remained unchanged 

from the previous year. Metropolitan South Region 

experienced a substantive increase (38%) in Robbery 

while Far Northern Region recorded a sizeable 

decrease (17%). 

Under the age of forty years, males were more likely 

than females to be victims of Robbery with males 

aged fifteen to nineteen years most likely to be 

victims. After the age of forty victimisation rates were 

similar for males and females. 

Males were significantly more likely than females to 

commit Robbery offences (88% of offenders were 

male) and 62% of offenders were aged between ten 

and twenty-four years. Of those proceeded against 

for Robbery offences 86% were arrested. A large 

proportion of offences (30%) were committed against 

a company or an organisation. For over half of the 

offences, however, the victim was a person and was 

unknown to the offender. 

Extortion, Kidnapping/Abduction and Other 


Extortion, the lowest in volume of the Offences 

Against the Person categories, remained unchanged 

from 1999/00 to 2000/01 with 70 offences reported 

in both years. Of these, 46% were cleared in the 

same period. 

Kidnapping, Abduction, Deprivation of Liberty etc 

offences, experienced an increase (10%) from 329 

offences in 1999/00 to 361 offences recorded in 

2000/01. Approximately 65% of these were cleared 

in the 2000/01 financial year with a further 22 cases 

cleared from previous years. 

Other Offences Against the Person include offences 

such as Driving Causing Grievous Bodily Harm, 

Stalking, Illtreatment of Children, Defamation/Libel, 

Armed to Cause Fear, Endangering Lives on transport 

and Other Offences Endangering Life, n.e.c.. In 2000/ 

01, Other Offences Against the Person increased by 

10% from 3,407 to 3,764 offences. Of these, 49% 

were cleared in the same period with this clearance 

rate higher by 3% from that reported previously. In 

addition, 304 offences reported in previous periods 

were also cleared. 


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Offences Against Property 

The offence division of Offences Against Property is 

comprised of a number of offence categories. As with 

Offences Against the Person, the contribution of each 

category to the total differs significantly (Figure 4). In 

2000/01, Other Theft (excl. Unlawful Entry) accounted 

for 36% of total Offences Against Property and was 

the highest in volume of the prmó˝Zty offence 

categories. Unlawful Entry accounted for 25% of 

offences with Other Property Damage and Motor 

Vehicle Theft accounting for 20% and 7% 

respectively. As such, this broad offence division 

tends to be dominated by Other Theft and Unlawful 

Entry with offence categories such as Arson having 

little effect. 

The number of reported Offences Against Property 

rose by 3% from 303,973 offences reported in 1999/ 

00 to 312,599 offences reported in 2000/01. 

Factoring in the growth of the Queensland population, 

property offences were reported at a 

rate of 8,621 offences per 100,000 persons, an 

increase of 1% from the previous year. Of all 

property offences reported in 2000/01, 23% were 

cleared in the same period with a further 11,543 

offences cleared from previous periods. 

Arson (1%) 

Nearly one-third (28%) of offenders proceeded against 

for property offences were male aged between fifteen 

and nineteen years. Of the total persons proceeded 

against for property offences, 43% were arrested, 

42% were served with a court notice and 12% were 

cautioned. 

Unlawful Entry 

While the number of reported Unlawful Entry offences 

increased by 2% from 1999/00 to 2000/01, the rate 

of offences remained unchanged over the two periods 

at 2,129 offences per 100,000 persons. Of the 77,189 

offences reported to police in 2000/01, 13% were 

cleared in the same period with a further 2,113 

offences cleared from previous periods. 

Although Unlawful Entry of Dwellings decreased by 

3%, Unlawful Entry of Shops and Other Premises rose 

by 12% and 8% respectively. 

North Coast, South Eastern and Metropolitan North 

Regions all experienced decreases in Unlawful Entry 

of 5%, 3% and 7% respectively. The largest increase 

was recorded by Southern Region (10%) while 

Northern Region recorded the highest rate in the State 

at 2,571 offences per 100,000 persons. The lowest 

rate was recorded by Central Region. 

Other Property Damage (20 %) 

Handling Stolen Goods (2%) 

Fraud (9%) 

Other Theft (37 %) 

Most Unlawful Entry offences were committed by 

young males. In fact, 91% of offenders were male 

and 65% were male aged under twenty-five years. Of 

all offenders proceeded against for Unlawful Entry 

offences 58% were arrested, 10% cautioned and 29% 

served with a court notice. 

Unlawful Entry (25%) 

Motor Vehicle Theft (7%) 

Arson 

Figure 4: Offences Against Property (%) - 2000/01 

Southern Region recorded the largest increase in total 

Offences Against Property (6%) with Central Region 

recording the second highest (5%). Northern Region 

experienced the largest decrease (3%). Metropolitan 

North Region recorded the highest rate at 10,956 

offences per 100,000 persons, although this region 

experienced virtually no change in the rate reported 

for 1999/00. 

Overall, property offences were more likely to be 

committed by males (79% of offenders were male). 

Arson offences neither increased nor decreased from 

1999/00 to 2000/01. Furthermore, the rate of 

offences remained steady at 47 offences per 100,000 

persons. Of the 1,690 offences reported in 2000/01, 

177 (10%) were cleared in the same period. An 

additional 49 offences were cleared from previous 

periods. 

Far Northern Region experienced a sizeable decrease 

in Arson offences (42%) which resulted in this region 

recording the lowest rate in the State. In addition to 

recording the largest increase (10%), South Eastern 

Region also recorded the highest rate at 74 offences 

per 100,000 persons. 


Approximately 91% of offenders were male. Fifteen 

to nineteen-year-old males were most likely to be 

proceeded against for Arson followed by ten to 

fourteen-year-olds. Approximately 62% of offenders 

were arrested, 12% cautioned and 18% served with a 

court notice. 

Other Property Damage 

Other Property Damage offences increased by 2% 

from 62,411 to 63,946 offences. This equates to a 

rate of 1,764 offences for every 100,000 persons. Of 

those offences reported to police in 2000/01, 11,538 

(18%) were cleared with an additional 1,840 offences 

cleared from previous time periods. 

Metropolitan North Region recorded the highest rate 

of Other Property Damage offences despite a 2% 

decrease from 1999/00 to 2000/01. Far Northern 

Region recorded the lowest rate while Northern 

Region recorded the largest decrease (13%). Central 

Region experienced the largest increase (8%). 

As with most offence types, fifteen to nineteen-yearold 

males were most likely to be proceeded against 

for Other Property Damage offences. Only 11% of 

offenders were female and only 14% of offenders 

were aged thirty years or more. In total, 48% of 

offenders were arrested for this offence type, 13% 

were cautioned and 36% were served with a court 

notice. 

Motor Vehicle Theft 

From 1995/96 to 1997/98, Motor Vehicle Theft was 

decreasing sharply in Queensland. The last two 

Annual Statistical Reviews, however, reported 

increases which effectively halted this downward 

trend. In 2000/01, Queensland again experienced an 

increase (3%) which brings the crime rate for this 

offence close to the high rates experienced prior to 

the downward trend. 

In 2000/01, 20,653 Motor Vehicle Theft offences were 

reported to police. Of these, 4,250 (21%) were cleared 

with an additional 720 offences cleared from previous 

periods (note: for recovery rates see Explanatory 

Notes). In 2000/01, Motor Vehicle Theft offences were 

reported at a rate of 570 offences for every 100,000 

persons. 

The rate of Motor Vehicle Theft for Central Region 

remained unchanged from 1999/00 to 2000/01 while 

Northern Region recorded a 19% decrease and North 

Coast Region experienced a 13% increase. Rates of 

Motor Vehicle Theft were highest in the south-east 

corner of the State with the highest rate reported by 

South Eastern Region (838 per 100,000 population). 

Central Region recorded the lowest rate at 221 

offences per 100,000 persons. 

Males aged fifteen to nineteen years were most likely 

to offend (43% of offenders were in this group). 

Including females in this age group, 49% of offenders 

overall were aged fifteen to nineteen years. 

Approximately 59% of offenders were arrested and 

32% were served with a court notice. 

Other Theft (excluding Unlawful Entry) 

Other Theft (Stealing) offences rose by 7% from 1999/ 

00 to 2000/01. This category is the highest in volume 

of the property offence categories and, thus, this 

increase has a significant impact on property offences 

as a total. In 2000/01, 116,053 offences were 

reported to police of which 20% were cleared. A 

further 3,093 were cleared from previous periods. 

While Stealing from Dwellings was down by 2%, Steal 

from Shops, Vehicles and Other were all up by 15%, 

2% and 11% respectively. Approximately 73% of 

Shop Stealing offences were cleared which was the 

highest clearance rate for the Other Theft subcategories. 

South Eastern Region experienced the largest increase 

(9%) while Northern Region recorded the only 

decrease (4%). The metropolitan regions of Brisbane 

both recorded increases (of 6% and 7%) with 

Metropolitan North Region also recording the highest 

rate in the State (4,122 offences per 100,000 persons). 

Southern Region experienced the lowest rate at 2,464 

offences per 100,000 population. 

The proportion of female offenders for Other Theft 

was higher than for most offence types at 30%, or just 

under one-third. For both males and females those in 

the fifteen to nineteen year age group were most 

likely to offend. Arrest rates are low for this offence 

type at 30%; while 45% were served with a court 

notice, 22% (mostly juvenile) were cautioned. 


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Fraud 

Decreases in Fraud by Cheque and Other Fraud (by 1% 

and 15% respectively) were offset by a 3% increase in 

Fraud by Credit Card. The result was an overall 

decrease of 8% in total Fraud offences. 

Of the 26,963 offences reported in 2000/01, 17,646 

(72%) were cleared in the same period with a further 

3,598 offences cleared from previous periods. 

In 1999/00, one offender caused Fraud offences in 

Metropolitan South Region to increase by 33%. In the 

year under review, Metropolitan South figures have 

returned to normal with a 31% decrease. North Coast 

Region also experienced a substantive decrease (29%) 

while Far Northern, Northern and Central Regions all 

recorded sizeable increases (24%, 16% and 20% 

respectively). Despite experiencing an unchanged rate 

from the previous financial year, Metropolitan North 

recorded the highest rate in the State with Far 

Northern Region recording the lowest. 

Fraud is unique in that the age of those proceeded 

against tends to be older when compared with other 

offence types and 2000/01 was no exception. Those 

in the twenty-five to twenty-nine year age group were 

most likely to offend for males while those in the 

twenty to twenty-four year age group were more likely 

to offend for females. In addition, rates are still 

relatively high in older age groups. Arrest rates and 

notices served were slightly lower than notices served 

at 42% and 53% respectively. 

Handling Stolen Goods 

Decreases in all sub-categories except Possess, 

Receive, Dispose of Tainted Property (which increased 

by 16%) resulted in an overall decrease of 3% in 

Handling Stolen Goods offences. Possess Property 

Suspected Stolen and Receiving Stolen Property 

recorded sizeable decreases of 13% and 19% 

respectively. Of the total 6,105 offences reported to 

police in 2000/01, 5,864 (96%) were cleared with a 

further 130 offences cleared from previous periods. 

Despite recording a 5% decrease in Handling Stolen 

Goods offences, Metropolitan North Region still 

recorded the highest rate in the State (273 per 100,000 

population). North Coast Region recorded the lowest 

rate while Central Region experienced the largest 

decrease (34%). Both Far Northern and Northern 

Regions recorded sizeable increases of 27% and 16% 

respectively. 

As with most offence categories, males were more 

likely to commit Handling Stolen Goods offences 

(79% of offenders were male) and those in the fifteen 

to nineteen year age group were most likely to offend 

for both males and females. Offenders were more 

likely to be served with a court notice (53%) although 

40% were arrested. 

Other Offences 

Other Offences is a broad collection of disparate 

offence categories. These categories are distinct from 

Offences Against the Person and Property in that they 

are generally offences detected by police rather than 

reported to police by the public. Drug Offences, 

Traffic Offences and Prostitution are examples of this. 

Trends and patterns in the levels of Other Offences 

are therefore often indicative of changing priorities of 

the Police Service rather than being indicative of the 

level of crime actually occurring. As such, increases 

are often seen as a positive improvement of police 

detection rates. 

As a total, Other Offences increased by 3% statewide 

from 104,855 offences recorded in 1999/00 to 

108,146 offences recorded in 2000/01. This equates 

to a rate of 2,983 offences per 100,000 persons. 

The largest increase in total Other Offences occurred 

in Far Northern Region (11%); this region also 

experienced the highest rate in the State. 

Metropolitan South Region recorded the lowest rate 

in addition to experiencing no change in reported 

rates from 1999/00 to 2000/01. 

Drug Offences 

In total, 35,160 Drug Offences were detected by 

police in 2000/01, 1,111 less (3%) than were detected 

in 1999/00. This overall decrease is attributable to 

decreases in all Drug Offence sub-categories, the 

largest of which was a 29% decrease in Trafficking. 

All regions except Far Northern and Northern 

recorded decreases in Drug Offences, the largest of 

which was a 13% decrease in Southern Region. Far 

Northern and Northern recorded increases of 2% and 

5% respectively with Far Northern also recording the 

highest rate in the State. South Eastern Region 

experienced the lowest rate followed closely by 

Metropolitan South Region which recorded little 


change in its rates over the two financial years. 

Breach of Domestic Violence Protection 

Orders 

Breach of Domestic Violence Protection Orders are a 

breach of a court order and, as such, are classed as 

“Regina” offences; hence, the inclusion under Other 

Offences and not Offences Against the Person. 

The 2000/01 financial year saw a 15% increase in 

Breach of Domestic Violence Protection Orders. A 

total of 6,065 offences were reported to police; this 

equates to a rate of 167 offences per 100,000 persons. 

All regions except North Coast experienced increases 

in Breach of Domestic Violence Protection Orders. 

North Coast recorded a 3% decrease. The largest 

increase occurred in Metropolitan North Region (34%) 

although Far Northern and Northern Regions both 

recorded sizeable increases of 24% and 22% 

respectively. Far Northern Region recorded the 

highest rate in the State. In fact, the rate recorded in 

Far Northern Region was three times higher than the 

State average. 

Weapons Act Offences 

Weapons Act offences decreased by 16% from 5,512 

offences reported in 1999/00 to 4,625 offences 

reported in 2000/01. The overall decrease is 

attributable to decreases in all weapons sub-categories 

except Possess and/or Use Other Weapons. The 

largest decrease was a 33% fall in Weapons Act 

Offences - Other. 

North Coast Region recorded the largest decrease in 

Weapons offences (49%) after two offenders were 

charged with multiple offences in 1999/00. In fact, all 

regions except Metropolitan South (which experienced 

a 4% increase) recorded decreases. Far Northern 

Region continues to experience the highest rate in the 

State while Metropolitan South Region continues to 

record the lowest. 

(20%), Resist, Hinder, Obstruct Police (13%) and Fare 

Evasion (7%). 

All regions except Metropolitan North (which 

experienced a 7% decrease) recorded increases in 

Good Order offences, the largest of which was a 33% 

increase in Far Northern Region. The increase 

experienced by this region resulted in a rate almost 

two-and-a-half times higher than the State average. 

Despite a 16% increase, Metropolitan South Region 

experienced the lowest rate at 303 offences per 

100,000 persons. 

Traffic and Related Offences 

Traffic and Related Offences rose by 9% from 26,833 

to 29,337 offences. All sub-categories exhibited 

increases, the most significant of which was a 25% 

increase in Disqualified Driving offences. 

The only region to experience a decrease in Traffic 

and Related Offences was Northern Region whose 

rates remained virtually unchanged from the previous 

financial year. The largest increase occurred in 

Metropolitan South Region although this region 

continues to record the lowest rates in the State. Far 

Northern Region recorded the highest rate with 

Northern Region a close second. 

Please note that the Traffic and Related Offences 

category referred to above includes Dangerous 

Operation of a Vehicle, Drink Driving, Disqualified 

Driving and Interfere with the Mechanism of a Motor 

Vehicle only. For information on Speed and Red Light 

Camera Notices or Random Breath Tests please refer 

to the Traffic section on page 131. 

Good Order Offences 

Good Order Offences increased by 12% from 1999/00 

to 2000/01. A total of 23,756 offences were detected 

by police which equates to a rate of 655 offences for 

every 100,000 persons. Increases in all Good Order 

sub-categories contributed to the overall increase, the 

largest of which was a rise in Disorderly Conduct 


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Monthly Crime Trends 

The graphs in this section provide monthly data for 

selected offence categories from July, 1991 (91/92 

financial year) to June, 2001 (00/01 financial year), 

expressed as a rate, thereby factoring in the size of the 

Queensland population for each year. All crime 

statistics appearing in these graphs are comparable 

over the ten-year period except where indicated with a 

break in continuity. 

Quarterly Estimated Residential Population (ERP) 

statistics for Queensland provided by the Australian 

Bureau of Statistics (Catalogue 1304.3) were used to 

calculate the rates up to December, 2000. The rates 

for January to June, 2001 were calculated using a 

projection of the ERP, provided by the Office of the 

Government Statistician, Queensland. 

To test for a statistically significant trend in the 

following graphs, Kendall's rank order correlation test 

(Conover, W.J. 1971 Practical Non-Parametric Statistics, 

2nd edition, John Wiley and Sons, pp 256-260) was 

used. Although the 5% level of significance was used, 

most results were significant at the 1% level. Details 

are footnoted where appropriate in the text under 

each graph. This test is a two-tailed test which 

determines whether there is an increasing or 

decreasing trend in the recorded number of offences 

over the one-hundred and twenty month period 

covered in the report. 

Some month to month variations in the numbers of 

recorded offences suggested seasonal factors may be 

operating. The test for trend is not sensitive to 

seasonal variations; it is sensitive only to a generally 

increasing or decreasing trend over the time period 

examined. 


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M o n t h l y C r i m e T r e n d s 


100 

90 

80 

70 

Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

60 

50 

40 

30 

20 

10 

0 

Jul Jan Jul Jan Jul Jan Jul Jan Jul Jan Jul Jan Jul Jan Jul Jan Jul Jan Jul Jan 

91/92 92/93 93/94 94/95 95/96 96/97 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 

Total Offences Against the Person have increased 

significantly* over the ten year period. This broad 

offence division tends to be dominated by Assault as 

is evidenced by the strong seasonal influence exhib- 

ited by the time series. The peak in September 1996 is 

the result of a large number of Sexual Offences 

reported at this time. 

Homicide + 

1.2 

1 

0.8 

Reported 

Offences 

per 0.6 

100000 

Population 

0.4 

0.2 

0 


91/92 92/93 93/94 94/95 95/96 96/97 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 

Homicide, a low volume offence category, is subject to 

random fluctuations from month to month. In spite of 

these, the monthly trend for Homicide since 1991 is 

significantly decreasing*. The peak in June 2000 is 

the result of the Childers Backpacker fire in which 

there were 15 victims. 

* The result is significant at the 1% level of confidence, using Kendall’s rank order correlation test. See page 17 for further information. 

+ The figures quoted for the 1999/00 financial year were underreported in last year’s Annual Statistical Review as a result of the unique circumstances surrounding the Childers 

Hostel fire and the prosecution action commenced at the time. 



Assault 

60 

50 

40 

Reported 

Offences 

per 30 

100000 

Population 

20 

10 

0 


91/92 92/93 93/94 94/95 95/96 96/97 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 

Assault is the largest in volume of the person offence 

sub-categories and, as such, tends to dominate. A 

significantly increasing trend** was detected over the 

one-hundred-and-twenty month period. Assault 

offences are subject to strong seasonal influences, 

which are evident in the time series, with a higher 

rate of offences occurring over the summer months 

of each year. 

Serious Assault 

35 

30 

25 

Reported 

Offences 

per 20 

100000 

Population 

15 

10 

5 

0 


91/92 92/93 93/94 94/95 95/96 96/97 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 

Serious Assaults experienced sharp increases from 

early 1993 to late 1996. In recent years, however, the 

time series has stabilised, even exhibiting a slight 

decrease. Despite this, a significantly increasing trend* 

was detected over the ten year period. 


** The result is significant at the 5% level of confidence, using Kendall’s rank order correlation test. See page 17 for further information. 


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M o n t h l y Cr i m e T r e n d s 

Other Assault 

30 

25 

20 

Reported 

Offences 

per 15 

100000 

Population 

10 

5 

0 


91/92 92/93 93/94 94/95 95/96 96/97 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 

The Other Assault offence time series has been 

decreasing* since early 1991, particularly since the 

beginning of the 1994/95 financial year. The 1996/97 

financial year saw a sharp decrease in the rate of 

Other Assaults. Following this, from 1997/98 to 

2000/01 Other Assaults have been steadily increasing. 


40 

35 

30 

25 

Reported 

Offences 

per 20 

100000 

Population 

15 

10 

5 

0 


91/92 92/93 93/94 94/95 95/96 96/97 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 

The spikes in the Sexual Offences time series are the 

result of large numbers of offences being reported to 

police in September 1996 and March 1999. Both are 

due to single offenders who were charged with 

multiple offences for incidents occurring over a 

number of years. Overall, this time series exhibits a 

significantly increasing trend*. 




Rape and Attempted Rape 

4 

3.5 

Break in continuity of 

time series** 


time series** 

3 

2.5 

Reported 

Offences 

per 2 

100000 

Population 

1.5 

1 

0.5 

0 


91/92 92/93 93/94 94/95 95/96 96/97 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 

The breaks in continuity of the Rape and Attempted 

Rape time series involved a broadening of the definition 

of rape (Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1997; 

changes to the Criminal Code, 2000)**. As such, care 

Other Sexual Offences 

should be exercised when comparing data prior to 

and following these changes as is illustrated by the 

marked increase in offences following both breaks of 

continuity. These increases have resulted in a 

statistically significant upward trend* detected overall. 

35 

30 

Break in continuity 

of time series** 

Break in continuity 

of time series** 

25 

Reported 

Offences 

per 20 

100000 

Population 

15 

10 

5 

0 


91/92 92/93 93/94 94/95 95/96 96/97 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 

A single offender was charged with in excess of 400 

offences for incidents which occurred over a period of 

over twenty years resulting in the second spike in the 

Other Sexual Offence time series. Since 1991, the time 

series has shown no significant trend. Once again, 

care should be exercised when making comparions 

of data before and after the breaks in continuity**. 


** The introduction of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1997 resulted in a broadening of the definition of Rape and Attempted Rape and a narrowing of Other Sexual Offences; 

further changes to the Criminal Code (October, 2000) resulted in an even broader definition of Rape and Attempted Rape and a subsequent narrowing of Other Sexual Offences. 


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Robbery 

8 

7 

6 

5 

Reported 

Offences 

per 4 

100000 

Population 

3 

2 

1 

0 


91/92 92/93 93/94 94/95 95/96 96/97 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 

Despite a drop in Robbery rates from 1999/00 to early 

in 2001, the overall rate of Robbery offences has been 

increasing significantly* since 1991. The year 2000/01 

continued this trend with an 8% increase in the rate of 

reported Robbery offences. 

Armed Robbery 

4 

3.5 

3 

2.5 

Reported 

Offences 

per 2 

100000 

Population 

1.5 

1 

0.5 

0 


91/92 92/93 93/94 94/95 95/96 96/97 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 

Although the overall trend in the rate of Armed 

Robbery offences has been increasing significantly* 

since 1991, the time series did experience a decrease 

from 1997/98 to 1999/00. Following an 11% decrease 

reported last year, Armed Robbery increased by 

7% between 1999/00 and 2000/01. 




Unarmed Robbery 

4 

3.5 

3 

2.5 

Reported 

Offences 

per 2 

100000 

Population 

1.5 

1 

0.5 

0 


91/92 92/93 93/94 94/95 95/96 96/97 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 

Rates of Unarmed Robbery have experienced fluctuations 

over time. A slight decrease from 1998/99 to 

early 2001 was followed by substantial increases in 

March to June of 2001. Overall, the upward trend 

evident in the graph above is statistically significant*. 

Extortion 

0.6 

0.5 

0.4 

Reported 

Offences 

per 0.3 

100000 

Population 

0.2 

0.1 

0 


91/92 92/93 93/94 94/95 95/96 96/97 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 

Extortion is the lowest in volume of the Offences 

Against the Person sub-categories and, as such, is 

prone to random variations from month to month. 

The marked fluctuations occurring in the time series 

are evident in the graph above. Despite these, a 

statistically significant downward trend* was detected 

over the ten year period. 



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Kidnapping, Abduction, etc. 

2 

1.8 

1.6 

1.4 

1.2 

Reported 

Offences 

per 1 

100000 

Population 

0.8 

0.6 

0.4 

0.2 

0 


91/92 92/93 93/94 94/95 95/96 96/97 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 

The rate of Kidnapping and Abduction offences rose 

sharply over the first three years of the time series. 

Since then, the time series has been steadily decreas- 

ing and now exhibits a statistically significant trend*. 

This time series is subject to the fluctuations that occur 

in small volume offence categories. 


800 

700 

600 

500 

Reported 

Offences 

per 400 

100000 

Population 

300 

200 

100 

0 


91/92 92/93 93/94 94/95 95/96 96/97 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 

Although the Offences Against Property time series 

looks fairly stable, a statistically significant upward 

trend* was detected. This is a large volume offence 

category and, as such, increases or decreases are 

usually small in the overall context. The rate of 

Property Offences reported in 2000/01 were only 1% 

higher than that reported in 1999/00. 




Unlawful Entry With Intent 

250 


time series** 

200 

Reported 

Offences 

per 150 

100000 

Population 

100 

50 

0 


91/92 92/93 93/94 94/95 95/96 96/97 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 

The break in continuity** of the Unlawful Entry with 

Intent time series makes it difficult to analyse. Overall, 

no significant trend was detected and the time series 

appears to be approximately stable despite a substan- 

tial decrease in reported offences over the 1994/95 

financial year. There was no change in the rate of 

Unlawful Entry offences reported from 1999/00 to 

2000/01. 

Unlawful Entry - Dwellings 

140 

120 


time series** 

Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

100 

80 

60 

40 

20 

0 


91/92 92/93 93/94 94/95 95/96 96/97 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 

The time series for Unlawful Entry of Dwellings has 

stabilised in recent years, namely, since late 1995. 

Despite this, an overall significant upward trend* was 

detected for the ten year period due to the increase in 

trend over the early years of the time series. Unlawful 

Entry of Dwellings decreased by 5% over the 2000/01 

financial year. 


** The Unlawful Entry offence categories replace the former Breaking and Entering categories, due to the introduction of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1997. Statistics for these 

new categories have been regenerated back to 1 July, 1995, before which Breaking and Entering statistics are displayed. 


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Unlawful Entry - Shops 

35 

30 


time series** 

25 

Reported 20 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 15 

10 

5 

0 


91/92 92/93 93/94 94/95 95/96 96/97 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 

After a dramatic decrease from 1991 to 1995, Unlawful 

Entry of Shops has steadied. The break in continuity** 

appears to have had a stabilising effect on the 

time series. Despite a sizeable increase in this offence 

type in 2000/01, an overall significantly decreasing 

trend* was detected for the entire period. 

Unlawful Entry - Other Premises 

80 

70 


time series** 

60 

50 

Reported 

Offences 

per 40 

100000 

Population 

30 

20 

10 

0 


91/92 92/93 93/94 94/95 95/96 96/97 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 

The break in continuity** in the Unlawful Entry - Other 

Premises category appears to have resulted in a 

change in trend although this is difficult to quantify. 

Prior to the change in definition, the time series was 

decreasing. Following an upward shift, the time series 

is again decreasing resulting in an overall statistically 

significant downward trend* for the ten year period. 


** The Unlawful Entry offence categories replace the former Breaking and Entering categories, due to the introduction of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1997. Statistics for these 

new categories have been regenerated back to 1 July, 1995, before which Breaking and Entering statistics are displayed. 



Arson 

5 

4.5 

4 

3.5 

3 

Reported 

Offences 

per 2.5 

100000 

Population 

2 

1.5 

1 

0.5 

0 


91/92 92/93 93/94 94/95 95/96 96/97 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 

Arson offences exhibit an overall statistically significant 

upward trend* for the one-hundred-and-twenty 

month period. Apart from a high rate in May 2001, 

the time series has experienced a slight downward 

trend over 1999/00 and 2000/01. 


180 

160 

140 

120 

Reported 

Offences 

per 100 

100000 

Population 

80 

60 

40 

20 

0 


91/92 92/93 93/94 94/95 95/96 96/97 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 

The sharply increasing trend* of Other Property 

Damage offences is evident in the graph above. 

Following a relatively stable period from early 1997 to 

early 1999, the time series was steadily increasing. 

Rates experienced over 2000/01, however, have 

reversed this recent trent. 



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70 

60 

50 

Reported 

Offences 

per 40 

100000 

Population 

30 

20 

10 

0 


91/92 92/93 93/94 94/95 95/96 96/97 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 

Overall, no significant trend was detected for the 

Motor Vehicle Theft time series. From the beginning 

of 1996 until early in the 1998/99 financial year, rates 

of theft decreased. From mid-1998 however, rates 

have been rising sharply to equal those reported prior 

to the downward trend of 1996/97. 


300 


time series** 

250 

Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

200 

150 

100 

50 

0 


91/92 92/93 93/94 94/95 95/96 96/97 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 

Prior to the break in continuity**, reported Other Theft 

offences were relatively stable. Subsequent to this 

change in classification, the rate of Other Theft 

offences decreased. Rates reported during the 1999/ 

00 financial year reversed this downward trend. 

Overall, however, no significant trend was detected. 

** The Other Theft offence category replaces the former Stealing category, due to the introduction of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1997. Statistics for this new category have been 

regenerated back to 1 July, 1995, before which Stealing statistics are displayed. 



Fraud 

120 

100 

80 

Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

60 

40 

20 

0 


91/92 92/93 93/94 94/95 95/96 96/97 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 

The sharply increasing trend* in Fraud offences is 

evident in the graph above. This offence type has 

experienced noticeable fluctuations in the latter part of 

the time series although a marked decrease is evident 

over 2000/01. The spike towards the latter part of the 

time series is the result of over 1,500 charges laid 

against one offender in March, 2000. 


25 

20 

Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

15 

10 

5 

0 


91/92 92/93 93/94 94/95 95/96 96/97 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 

A significantly increasing trend* is evident in the 

Handling Stolen Goods time series, despite an obvious 

decrease over the 2000/01 financial year. The large 

spikes at the end of the time series are the result of 

approximately 270 offences laid against two offenders 

in April, 2000. 



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300 

250 

200 

Reported 

Offences 

per 150 

100000 

Population 

100 

50 

0 


91/92 92/93 93/94 94/95 95/96 96/97 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 

Other Offences are generally detected by police rather 

than reported to police. As such, any rise in Other 

Offences is usually regarded as a positive result. As is 

evidenced in the graph above, a statistically significant 

upward trend* was detected with rates for 2000/01 

continuing this trend. 

Drug Offences 

120 

100 

80 

Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

60 

40 

20 

0 


91/92 92/93 93/94 94/95 95/96 96/97 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 

A significantly increasing trend* was detected for this 

time series. Rates of Drug Offences have been 

relatively stable since early in 1997. The spike in the 

latter part of the time series was the result of multiple 

offences laid against a single offender in March and 

April, 2000. 




Breach of Domestic Violence Protection Orders 

18 

16 

14 

12 

Reported 

Offences 10 

per 

100000 

Population 8 

6 

4 

2 

0 


91/92 92/93 93/94 94/95 95/96 96/97 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 

Breach of Domestic Violence Protection Orders have 

increased sharply* over the ten-year period. The latter 

part of the time series exhibits a seasonal effect on 

this offence type peaking in the summer months and 

falling in the winter months. The increase in rates of 

offences over 2000/01 is also evident. 


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30 


time series** 

25 

Reported 

Offences 

per 20 

100000 

Population 

15 

10 

5 

0 


91/92 92/93 93/94 94/95 95/96 96/97 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 

One offender was charged with 650 offences in 

February, 2000 resulting in a significant spike in the 

time series. This, too, exhibits a significantly 

increasing trend* although the break in the continuity 

resulting from the Weapons Amendment Act 1996** 

should be taken into account. Following the 

cessation of the Buy Back campaign (September 

1997), the time series increases sharply. 



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70 

60 

50 

Reported 

Offences 

per 40 

100000 

Population 

30 

20 

10 

0 


91/92 92/93 93/94 94/95 95/96 96/97 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 

While the time series for Good Order Offences exhibits 

a statistically significant upward trend*, a strong 

seasonal influence can also be seen. Offences tend to 

peak in the summer months and fall to a low during 

the winter months of each year. Following a small 

increase of 1% during the 1999/00 financial year, 

Good Order offences again increased by 10% in 2000/ 

01. 

Traffic and Related Offences 

90 

80 

70 

Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

60 

50 

40 

30 

20 

10 

0 


91/92 92/93 93/94 94/95 95/96 96/97 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 

Following a sharp decrease in the first eighteen 

months of the time series, Traffic and Related Offences 

have remained relatively stable. This is supported by 

the fact that no significant trend was detected in the 

time series overall despite the evident rise in offences 

over the 2000/01 financial year. 



Annual Crime Trends 

In this section, an examination of the number of 

selected offences per 100,000 population is provided 

for a twenty-seven year period. The rates provided in 

this section are based on Estimated Residential 

Populations, or projections thereof, at 30 June each 

year, provided by the Australian Bureau of Statistics 

and the Office of the Government Statistician, 

Queensland. 

Since 1974/75, many legislative changes have 

occurred, and the classification, recording and 

reporting systems used by the Queensland Police 

Service have evolved. Therefore, some offence 

categories, for which twenty-seven years of 

comparable statistics are not available, have not been 

included. 

The offence categories which have been included in 

this section are those that have a reasonable degree 

of consistency and comparability for the past twentyseven 

years. Some of these categories (such as 

Unlawful Entry and Drink Driving) have undergone 

considerable change at certain times. These breaks in 

continuity have been noted in the accompanying text 

where appropriate. 

Prior to 1991/92, all crime statistics produced by the 

Queensland Police Service were based on the date the 

information related to the crime was received at the 

Information Bureau (and its precursors) in Police 

Headquarters. From 1991/92, the reference date was 

the date the offence was reported to police. 


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A n n u a l C r i m e T r e n d s 

Offences Against the Person* 

800 

700 

600 

Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

500 

400 

300 

200 

100 

0 

74/75 76/77 78/79 80/81 82/83 84/85 86/87 88/89 90/91 92/93 94/95 96/97 98/99 00/01 

The offence sub-category of Assault tends to dominate 

Offences Against the Person as is evidenced by the 

fact that the graph above largely reflects the trend 

seen for Assault. Overall, Offences Against the Person 

have increased, on average, by 6% each year, 

although in the period 92/93 to 00/01 offences 

increase, on average, by 1% per year. 

Homicide + 

10 

9 

8 

7 

Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

6 

5 

4 

3 

2 

1 

0 

74/75 76/77 78/79 80/81 82/83 84/85 86/87 88/89 90/91 92/93 94/95 96/97 98/99 00/01 

Although Homicide offences have fluctuated from year 

to year, the Homicide rate has changed little overall. 

From the 1984/85 to the 1989/90 financial years 

Homicide offences were reported at a higher rate 

although the rate decreased during 1990/91 and has 

remained relatively steady since. The rate for 2000/01 

is the lowest since the late 1970’s. 

* The offence categories of Extortion, Kidnapping and Abduction, etc and Other Offences Against the Person are not included in Offences Against the Person. 

+ The figures quoted for the 1999/00 financial year were underreported in last year’s Annual Statistical Review as a result of the unique circumstances surrounding the Childers 

Hostel fire and the prosecution action commenced at the time. 



Assault 

600 

500 

Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

400 

300 

200 

100 

0 

74/75 76/77 78/79 80/81 82/83 84/85 86/87 88/89 90/91 92/93 94/95 96/97 98/99 00/01 

Rates of Assault have increased, on average, by 7% 

over the twenty-seven year period. Looking at the 

overall trend, the time series has stabilised since 1993/ 

94, although a sharp increase prior to this time is 

evident. 


200 

180 

160 

Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

140 

120 

100 

80 

60 

40 

20 

0 

74/75 76/77 78/79 80/81 82/83 84/85 86/87 88/89 90/91 92/93 94/95 96/97 98/99 00/01 

Sexual Offences are often reported to police many 

years after the offences actually occurred and, 

additionally, there are often numerous charges 

preferred against one offender. These factors can 

result in the fluctuations seen in the graph above. As 

the stigma attached to being a victim of Sexual 

Offences has decreased, much higher offence totals 

have been recorded. 


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Robbery 

80 

70 

60 

Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

50 

40 

30 

20 

10 

0 

74/75 76/77 78/79 80/81 82/83 84/85 86/87 88/89 90/91 92/93 94/95 96/97 98/99 00/01 

Following a relatively stable period from 1974/75 to 

1985/86, Robbery offences have increased sharply. 

On average, Robbery has increased by 6% each year. 

The decrease reported in last year’s Review effectively 

halted a sharply increasing trend. The Robbery rate 

reported for the 2000/01 financial year is again 

nearing the high rate reported in the mid-1990s. 


9000 

8000 

7000 

6000 

Reported 

Offences 

per 5000 

100000 

Population 

4000 

3000 

2000 

1000 

0 

74/75 76/77 78/79 80/81 82/83 84/85 86/87 88/89 90/91 92/93 94/95 96/97 98/99 00/01 

Offences Against Property increased steadily from 

1974/75 to 1990/91, although a sharper increase in 

nearly all property offence sub-categories is reflected 

in the sharp increase seen in 1989/90. From 1990/91 

the time series has steadied and increased at a slower 

rate than was seen previously. Overall, Offences 

Against Property have increased, on average, by 4% 

each year. 



Unlawful Entry Involving Breaking 

2500 


Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

1500 

1000 

500 

0 

74/75 76/77 78/79 80/81 82/83 84/85 86/87 88/89 90/91 92/93 94/95 96/97 98/99 00/01 

Following a steady increase in Unlawful Entry Offences 

Involving Breaking from 1974/75 to1988/89, offences 

increased suddenly and sharply from 1988/89 to 

1990/91. Since this time, the time series has stabilised, 

even exhibiting a slight downward trend. Data has 

been adjusted for comparability over the time 

period. 

Arson 

50 

45 

40 

35 

Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

30 

25 

20 

15 

10 

5 

0 

74/75 76/77 78/79 80/81 82/83 84/85 86/87 88/89 90/91 92/93 94/95 96/97 98/99 00/01 

Apart from the sharp increase in the late 1980s and 

the subsequent decrease in the early 1990s, Arson 

offences have risen steadily over the twenty-seven 

year period. These offences have increased, on 

average, by approximately 5% each year, although 

the last five financial years have experienced very 

similar rates resulting in a plateau in the time series. 


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1800 

1600 

1400 

Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

1200 

1000 

800 

600 

400 

200 

0 

74/75 76/77 78/79 80/81 82/83 84/85 86/87 88/89 90/91 92/93 94/95 96/97 98/99 00/01 

Apart from a decrease in the rate of Other Property 

Damage offences between 1996/97 and 

1997/98, this offence category has risen steadily over 

the twenty-seven year period. Other Property Damage 

offences have increased an average of 7% per year, 

although the increase has been more marked since 

1982/83. 


600 

500 

Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

400 

300 

200 

100 

0 

74/75 76/77 78/79 80/81 82/83 84/85 86/87 88/89 90/91 92/93 94/95 96/97 98/99 00/01 

Motor Vehicle Theft offences experienced a substantial 

decrease over the period 1995/96 to 1997/98. Since 

this time, rates have risen sharply again to equal the 

high rates seen in the mid-1990s. As with most other 

Offences Against Property sub-categories, Motor 

Vehicle Theft increased sharply during the late 1980s. 



Other Theft 

3500 

3000 

2500 

Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 


1500 

1000 

500 

0 

74/75 76/77 78/79 80/81 82/83 84/85 86/87 88/89 90/91 92/93 94/95 96/97 98/99 00/01 

As with most Offences Against Property subcategories, 

the sharp increase during the late 1980s is 

evident in the graph above. The late 1990s has again 

experienced sharply increasing rates similar to those 

experienced in the late 1980s. Data has been 

adjusted for comparability over the time period. 

Fraud 

1000 

900 

800 

Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

700 

600 

500 

400 

300 

200 

100 

0 

74/75 76/77 78/79 80/81 82/83 84/85 86/87 88/89 90/91 92/93 94/95 96/97 98/99 00/01 

Fraud offences increased rapidly in the early stages of 

the twenty-seven year time series. The sudden 

decrease from 1987/88 to 1990/91 is due to a change 

in policy by banking institutions regarding the 

reporting of offences rather than an actual reduction 

in offences. The figure reported for 2000/01 

effectively halts a steadily increasing trend evident 

over the last decade. Overall, Fraud has increased an 

average of 5%. 


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180 

160 


time series** 

140 

Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

120 

100 

80 

60 

40 

20 

0 

74/75 76/77 78/79 80/81 82/83 84/85 86/87 88/89 90/91 92/93 94/95 96/97 98/99 00/01 

Handling Stolen Goods was expanded in 

1997/98 to include the sub-categories Possess, 

Receive, etc Tainted Property and Other Handling 

Stolen Goods**. Possess, Receive, etc Tainted Property 

Drug Offences 

is now the largest in volume of the offence subcategories 

resulting in the necessity for caution when 

making comparisons prior to and following this 

change. Overall, this offence classification has 

experienced a 5% increase on average per year. 

1200 

1000 

Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

800 

600 

400 

200 

0 

74/75 76/77 78/79 80/81 82/83 84/85 86/87 88/89 90/91 92/93 94/95 96/97 98/99 00/01 

Apart from a period in the mid to late 1980s, possibly 

due to the reallocation of police resources to the 

Fitzgerald Inquiry, Drug Offences have increased 

steadily over the twenty-seven year period, 

experiencing an overall average annual increase of 

11%. Since 96/97, this trend has stabilised. 




700 

600 

500 

Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

400 

300 

200 

100 

0 

74/75 76/77 78/79 80/81 82/83 84/85 86/87 88/89 90/91 92/93 94/95 96/97 98/99 00/01 

Good Order Offences were expanded in 1984 to 

include Indecent Behaviour which possibly explains 

the increase in offences seen after this time. A 

dominant feature of the time series is the decrease 

from 1988/89 to 1991/92 and the subsequent and 

equivalent increase. A substantive increase of 17% in 

1998/99 resulted in a sharp upward turn in the time 

series. 

Drink Driving Offences 

1200 

1000 

Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

800 

600 

400 

200 

0 

74/75 76/77 78/79 80/81 82/83 84/85 86/87 88/89 90/91 92/93 94/95 96/97 98/99 00/01 

Analysis of the Drink Driving Offence time series is 

difficult due to the many changes that have affected 

the overall trend (see Explanatory Notes, page 146). 

The graph above does highlight the effectiveness of 

these initiatives as offences have not only been 

reduced but have been kept stable at around 600 

offences per 100,000 persons from 1991/92 to the 

present time. 


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Regional Comparisons 

The graphs in this section display changes in the rate 

of selected offences per 100,000 population from the 

1999/00 to the 2000/01 financial years for 

Queensland Police Service regions. 

The benefits of these graphs are twofold - the crime 

level of a region can be compared both with its own 

level in the previous financial year, and, secondly, with 

the crime levels of other regions. It should, however, 

be noted that each region faces unique policing issues. 

These graphs should, therefore, not be used as a 

comparative measure of regional performance, but as 

a guide to crime trends and patterns across the State. 

As with the rest of this Review, the offences per 

100,000 population calculations were performed using 

the Estimated Residential Population for 30 June each 

year, or a projection thereof, provided by the 

Australian Bureau of Statistics and the Office of the 

Government Statistician, Queensland. All rates and 

percentage changes have been rounded to the nearest 

whole number. 

Offences Against the Person, Property, and Other Offences* 

16000 

14858 

1999/00 

14674 14640 

14000 

12000 

13863 

2000/01 

13013 

12537 

12293 12472 

11955 11908 

14595 14465 

10318 

10833 

11067 10877 10577 

10909 

Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

10000 

8000 

6000 

4000 


0 

Far Northern Northern Central North Coast Southern South Eastern Metropolitan North Metropolitan South Queensland 

% Change 7% -1% 5% -2% 3% 4% -0% -0% 1% 

* Although offences per 100,000 population have been rounded to the nearest whole number, the actual rate was used to graph data and to calculate the percentage change 

between the two periods. Therefore, although the change values are correct, they may not appear so, particularly in smaller volume offence categories. 


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R e g i o n a l C o m p a r i s o n s 

Offences Against the Person* 

1600 

1563 

1456 

1999/00 

1400 


1200 

1150 1191 832 846 

1000 

Reported 

Offences 

per 800 

100000 

Population 

600 

704 

766 

851 868 

792 777 

821 

879 

624 

677 

830 

868 

400 

200 

0 


% Change 7% 4% 2% 9% 2% -2% 7% 8% 5% 

Overall, the northern part of the State (Far Northern 

and Northern Regions) experienced higher rates of 

Offences Against the Person. The remainder of the 

regions recorded similar rates. South Eastern Region 

was the only region to record a decrease. All other 

regions experienced increases, the largest of which 

was an 8% increase in Metropolitan South Region. 

Homicide* + 

14 

13 

1999/00 

12 

10 

11 


Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

8 

6 

6 

5 

5 

6 

7 

6 

6 

7 

6 

6 

7 

8 

5 

5 

7 

6 

4 

2 

0 


% Change -54% -53% 23% -18% 20% -10% 15% -17% -13% 

Homicide is a small volume offence category and, as 

such, is subject to marked fluctuations from one year 

to the next and from one area to the next. 

Metropolitan North Region recorded the highest rate 

in the State. Both Far Northern and Northern Regions 

recorded substantial decreases in 2000/01. North 

Coast Region also recorded a sizeable decrease while 

Southern recorded a sizeable rise. 



+ The figure quoted for the 1999/00 financial year for North Coast Region was underreported in last year’s Annual Statistical Review as a result of the unique circumstances 

surrounding the Childers Hostel fire and the prosecution action commenced at the time. 



Assault* 

1200 

1160 

1061 

1999/00 

1000 


800 

804 

830 

Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

600 

400 

515 533 

422 

445 

507 512 

442 446 438 

463 

330 338 

497 

517 

200 

0 


% Change 9% 3% 4% 5% 1% 1% 6% 2% 4% 

Far Northern Region remains the highest in the State 

for rates of Assaults. In fact, both Far Northern and 

Northern Regions exhibited higher rates than the 

remaining regions all of which experienced similar 

Assault rates in 2000/01. Apart from Far Northern 

Region, most regions recorded very little change from 

1999/00 to 2000/01. 

Serious Assault* 

700 

635 

654 

1999/00 

600 


500 

511 505 

Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

400 

300 

312 321 

240 

266 

297 

313 

255 

268 

242 

265 

291 

307 

200 

187 

204 

100 

0 


% Change 3% -1% 3% 11% 5% 5% 9% 9% 6% 

Metropolitan South Region recorded the lowest 

Serious Assault rate for the third year running. The 

northern part of the State, Far Northern and Northern 

Regions, recorded the highest rates in the State pulling 

the state average up so that most regions recorded a 

rate below the State average. North Coast Region 

recorded the largest increase (11%) in 2000/01. 




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Other Assault* 

600 

500 

506 

1999/00 


427 

400 

Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

300 

293 

324 

200 

202 

212 

182 179 

210 199 

187 

178 

196 198 

143 135 

207 210 

100 

0 


% Change 19% 11% 5% -2% -5% -5% 1% -6% 2% 

Far Northern and Northern Regions recorded the 

highest Other Assault rates in the State, with both also 

recording sizeable increases. Metropolitan North 

Region recorded the largest decrease in addition to 

experiencing the lowest rate in the State at 135 

offences per 100,000 population. Overall, the State 

saw a 2% increase in the rate of Other Assaults. 

Sexual Offences* 

250 

235 

1999/00 

200 

203 


Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

150 

100 

164 163 

170 172 

150 

158 

171 

181 

170 

145 144 

165 

116 

124 

156 

160 

50 

0 


% Change 16% -1% 1% 5% 6% -15% 15% 7% 3% 

Far Northern Region recorded both the highest rate in 

the State and the largest increase. South Eastern 

Region experienced the largest decrease while 

Metropolitan South Region recorded the lowest rate 

in the State at 124 offences per 100,000 persons. 





Rape and Attempted Rape*^ 

60 

58 

1999/00 

50 


40 

38 

Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

30 

20 

30 

34 

31 

27 

30 

21 

28 

32 

25 

29 

23 24 

20 20 

25 

30 

10 

0 


% Change 90% -10% 14% 33% 18% 15% 3% 0% 18% 

Five of the eight regions recorded substantive 

increases, the largest of which was a 90% increase in 

Northern Region. In fact, the rate experienced by this 

region resulted in an overall rate that was twice that of 

the State average. The only region to record a 

decrease was Northern while Metropolitan South 

again experienced the lowest rate in the State. 

Other Sexual Offences* 

180 

173 

178 

1999/00 

160 

140 

130 

132 

143 142 

129 130 

139 

144 145 

141 


131 131 

120 

117 

120 

Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

100 

80 

96 

103 

60 

40 

20 

0 


% Change 3% 2% -1% 0% 4% -20% 17% 8% 0% 

South Eastern Region experienced the largest decrease 

in the rate of Other Sexual Offences while 

Metropolitan North experienced the largest increase. 

The lowest rate was recorded by Metropolitan South 

Region while the highest was seen in Far Northern 

Region. 



^ Changes to the Criminal Code (October 2000) resulted in an expansion of the definition of Rape and Attempted Rape. Thus, caution should be exercised when comparing figures 

with those from previous years. 


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Robbery* 

120 

113 113 

100 

1999/00 


101 

Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

80 

60 

40 

49 

40 

48 

45 

35 

33 

39 

42 

44 

47 

75 

80 

73 

63 

69 

20 

0 


% Change -17% -6% -8% 7% 6% 7% 0% 38% 8% 

The south-east corner of the State experienced the 

highest rates of Robbery of which the highest was 

recorded in Metropolitan North Region. Metropolitan 

South experienced the highest increase while Far 

Northern Region experienced the largest decrease. 

The lowest Robbery rate occurred in Central Region. 

Armed Robbery* 

60 

59 

50 

40 

1999/00 


44 

42 

53 

44 

54 

Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

30 

27 

23 

33 

35 

20 

20 

20 

17 

20 

19 20 

13 

13 

10 

0 


% Change -34% -28% 33% 15% 3% -5% 11% 23% 7% 

The south-east corner again experienced higher rates 

of Armed Robbery compared with the rest of the State. 

All regions except Far Northern, Northern and South 

Eastern experienced increases, the largest of which 

was a 33% increase in Central Region. Far Nothern 

Region experienced the largest decrease in addition to 

recording the lowest rate in the State. 





Unarmed Robbery* 

70 

60 

50 

1999/00 


60 

55 

47 

Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

40 

30 

20 

29 

27 

20 

25 

23 

16 

19 19 

25 

27 

32 

39 

29 

31 

34 

10 

0 


% Change -6% 23% -31% -3% 9% 23% -9% 62% 10% 

Metropolitan South Region recorded a substantial 

increase in the rate of Unarmed Robbery resulting in 

the second highest rate in the State, the highest 

occurring in Metropolitan North Region. Northern 

Region also experienced a sizeable increase while 

Central Region recorded the largest decrease. Central 

Region also experienced the lowest rate in the State. 

Extortion* 

3.5 

3 

3 

1999/00 


3 

3 

3 

2.5 

Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

2 

1.5 

2 

1 

2 

2 

2 

2 

2 

2 

2 

1 

2 2 

1 

1 

1 

0.5 

0 


% Change 38% 65% -15% 116% 73% 3% -45% -48% -2% 

Extortion is a low volume offence category and is, 

therefore, subject to marked fluctuations from area to 

area and from one year to the next. Thus, all regions 

experienced either large increases or large decreases. 

The highest rate occurred in Far Northern Region 

while the lowest occurred in Metropolitan South 

Region. 




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Kidnapping, Abduction, etc.* 

16 

14 

13 

14 

1999/00 


Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

12 

10 

8 

6 

7 

6 

10 

5 

8 

8 

9 

8 

10 

9 

12 

11 

9 

11 

9 

10 

4 

2 

0 


% Change -49% 62% 58% 14% 16% 28% -25% 21% 8% 

Kidnapping, Abduction, etc, is also a low volume 

offence category and, as such, is prone to marked 

fluctuations from year to year and area to area. Far 

Northern and Metropolitan North Regions both 

experienced substantive reductions in the rate of this 

offence type. All remaining regions recorded 

substantive increases with the largest occurring in 

Northern Region. 

Offences Against Property* 


1999/00 

10975 10956 

10000 


9450 

9800 

9436 9343 

8523 8621 

Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

8000 

6000 

6500 6768 9006 

8720 

6253 6590 7565 7429 

6811 

7195 

4000 


0 


% Change 4% -3% 5% -2% 6% 4% -0% -1% 1% 

Overall, property offences changed very little (1% for 

the State). Metropolitan North Region recorded the 

highest rate although experienced virtually no change 

from the rate reported in 1999/00. Central Region 

recorded the lowest rate. Southern Region 

experienced the largest increase while Northern 

Region experienced the largest decrease. 





Unlawful Entry With Intent* 

3000 

Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

2500 


1500 

1669 1739 2471 

2571 

1457 

1522 

1999/00 


1790 

1704 1751 

1922 

2308 2247 

2618 

2443 

2556 

2631 

2130 2129 

1000 

500 

0 


% Change 4% 4% 5% -5% 10% -3% -7% 3% -0% 

Unlawful Entry tends to dominate the Offences Against 

Property aggregate as is evidenced by the similarity in 

the distribution of property crime above. Metropolitan 

North recorded the largest decrease while Southern 

experienced the largest increase. The lowest rate 

occurred in Central Region and the highest occurred in 

Metropolitan South Region. 

Unlawful Entry - Dwellings* 

1800 

1600 

1400 

1200 

1267 1258 

1999/00 


1115 

1507 

1379 

1698 

1479 

1772 

1700 

1290 

1228 

Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

1000 

800 

978 

866 

688 

724 

920 

883 

988 

600 

400 

200 

0 


% Change -11% -1% 5% -4% 13% -8% -13% -4% -5% 

Unlawful Entry - Dwellings offences decreased in the 

south-east corner of the State, although rates were still 

highest in this part of the State. In fact, only Central 

and Southern Regions experienced an increase in this 

offence type. The largest decrease occurred in 

Metropolitan North Region. Central Region still 

recorded the lowest rate despite experiencing a 5% 

increase. 




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Unlawful Entry - Shops* 

400 

350 

300 

316 

372 

304 

1999/00 


Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

250 

200 

150 

199 

263 

212 

196 

226 

207 

187 183 

228 

256 

249 

205 

256 

225 

249 

100 

50 

0 


% Change 32% 18% -7% -9% -2% 12% 22% 25% 11% 

Only three of the eight regions reported decreases in 

Unlawful Entry - Shops, the largest of which was a 9% 

decrease in North Coast Region. The largest increase 

occurred in Far Norther Region while the highest rate 

occurred in Northern Region. The lowest rate was 

recorded in Southern Region. Overall, the State 

recorded an 11% increase in Unlawful Entry of Shops. 

Unlawful Entry - Other Premises* 

1000 

900 

889 

941 

1999/00 

800 


Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

700 

600 

500 

400 

492 

610 

557 

602 

643 

615 

576 

624 

574 

611 

670 660 

579 

675 

615 

652 

300 

200 

100 

0 


% Change 24% 6% 8% -4% 8% 7% -2% 17% 6% 

Only two of the eight regions experienced a decrease 

in Unlawful Entry - Other Premises. Far Northern 

recorded the largest increase while Northern 

experienced the highest rate. Metropolitan South also 

recorded a substantive increase. The lowest rate 

occurred in Central Region. 





Arson* 

80 

70 

63 64 

67 

74 

1999/00 


Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

60 

50 

40 

30 

26 

36 

33 

23 

25 

56 

52 

29 29 

49 

46 

47 47 

20 

15 

10 

0 


% Change -42% -7% 9% -7% 1% 10% -1% -8% -1% 

South Eastern Region consistently records a 

significantly higher rate of Arson and the 2000/01 

financial year was no exception. This region also 

experienced the largest increase. In addition to 

recording the largest decrease, Far Northern Region 

also recorded the lowest rate in the State. 

Other Property Damage* 

2500 

Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 


1500 

1000 

1192 1250 2171 

1896 

1309 

1419 

1999/00 


1554 1549 

1517 

1595 

1738 

1839 

2250 2211 

1984 1966 

1750 1764 

500 

0 


% Change 5% -13% 8% -0% 5% 6% -2% -1% 1% 

Despite recording a slight decrease, Metropolitan 

North Region experienced the highest rate of Other 

Property Damage offences. Northern Region recorded 

the largest decrease while Central recorded the largest 

increase. The lowest rate in the State occurred in Far 

Northern Region. Overall, the State experienced a 

small 1% increase in Other Property Damage offences. 




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Motor Vehicle Theft* 

900 

800 

700 

1999/00 


832 838 

748 

718 721 

757 

600 

560 570 

Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

500 

400 

516 

419 

412 

464 

379 

411 

300 

200 

245 

227 

220 221 

100 

0 


% Change -8% -19% 0% 13% 9% 1% -4% 5% 2% 

Rates of Motor Vehicle Theft are traditionally highest 

in the south-east corner of the State and 2000/01 was 

no exception. South Eastern Region experienced the 

highest rate while Central Region experienced the 

lowest. Northern Region recorded the largest 

decrease; North Coast Region recorded the largest 

increase. 

Other Theft (excluding Unlawful Entry)* 

4500 

Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

4000 

3500 

3000 

2500 


2777 2799 

1999/00 


3148 

3031 

2395 2495 2852 2986 2342 2464 3584 

3909 3887 

4122 

2791 

2973 3037 

3201 

1500 

1000 

500 

0 


% Change 1% -4% 4% 5% 5% 9% 6% 7% 5% 

The highest rates of Other Theft occurred in South 

Eastern and Metropolitan North Regions. In addition, 

South Eastern Region experienced the largest increase 

in Other Theft offences. Northern Region was the only 

region to record a decrease. Overall, the State 

experienced a 5% increase in Other Theft offences. 





Fraud* 

1200 

1000 

1999/00 


1156 1161 1164 

Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

800 

600 

515 514 

597 

645 

774 

763 

545 

618 

594 

781 

758 

806 

823 

744 

400 

416 

200 

0 


% Change 24% 16% 20% -29% -4% -3% 0% -31% -10% 

Metropolitan South Region experienced a large 

increase in 1999/00 of 33% so the sizeable decrease 

experienced by this region in 2000/01 has brought 

the rate back to normal. Similarly, rates for North 

Coast have also returned to normal after a large 

increase in 1999/00. Despite recording no change in 

the rate over the two financial years, Metropolitan 

North Region still exhibits the highest rate. 

Handling Stolen Goods* 

Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

300 

250 

200 

150 

175 

223 

150 

174 

203 

134 139 

129 

1999/00 


141 145 

141 135 

287 

273 

172 

165 

176 

168 

100 

50 

0 


% Change 27% 16% -34% -7% 3% -4% -5% -4% -4% 

One offender charged with multiple offences was 

responsible for an 80% increase in Handling Stolen 

Goods offences seen in Central Region in 1999/00. 

Thus, the decrease recorded in 2000/01 has brought 

the rate back to normal. Metropolitan North Region 

again exhibited the highest rate in the State with 

North Coast Region recording the lowest rate. 




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Other Offences* 

7000 

6528 

1999/00 

6000 

5907 


5000 

Reported 4000 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 3000 

4439 4553 3233 3397 2798 2682 

2914 2846 

2295 2436 2878 2805 

1894 1889 

2940 2983 


1000 

0 


% Change 11% 3% 5% -4% -2% 6% -3% -0% 1% 

Other Offences were highest in the northern part of 

the State. In fact, for the third consecutive year, Far 

Northern Region experienced the highest rate. 

Similarly, Metropolitan South experienced the lowest 

rate for the third year running. Most regions (except 

those already mentioned) recorded similar rates 

approximately equal to that reported for the State as a 

whole. 

Drug Offences* 

2500 

1999/00 

2039 2075 1265 1325 1186 



Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

1500 

1000 

1119 

1054 990 

943 

821 

747 

704 

955 

869 

738 740 

1017 970 

500 

0 


% Change 2% 5% -6% -6% -13% -6% -9% 0% -5% 

Five of the eight regions recorded sizeable decreases 

in Drug Offences of which Southern and Metropolitan 

North were the largest. Only two of the regions 

experienced an increase, the largest of which occurred 

in Northern Region. Metropolitan South recorded 

virtually no change and, thus, overall, Drug Offences 

decreased by 5% across the State. 





Breach of Domestic Violence Protection Orders* 

600 

500 

510 

1999/00 


400 

412 

Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

300 

268 

328 

200 

100 

179 

187 

155 150 

127 133 

117 

132 

78 

105 

84 

96 

148 

167 

0 


% Change 24% 22% 5% -3% 5% 12% 34% 14% 13% 

Only one region experienced a decreases in Breach of 

Domestic Violence Protection Orders resulting in an 

overall increase of 13% for the State. The northern 

part of the state (Far Northern and Northern Regions) 

recorded the highest rates of this offence while the 

Brisbane Metropolitan Regions recorded the lowest 

rates. 

Weapons Act Offences* 

300 

260 

1999/00 

250 

242 

229 

233 


Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

200 

150 

202 

182 181 

120 

155 

128 

148 144 

110 

100 

92 

107 

102 

79 82 

50 

0 


% Change -7% -12% -1% -49% -3% -16% -4% 4% -17% 

Two offenders charged with multiple offences were 

responsible for a large increase in Weapons Act 

Offences in North Coast Region in 1999/00. Thus, the 

large decrease in this region in 2000/01 brings the 

rate back to normal. In fact, every region except 

Metopolitan South recorded a decrease in this offence 

type resulting in an overall 17% decrease for the State 

as a whole. 




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Good Order Offences* 

1800 

1762 

1600 

1400 

1324 

1999/00 


Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

1200 

1000 

800 

600 

400 

1103 1106 

651 

758 

400 

456 

676 682 

418 

496 

769 

718 

261 

303 

595 

655 

200 

0 


% Change 33% 0% 16% 14% 1% 19% -7% 16% 10% 

There were large variations in the rate of Good Order 

Offences across regions for both the 1999/00 and the 

2000/01 financial years. In addition to reporting the 

highest rates statewide, Far Northern Region reported 

the largest increase in the rate of Good Order 

Offences. Metropolitan South Region experienced the 

lowest rate while Metropolitan North was the only 

region to record a decrease. 

Traffic and Related Offences* 

1600 

1999/00 

1475 1516 1276 1271 

1400 


1200 

Reported 

Offences 

per 

100000 

Population 

1000 

800 

600 

792 

906 

761 

777 

729 

784 

753 

832 

571 

649 

752 

809 

400 

409 

468 

200 

0 


% Change 3% -0% 14% 2% 8% 11% 14% 15% 8% 

Traffic and Related Offences, of which Drink Driving 

comprises the majority of offences, increased by 8% 

from 1999/00 to 2000/01. The northern regions 

reported the highest rates of Traffic Offences while the 

Brisbane Metropolitan Regions reported the lowest 

rates. Rates increased in all regions except Northern 

whose rate remained virtually unchanged from that 

reported in 1999/00. 




Victims of Crime 

This section contains detailed information relating to 

victims of Offences Against the Person. They do not 

provide a unique victim count as one person may be 

counted several times if they were the victim of more 

than one offence. 

There are several cases where the victim of an 

Offence Against the Person is not, according to the 

statistical definitions used, a person. For example, the 

victim of an Armed Robbery of a Bank is the banking 

organisation, rather than the teller, while ‘Armed so as 

to Cause Fear or Alarm’ is commonly a “Regina” 

offence, where the Crown is deemed to be the victim. 

Organisations which were victims of crime are not 

included in the following tables and graphs. 

nineteen years are the most common victims of 

Offences Against the Person on a per capita basis. 

Females aged fifty-five and over are the least 

victimised. During 2000/01, there were slightly more 

male than female victims. Fifty-three per cent of 

victims were male, while forty-seven per cent of 

victims were female. 

The preliminary Estimated Residential Population by 

Sex and Age for 30 June, 2001 (Australian Bureau of 

Statistics Catalogue No. 3201.0) was used to calculate 

the number of victims per 100,000 population. ‘Age’ 

refers to the victim’s age on the date the offence was 

reported to police, rather than their age on the date 

the offence occurred. 

As the graph below illustrates, females aged fifteen to 

Offences Against the Person - 2000/2001* 


1800 

1600 

1630 

1864 

1513 1495 

1673 

Male 

Female 

1400 

1288 

1405 

1200 

Victims 

per 

100000 1000 

Population 

800 

837 

1188 

980 984 

710 

799 

600 

400 

200 

154 

223 

313 

434 

580 583 

420 

497 

305 

223 

118 

Male 

Female 

0 

0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55+ 

Victims by Age and Sex 

190 413 1097 2198 1959 2307 1824 1349 1066 735 595 777 

262 545 1472 2380 1872 1759 1278 993 777 523 350 450 

* Only those offences where the victim’s age and sex were identified are included. 


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V i c t i m s o f C r i m e 

By Age and Sex* - 2000/2001 

0 - 14 15 years 16 years 17 years 18 years 19 years 

Offence Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female 

Far Northern Region 

Homicide 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Murder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Attempted Murder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Conspiracy to Murder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Manslaughter (excl. by Driving) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Driving Causing Death 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Assault 69 70 15 26 22 33 38 43 34 48 24 54 

Serious Assault 44 44 9 16 14 17 24 24 25 23 13 33 

Other Assault 25 26 6 10 8 16 14 19 9 25 11 21 

Sexual Offences 19 116 1 9 1 17 3 5 1 4 2 13 

Rape & Attempted Rape 3 22 1 1 1 6 2 0 0 2 1 10 

Other Sexual Offences 16 94 0 8 0 11 1 5 1 2 1 3 

Robbery 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 

Armed Robbery 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 

Unarmed Robbery 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 

Extortion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Kidnapping & Abduction 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 

Other Offences Against the Person 5 8 0 2 1 4 1 1 0 4 1 4 

Offences Against the Person 95 196 17 39 25 54 45 51 38 56 27 72 

Northern Region 

Homicide 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Murder 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 





Assault 81 63 19 21 27 28 27 19 29 29 37 28 


Other Assault 29 35 11 12 8 14 7 6 10 14 9 10 




Robbery 6 0 2 0 5 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 

Armed Robbery 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 


Extortion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 




Central Region 

Homicide 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Murder 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 





Assault 116 62 22 15 32 27 30 36 43 19 37 28 


Other Assault 56 22 8 8 10 12 7 9 12 8 7 11 




Robbery 5 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 4 1 6 1 

Armed Robbery 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 


Extortion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 




* Those victims whose sex was not stated have not been included 




20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 39 40 - 49 50 & over Not Stated + 



Homicide 0 0 1 0 1 6 1 2 2 0 1 0 

Murder 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 





Assault 130 238 282 236 369 318 176 124 108 70 76 64 


Other Assault 52 116 125 101 179 109 77 55 49 33 38 37 




Robbery 8 8 9 5 5 5 7 1 5 3 0 2 

Armed Robbery 0 2 1 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 


Extortion 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 





Homicide 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 

Murder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 





Assault 152 171 232 170 250 181 127 91 97 38 36 21 


Other Assault 45 62 103 65 111 63 41 32 40 19 14 12 




Robbery 8 4 6 4 8 4 4 2 9 6 1 0 

Armed Robbery 4 1 1 0 4 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 


Extortion 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 





Homicide 0 2 1 1 2 2 3 2 2 1 3 0 

Murder 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 





Assault 156 83 203 92 267 133 112 61 85 30 33 18 


Other Assault 58 37 84 32 123 46 43 24 32 14 19 11 




Robbery 9 1 6 5 10 3 4 6 11 1 1 0 

Armed Robbery 2 1 2 2 8 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 


Extortion 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 




* Those victims whose sex was not stated have not been included 


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North Coast Region 

Homicide 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 

Murder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 





Assault 199 153 49 41 54 41 71 38 54 36 62 43 


Other Assault 107 85 17 13 16 18 23 17 12 15 16 19 




Robbery 10 0 6 3 9 1 10 1 5 3 6 2 

Armed Robbery 1 0 2 0 1 1 5 0 3 1 3 0 


Extortion 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 




Southern Region 

Homicide 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 

Murder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 





Assault 148 89 34 46 38 33 43 46 51 37 52 23 


Other Assault 58 36 13 24 11 15 13 23 15 14 11 8 




Robbery 18 0 9 0 5 2 7 6 5 2 6 1 

Armed Robbery 5 0 2 0 2 0 3 2 3 2 4 0 


Extortion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 




South Eastern Region 

Homicide 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 

Murder 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 





Assault 176 71 51 27 63 27 66 28 62 38 58 30 


Other Assault 68 34 18 15 21 13 15 9 18 20 17 13 




Robbery 15 6 6 4 13 1 15 2 6 8 11 4 

Armed Robbery 2 1 1 0 3 0 2 1 1 2 6 1 


Extortion 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 




* Those victims whose sex was not stated have not been included. 




20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 39 40 - 49 50 & over Not Stated 



Homicide 2 2 1 2 10 2 4 1 2 1 2 0 

Murder 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 





Assault 208 174 221 137 372 219 241 131 154 67 70 24 


Other Assault 65 61 90 47 160 79 92 56 52 33 43 13 




Robbery 24 6 9 3 20 11 11 4 8 15 4 1 

Armed Robbery 12 2 3 0 5 4 7 1 5 3 2 0 


Extortion 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 





Homicide 5 0 3 3 4 1 3 6 3 0 0 0 

Murder 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 





Assault 172 115 178 127 295 166 164 67 92 40 57 18 


Other Assault 49 40 84 50 129 57 63 28 38 12 30 7 




Robbery 11 7 8 2 10 9 9 12 11 8 2 2 

Armed Robbery 4 1 2 0 4 1 2 5 4 2 0 1 


Extortion 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 





Homicide 1 1 9 0 1 4 4 0 4 3 0 0 

Murder 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 0 0 





Assault 235 155 326 151 407 214 200 116 184 71 70 24 


Other Assault 65 66 139 63 174 92 78 49 63 31 35 17 




Robbery 38 13 24 13 20 18 18 18 27 26 5 1 

Armed Robbery 13 3 8 2 8 4 11 6 14 5 2 1 


Extortion 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 






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Metropolitan North Region 

Homicide 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 

Murder 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 





Assault 109 52 40 24 43 17 36 18 49 20 52 35 


Other Assault 43 27 10 11 11 10 11 7 13 7 17 19 




Robbery 16 1 16 1 20 3 15 5 12 7 18 9 

Armed Robbery 4 1 3 0 9 0 5 5 6 2 7 3 


Extortion 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 




Metropolitan South Region 

Homicide 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 

Murder 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 





Assault 135 59 40 16 45 21 29 20 43 27 35 21 


Other Assault 58 25 14 7 10 9 10 8 10 10 14 8 




Robbery 26 2 8 2 15 2 19 4 10 5 7 5 

Armed Robbery 3 1 2 0 7 0 8 2 5 1 4 0 


Extortion 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 




Queensland 

Homicide 11 9 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 3 

Murder 3 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 





Assault 1033 621 270 216 324 227 340 248 365 254 357 262 


Other Assault 444 290 97 100 95 107 100 98 99 113 102 109 




Robbery 97 9 48 11 72 9 71 20 45 26 57 24 

Armed Robbery 17 3 10 0 26 1 24 11 20 8 26 7 


Extortion 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 








20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 39 40 - 49 50 & over Not Stated 



Homicide 3 1 6 2 6 3 6 2 1 4 3 0 

Murder 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 





Assault 314 124 319 119 384 134 187 78 141 51 93 24 


Other Assault 104 65 146 60 148 67 96 41 54 26 48 14 




Robbery 53 33 26 18 42 13 19 20 28 20 9 3 

Armed Robbery 18 10 9 6 20 6 7 6 13 2 2 2 


Extortion 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 





Homicide 4 1 5 1 4 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 

Murder 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 





Assault 143 122 197 98 290 135 169 87 141 54 64 28 


Other Assault 48 53 80 39 116 53 63 37 61 28 31 13 




Robbery 24 21 22 11 24 17 19 21 27 56 8 3 

Armed Robbery 10 8 10 3 15 5 9 8 14 5 1 1 


Extortion 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 





Homicide 18 8 26 10 29 24 21 17 16 10 9 0 

Murder 2 3 4 2 6 7 5 1 11 3 2 0 





Assault 1510 1182 1958 1130 2634 1500 1376 755 1002 422 499 221 


Other Assault 486 500 851 457 1140 566 553 322 389 196 258 124 




Robbery 175 93 110 61 139 80 91 84 126 135 30 12 

Armed Robbery 63 28 36 16 66 24 42 28 55 18 7 5 


Extortion 0 2 1 0 9 2 8 2 11 4 4 1 






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Homicide - 2000/2001* 

20 

18 

16 

19 

Male 

Female 

14 

14 

Victims 

per 

100000 

Population 

12 

10 

8 

7 

10 

8 

12 

10 

7 

9 9 

6 

5 

6 

5 

4 

2 

3 3 

4 

3 

2 2 2 

4 

3 3 

2 

Male 

Female 

0 

0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55+ 


4 5 2 3 18 26 13 16 10 11 6 10 

3 4 2 7 8 10 10 14 12 5 3 7 

Low rates of victimisation for Homicide offences mean 

that rates fluctuate across age groups and from year 

to year. In 2000/01, males in the twenty-five to 

twenty-nine year age group were most likely to be 

victims of Homicide. There were seven Homicide 

victims aged between zero and four years for 2000/ 

01, one less than for the previous financial year. 

Assault - 2000/2001* 

1600 

1400 

1420 

Male 

Female 

1200 

1228 

1166 

1176 

Victims 

per 

100000 

Population 

1000 

800 

600 

598 

945 

944 

827 

656 

808 

603 

400 

200 

0 

Male 

Female 

460 

454 

400 

376 

332 

249 

141 

171 158 

52 36 

66 

59 

0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55+ 


64 186 783 1656 1510 1958 1527 1107 804 572 450 552 

42 83 496 1207 1182 1130 856 644 445 310 196 226 

Males were more likely to be victims of Assault than 

females. Males aged twenty-five to twenty-nine years 

were most likely to be victims. More females aged 

fifteen to twenty-four years were victims compared 

with females in other age groups. The likelihood of 

being a victim decreased significantly with increasing 

age as is evidenced in the graph above. 




Sexual Offences - 2000/2001* 

700 

693 

600 

612 

Male 

Female 

500 

Victims 

per 

100000 

Population 

400 

300 

314 

264 

200 

100 

0 

Male 

Female 

220 

133 

133 

111 108 

77 

84 84 

63 

41 

41 

32 

42 36 

12 11 7 3 1 7 

0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55+ 


51 147 141 104 82 57 42 17 15 9 3 4 

157 394 859 782 331 301 173 118 112 52 41 27 

The offence category of Sexual Offences is unique in 

that the number of female victims far outweighs the 

number of male victims. At every age, females were 

significantly more likely to be victims than males with 

females in the ten to nineteen year age bracket the 

most common victims. In fact, at ages ten to nineteen, 

females were over six times more likely to be victims 

than males. 

Robbery - 2000/2001* 

250 

200 

217 

Male 

Female 

Victims 

per 

100000 

Population 

150 

100 

135 

69 

70 

74 

80 

58 

50 

45 45 

34 

25 

46 

25 

23 

40 

33 30 

25 26 

Male 

0 

Female 

5 

6 

0 1 1 

0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55+ 


0 7 90 293 175 110 59 80 62 29 40 86 

1 1 7 90 93 61 45 35 34 50 35 100 

As with Homicide and Assault, males were significantly 

more likely to be victims of Robbery than females. 

Males aged fifteen to nineteen years were most likely 

to be victims. From ages forty to forty-four onwards, 

victimisation rates were similar for males and females. 



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Offenders 

The tables and graphs in this section provide 

information on persons responsible for offences. It is 

important to note that Queensland Police Service 

offender statistics are based on offence counts and do 

not and cannot refer to individuals. Rather, offender 

data refers to the number of offences cleared or 

solved through an action against an offender. As 

such, offender data does not equate to a unique 

offender count and nor does it equate to the number 

of offences cleared. For example, an offender charged 

with Motor Vehicle Theft, Unlawful Entry, Assault and 

Other Theft (excl. Unlawful Entry) would be included 

four times in any offender breakdown by age and 

gender. 

Only persons aged ten years and over are deemed to 

be offenders. Under Queensland law, children under 

ten are not held criminally responsible, although they 

may be involved in the commission of an offence. 

Juvenile offenders are those aged between and 

including ten and sixteen years. 

Offenders have not been included if their age or sex 

is not specified in Queensland Police Service records. 

Approximately (0.3%) of offenders have been 

excluded for this reason. 

The Population by Sex and Age for 30 June 2001 

(Australian Bureau of Statistics catalogue No. 3201.0) 

was used to calculate the number of offenders per 

100,000 population. 

The reference date used to generate offender 

statistics for the year under review is the date an 

action commenced. As such, offenders proceeded 

against for matters reported in previous periods will 

be included in the following tables and graphs. 

Offences Against the Person , Property, and Other Offences* 

35000 

30000 

33432 

Male 

Female 

25000 

25725 

Offenders 

per 

100000 

Population 

20000 

15000 

19092 

13795 

10000 

5000 

0 

Male 

Female 

9022 

8253 

7745 

6422 

5226 

3931 

4249 

3360 

2838 

2572 

2579 

1639 

946 

481 

869 

103 

10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55+ 

Offenders by Age and Sex 

10811 45088 33319 26325 17914 12366 8567 5356 3087 3034 

3516 9892 6546 5370 4384 3598 2197 1179 553 392 

* Only those offenders whose age and sex were identified are included. 


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Of f e n d e r s 

Queensland By Age and Sex - 2000/2001* 



Homicide 2 0 1 0 2 0 8 0 5 1 13 2 

Murder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 





Assault 451 219 259 143 373 156 447 169 446 80 401 66 


Other Assault 198 97 103 53 126 70 177 81 174 44 164 30 




Robbery 65 9 44 13 89 12 89 15 89 7 65 7 

Armed Robbery 31 4 17 8 26 5 47 3 50 3 44 4 


Extortion 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 

Kidnapping & Abduction etc. 6 3 4 3 11 3 6 0 8 2 6 0 



Unlawful Entry 1903 237 1075 103 1235 129 1306 149 925 70 984 51 

Unlawful Entry - Dwelling 583 97 330 58 477 49 588 94 525 44 587 33 

- Without Violence 577 93 323 54 464 45 571 93 499 40 563 29 

- With Violence 6 4 7 4 13 4 17 1 26 4 24 4 

Unlawful Entry - Shop 283 19 252 6 288 34 236 16 122 10 125 10 

Unlawful Entry - Other 1037 121 493 39 470 46 482 39 278 16 272 8 

Arson 42 5 9 1 15 3 33 3 27 1 16 0 

Other Property Damage 1990 243 1112 136 1330 156 1358 349 1081 76 681 49 

Motor Vehicle Theft 496 80 522 100 688 95 635 128 516 35 343 29 

Other Theft (excl. Unlawful Entry) 3266 2138 1471 850 1744 621 1653 752 1388 331 965 263 

Stealing from Dwelling 113 36 58 22 62 25 71 15 66 14 55 12 

Shop Stealing 1803 1941 599 697 600 482 543 388 372 234 257 152 

Vehicles (Steal from/Enter with Intent) 589 57 454 40 608 42 605 269 566 27 353 33 

Other Stealing 761 104 360 91 474 72 434 80 384 56 300 66 

Fraud 91 34 117 55 157 118 226 247 326 204 378 134 

Fraud by Cheque 6 1 16 4 19 6 12 3 42 41 35 27 

Fraud by Credit Card 28 1 13 20 49 29 48 64 30 35 103 20 

Other Fraud 57 32 88 31 89 83 166 180 254 128 240 87 

Handling Stolen Goods 345 88 238 50 263 63 338 78 295 56 271 62 

Possess Property Susp. Stolen 73 11 54 13 54 19 70 14 61 12 64 11 

Receiving Stolen Property 152 45 110 20 88 18 113 18 88 17 66 31 

Possess, Receive, etc. Tainted Property 117 32 70 15 117 26 150 46 141 26 138 20 

Other Handling Stolen Goods 3 0 4 2 4 0 5 0 5 1 3 0 

Offences Against Property 8133 2825 4544 1295 5432 1185 5549 1706 4558 773 3638 588 

Drug Offences 709 175 748 156 1107 180 1490 381 1636 359 1502 344 

Prostitution Offences 0 1 0 1 1 18 1 9 3 4 3 21 

Liquor (excluding Drunkenness) 70 17 106 39 236 92 74 22 47 3 47 4 

Gaming Racing & Betting Offences 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 

Breach Domestic Violence Order 1 0 1 0 6 0 12 3 63 5 60 7 

Trespassing & Vagrancy Offences 481 56 274 54 242 40 276 37 206 27 147 16 

Weapons Act Offences 129 8 103 5 134 12 164 14 156 4 166 17 

Good Order Offences 379 133 523 130 789 304 1211 318 1560 223 1403 201 

Stock Offences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Traffic and Related Offences 26 11 63 10 156 23 646 76 1147 154 1261 202 

Miscellaneous Offences 190 43 151 18 184 29 214 31 132 20 92 10 

Total Other Offences 1985 444 1969 413 2855 698 4089 891 4950 799 4681 822 




Queensland By Age and Sex - 2000/2001* 

20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 39 40 - 49 50 - 59 60 & over 


Homicide 41 3 31 6 48 8 27 3 10 2 8 0 

Murder 8 0 6 1 15 2 9 1 4 1 2 0 





Assault 1708 346 1569 302 1979 481 816 201 273 39 77 13 


Other Assault 693 170 559 150 768 226 308 115 142 23 43 7 




Robbery 248 31 134 32 237 14 49 3 4 2 0 0 

Armed Robbery 162 15 97 26 185 7 37 0 4 2 0 0 


Extortion 3 0 4 1 9 1 4 0 3 1 2 0 

Kidnapping & Abduction etc. 37 0 32 4 76 3 24 1 7 0 5 1 




Unlawful Entry - Dwelling 1468 148 1284 118 864 107 202 40 30 5 7 1 

- Without Violence 1380 141 1221 110 739 92 165 32 22 5 4 1 

- With Violence 88 7 63 8 125 15 37 8 8 0 3 0 

Unlawful Entry - Shop 466 23 197 14 252 14 80 4 10 0 0 0 

Unlawful Entry - Other 705 56 449 35 407 42 154 8 16 0 1 0 

Arson 39 2 21 3 28 5 17 0 1 2 3 0 




Stealing from Dwelling 221 78 171 47 155 56 38 11 11 6 3 0 

Shop Stealing 682 506 618 472 555 572 249 269 135 124 103 57 

Vehicles (Steal from/Enter with Intent) 1367 77 659 57 609 98 117 16 16 1 5 0 

Other Stealing 1078 269 769 192 707 246 231 56 69 27 20 5 

Fraud 2367 1088 2759 844 2364 1247 1358 489 344 54 56 4 

Fraud by Cheque 320 206 455 152 683 242 247 186 108 23 9 1 

Fraud by Credit Card 704 274 868 256 561 469 343 21 13 1 5 0 

Other Fraud 1343 608 1436 436 1120 536 768 282 223 30 42 3 


Possess Property Susp. Stolen 175 47 152 38 177 49 59 17 9 6 3 2 

Receiving Stolen Property 215 83 179 48 193 54 79 13 20 7 1 0 

Possess, Receive, etc. Tainted Property 451 128 441 93 583 187 181 54 30 5 8 0 

Other Handling Stolen Goods 22 2 16 2 17 4 12 0 4 1 0 0 


Drug Offences 5865 1392 4884 1209 5859 1643 2578 654 479 90 111 8 

Prostitution Offences 10 47 33 73 86 143 32 32 15 10 7 1 

Liquor (excluding Drunkenness) 115 23 122 18 183 39 65 25 25 2 7 1 

Gaming Racing & Betting Offences 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 

Breach Domestic Violence Order 601 25 924 74 1600 118 755 74 208 10 36 0 

Trespassing Vagrancy Offences 326 45 195 30 219 42 93 15 29 6 12 0 

Weapons Act Offences 606 66 589 80 902 91 582 47 268 19 121 0 

Good Order Offences 4582 823 3029 607 3299 948 1190 387 362 89 76 10 

Stock Offences 5 0 21 0 7 2 12 0 7 0 3 0 

Traffic and Related Offences 5680 827 4278 664 5716 1312 3491 801 1593 250 527 41 

Miscellaneous Offences 371 53 315 61 375 92 160 46 79 12 44 3 

Other Offences 18161 3302 14390 2816 18246 4431 8961 2081 3066 488 944 64 



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Queensland By Type of Action^ by Age - 2000/2001* 

Arrest Caution Comm. Conference Notice to Appear 

Offence Juvenile Adult Juvenile Adult Juvenile Adult Juvenile Adult 

Homicide 4 175 1 0 0 0 0 6 

Murder 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Attempted Murder 4 118 1 0 0 0 0 1 

Conspiracy to Murder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 

Manslaughter (excl. by Driving) 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Driving Causing Death 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 

Assault 468 5373 629 18 17 6 0 3701 

Serious Assault 265 3021 370 11 13 3 0 2296 

Other Assault 203 2352 259 7 4 3 0 1405 

Sexual Offences 59 1652 134 0 0 2 0 486 

Rape & Attempted Rape 23 423 10 0 0 0 0 27 

Other Sexual Offences 36 1229 124 0 0 2 0 459 

Robbery 166 920 23 1 1 0 0 83 

Armed Robbery 71 648 8 0 1 0 0 21 

Unarmed Robbery 95 272 15 1 0 0 0 62 

Extortion 2 24 1 0 0 0 0 7 

Kidnapping & Abduction etc. 22 185 1 0 3 0 0 19 

Other Offences Against the Person 44 814 69 4 3 2 0 353 

Offences Against the Person 765 9143 858 23 24 10 0 4655 

Unlawful Entry 1662 7182 1596 8 52 9 0 3103 

Unlawful Entry - Dwelling 641 4225 428 0 24 4 0 1680 

- Without Violence 619 3926 420 0 24 4 0 1546 

- With Violence 22 299 8 0 0 0 0 134 

Unlawful Entry - Shop 371 1055 221 3 5 1 0 483 

Unlawful Entry - Other 650 1902 947 5 23 4 0 940 

Arson 23 149 34 0 8 2 0 38 

Other Property Damage 1472 5666 1895 23 95 76 0 3900 

Motor Vehicle Theft 936 2751 385 4 10 3 0 1338 

Other Theft (excl. Unlawful Entry) 1397 6912 5867 98 76 30 0 9562 

Stealing from Dwelling 56 436 132 0 5 0 0 566 

Shop Stealing 226 1246 4475 73 46 7 0 4885 

Vehicles (Steal from/Enter with Intent) 747 3082 414 4 8 8 0 1485 

Other Stealing 368 2148 846 21 17 15 0 2626 

Fraud 73 6208 251 8 8 6 0 7560 

Fraud by Cheque 5 1470 16 0 0 1 0 1222 

Fraud by Credit Card 23 1917 49 0 3 0 0 1814 

Other Fraud 45 2821 186 8 5 5 0 4524 

Handling Stolen Goods 206 2188 346 8 6 5 0 2688 

Possess Property Susp. Stolen 52 384 35 1 1 0 0 569 

Receiving Stolen Property 64 478 217 5 3 4 0 713 

Possess, Receive, etc. Tainted Property 80 1258 92 2 2 1 0 1382 

Other Handling Stolen Goods 10 68 2 0 0 0 0 24 

Offences Against Property 5769 31056 10374 149 255 131 0 28189 

Drug Offences 289 7810 1704 33 23 20 0 22082 

Prostitution Offences 2 43 2 0 0 0 0 486 

Liquor (excluding Drunkenness) 140 462 261 20 0 1 0 280 

Gaming Racing & Betting Offences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 

Breach Domestic Violence Order 5 2513 0 1 0 2 0 1847 

Trespassing & Vagrancy Offences 195 656 491 15 12 4 0 1010 

Weapons Act Offences 55 1160 231 8 3 5 0 2618 

Good Order Offences 1032 14066 276 14 4 9 0 5950 

Stock Offences 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 36 

Traffic and Related Offences 87 6228 36 0 1 22 0 21984 

Miscellaneous Offences 105 862 254 10 4 1 0 1126 

Total Other Offences 1910 33805 3255 103 47 64 0 57426 


^ See Explanatory Notes for definitions and inclusions (page 147) 



Queensland By Type of Action^ by Age - 2000/2001* 

Notice to Attend Summons Warrant Other 

Offence Juvenile Adult + Juvenile Adult Juvenile Adult Juvenile Adult 

Homicide 0 0 0 27 0 2 0 6 

Murder 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 





Assault 456 34 9 159 1 19 21 103 


Other Assault 167 13 2 54 0 6 12 34 




Robbery 38 2 3 4 0 13 1 3 

Armed Robbery 10 1 1 3 0 10 0 3 


Extortion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Kidnapping & Abduction etc. 3 1 1 3 0 2 0 2 



Unlawful Entry 1330 88 14 58 2 35 25 210 

Unlawful Entry - Dwelling 488 41 4 36 2 23 7 136 

- Without Violence 481 41 3 34 2 22 7 134 

- With Violence 7 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 

Unlawful Entry - Shop 279 9 1 7 0 4 4 18 

Unlawful Entry - Other 563 38 9 15 0 8 14 56 

Arson 4 8 3 2 1 0 2 2 

Other Property Damage 1458 72 6 68 3 15 38 228 

Motor Vehicle Theft 634 56 4 28 0 22 12 76 

Other Theft (excl. Unlawful Entry) 2653 104 21 118 5 65 70 294 

Stealing from Dwelling 115 1 0 14 1 6 7 7 

Shop Stealing 1337 26 7 20 0 2 30 30 

Vehicles (Steal from/Enter with Intent) 595 35 11 34 2 18 13 209 

Other Stealing 606 42 3 50 2 39 20 48 

Fraud 236 80 0 364 0 93 4 170 

Fraud by Cheque 31 4 0 28 0 32 0 35 

Fraud by Credit Card 64 0 0 18 0 31 1 35 

Other Fraud 141 76 0 318 0 30 3 100 

Handling Stolen Goods 483 14 0 18 0 12 6 34 

Possess Property Susp. Stolen 135 0 0 3 0 3 1 6 

Receiving Stolen Property 148 9 0 5 0 2 1 9 

Possess, Receive, etc. Tainted Property 199 5 0 10 0 7 4 17 

Other Handling Stolen Goods 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 

Offences Against Property 6798 422 48 656 11 242 157 1014 

Drug Offences 1042 34 9 148 1 73 7 284 

Prostitution Offences 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 

Liquor (excluding Drunkenness) 146 6 10 51 0 0 3 2 

Gaming Racing & Betting Offences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Breach Domestic Violence Order 3 0 0 17 0 14 0 181 

Trespassing & Vagrancy Offences 417 5 10 20 0 1 21 11 

Weapons Act Offences 98 3 1 80 0 4 3 14 

Good Order Offences 937 26 5 161 0 30 4 62 

Stock Offences 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 3 

Traffic and Related Offences 161 4 4 333 0 49 0 46 

Miscellaneous Offences 234 2 3 67 0 13 15 29 

Total Other Offences 3055 80 42 888 1 184 53 633 


^ See Explanatory Notes for definitions and inclusions (page 147). 

+ Persons aged 17 years (adult) may be served with a Notice to Attend for offences committed when 16 years of age (Juvenile Justice Act, 1992). 


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Regions By Age and Sex - 2000/2001* 




Homicide 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 

Assault 33 40 22 11 57 15 81 32 60 9 65 15 


Robbery 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 4 2 2 2 

All Other Offences Against the Person^ 1 1 3 0 5 1 4 1 6 0 5 1 



Arson 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 




Fraud 12 2 5 1 7 16 11 13 10 7 16 12 




Homicide 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 

Assault 49 18 24 7 31 9 34 12 47 12 45 12 


Robbery 5 0 5 0 4 0 2 0 4 0 7 0 




Arson 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 3 0 1 0 




Fraud 3 0 8 10 20 10 11 79 24 35 17 3 




Homicide 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 

Assault 64 23 45 5 36 24 45 18 45 8 45 6 


Robbery 4 1 3 0 8 1 6 2 5 0 8 0 




Arson 7 3 0 0 2 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 




Fraud 0 1 7 2 14 10 13 15 13 26 49 3 



NorthC oast Region 

Homicide 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 

Assault 70 37 29 29 65 29 73 38 48 14 60 9 


Robbery 7 1 3 2 11 1 12 1 15 0 3 1 




Arson 8 1 5 1 3 0 3 2 9 0 6 0 




Fraud 27 9 43 3 65 17 34 18 58 5 86 5 



^ All Other Offences Against the Person includes the offence sub-divisions of Extortion, and Kidnapping, Abduction and Deprivation of Liberty. 





20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 39 40 - 49 50 - 59 60 & over 



Homicide 3 0 2 0 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 

Assault 328 72 395 67 437 115 169 49 59 12 8 3 


Robbery 10 5 7 0 6 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 




Arson 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 




Fraud 77 70 141 23 109 51 87 20 3 1 1 0 




Homicide 4 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 

Assault 224 55 183 39 264 70 93 23 33 4 2 1 


Robbery 10 2 10 2 12 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 




Arson 6 0 1 1 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 




Fraud 147 112 185 21 135 62 43 42 14 4 0 0 




Homicide 1 0 3 0 5 2 3 0 2 1 2 0 

Assault 165 25 134 22 175 49 74 17 27 2 6 1 


Robbery 13 2 12 2 16 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 




Arson 6 0 1 0 6 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 




Fraud 325 114 239 68 182 204 105 25 23 2 12 2 




Homicide 7 2 7 1 3 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 

Assault 197 37 203 46 268 62 116 29 39 8 14 2 


Robbery 36 2 13 6 22 2 5 1 2 0 0 0 




Arson 9 0 6 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 




Fraud 363 82 428 101 287 210 106 62 80 25 3 0 






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Homicide 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 

Assault 76 38 36 21 43 35 53 25 66 12 62 12 


Robbery 18 1 5 4 11 1 14 2 15 1 2 1 




Arson 11 1 2 0 4 2 13 0 5 0 3 0 




Fraud 17 0 13 1 13 9 25 7 30 28 27 25 




Homicide 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 

Assault 56 28 34 29 45 21 74 14 70 7 43 2 


Robbery 4 3 8 3 10 1 21 0 13 1 6 2 




Arson 6 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 3 0 




Fraud 2 1 4 10 18 31 51 24 58 27 59 24 




Homicide 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 3 2 

Assault 61 17 36 13 43 8 61 17 62 12 60 8 


Robbery 14 1 10 1 17 4 18 5 22 1 16 1 




Arson 3 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 3 0 0 0 




Fraud 7 0 10 14 12 16 29 56 73 45 56 37 




Homicide 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 

Assault 42 18 33 28 53 15 26 13 48 6 21 2 


Robbery 12 2 9 2 26 2 15 5 11 2 21 0 




Arson 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 




Fraud 23 21 27 14 8 9 52 35 60 31 68 25 








20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 39 40 - 49 50 - 59 60 & over 



Homicide 3 1 2 4 8 1 3 0 2 0 1 0 

Assault 228 50 164 33 179 50 79 22 20 3 7 2 


Robbery 13 8 10 2 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 




Arson 6 1 5 1 7 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 




Fraud 189 78 182 79 294 115 181 79 10 0 5 0 




Homicide 8 0 6 0 5 2 5 0 2 0 2 0 

Assault 212 43 180 28 238 56 113 24 31 5 15 1 


Robbery 44 2 34 4 44 1 7 0 2 2 0 0 




Arson 4 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 




Fraud 401 187 555 167 404 253 237 88 70 12 13 2 




Homicide 8 0 2 0 9 0 5 1 2 0 3 0 

Assault 213 41 199 39 236 50 92 23 30 2 10 3 


Robbery 51 6 24 8 55 5 14 0 0 0 0 0 




Arson 3 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 




Fraud 489 241 581 263 524 199 437 68 53 3 9 0 




Homicide 7 0 7 1 8 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 

Assault 141 23 111 28 182 29 80 14 34 3 15 0 


Robbery 71 4 24 8 72 3 15 0 0 0 0 0 




Arson 4 0 3 1 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 




Fraud 376 204 448 122 429 150 162 105 91 7 13 0 






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Offences Against the Person - 2000/2001* 

2500 

Male 

2093 

Female 


1847 

1601 

Offenders 

per 

100000 

Population 

1500 

1000 

1444 

969 

500 

0 

Male 

Female 

679 

565 

576 

529 

335 

369 

199 

275 

235 

188 

183 

113 

65 

37 9 

10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55+ 


693 2823 2392 2208 1875 1328 906 726 442 640 

247 722 420 376 307 263 152 81 42 34 

At every age group, males were more likely than 

females to commit Offences Against the Person with 

males aged fifteen to nineteen years most likely to 

offend. Of those proceeded against for person 

offences, 84% were male. As with most offence types, 

the likelihood of offending decreased significantly with 

increasing age for both males and females. 

Homicide - 2000/2001* 

35 

32 

Male 

30 

Female 

25 

Offenders 

per 

100000 

Population 

20 

15 

22 

22 

21 

15 

10 

10 

10 

5 

0 

Male 

Female 

4 

4 

2 

2 

3 

3 

2 3 

2 

0 

0 

1 

0 

10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55+ 


2 29 41 31 27 21 14 13 3 15 

0 3 3 6 4 4 0 3 1 1 

Males aged twenty to twenty-four years were most 

likely to commit Homicide offences. At every age, 

males committed more offences than females. In 

total, only 11% of those proceeded against for 

Homicide offences were female; and this figure is 

lower than the 14% reported for the 1999/00 financial 

year. 




Assault - 2000/2001* 

1600 

1400 

1428 

1319 

Male 

Female 

1200 

1138 

1000 

Offenders 

per 

100000 

Population 

800 

600 

886 

604 

481 

400 

200 

0 

Male 

Female 

344 

364 

276 

262 

177 

221 

200 

157 

153 

102 

51 

25 

48 

6 

10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55+ 


451 1926 1708 1569 1151 828 486 330 183 167 

219 614 346 302 261 220 137 64 29 23 

As with most offence types, the likelihood of 

committing Assault offences decreases with increasing 

age for both males and females. Approximately 80% 

of offenders were male. In fact, just under 50% of 

offenders were male aged fifteen to twenty-nine years. 

For males and females, the likelihood of offending 

decreased markedly with increasing age. 

Sexual Offences - 2000/2001* 

250 

Male 

223 

226 

Female 

200 

198 

167 

183 

184 

173 

Offenders 

per 

100000 

Population 

150 

100 

85 

128 

110 

50 

Male 

Female 

0 

6 

7 

4 

2 

1 

2 

1 

2 

3 

1 

10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55+ 


112 225 166 253 289 271 246 285 207 384 

7 5 3 2 2 10 1 2 4 4 

Sexual Offences are unique in that the likelihood of 

offending does not decrease with increasing age. The 

age distribution of offenders is approximately uniform 

with the risk of offending similar for all age groups. In 

addition, most offences, 98%, were committed by 

males. In total, only forty female offenders were 

proceeded against during the 2000/01 financial year. 



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Robbery - 2000/2001* 

300 

250 

279 

Male 

Female 

200 

191 

Offenders 

per 

100000 

Population 

150 

141 

100 

97 

50 

0 

Male 

Female 

50 

42 

39 

32 

25 

23 

7 

5 

5 

1 

5 

1 

3 

1 0 0 

10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55+ 


65 376 248 134 183 54 43 6 4 0 

9 54 31 32 7 7 2 1 1 1 

Only 5% of offenders were aged forty years or more 

and nearly all of these were male. Thus, of those 

proceeded against for Robbery offences, most were in 

the fifteen to twenty-four year age group. 

Approximately 88% of offenders were male and those 

in the fifteen to nineteen age group were more likely 

to be proceeded against for both males and females. 

Offences Against Property - 2000/2001* 

18000 

16000 

14000 

17589 

Male 

Female 


Offenders 

per 

100000 

Population 

10000 

8000 

6000 

6208 

9856 

7054 

4000 

4343 

4278 


0 

Male 

Female 

2281 

2255 

2389 

1594 1345 

1648 

876 

897 

511 

303 

495 

144 125 40 

10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55+ 


8133 23721 12766 9727 5556 3275 2199 1131 592 437 

2825 5547 2824 2178 1755 1226 685 377 165 152 

Males aged fifteen to nineteen years were over four 

times more likely to commit Offences Against Property 

than females in the same age group. In total, only 

21% of offenders were female; this figure is only 

slightly lower than that reported in 1999/00. At every 

age, males were more likely than females to be 

proceeded against for Offences Against Property. 




Unlawful Entry - 2000/2001* 

4500 

4000 

3500 

4097 

Male 

Female 

3000 

Offenders 

per 

100000 

Population 

2500 


2038 

1500 

1453 

1400 

1000 

500 

0 

Male 

Female 

758 

393 

393 

271 

191 

181 

122 77 

45 

24 59 16 33 3 7 1 

10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55+ 


1903 5525 2639 1930 984 539 362 74 39 25 

237 502 227 167 100 63 32 20 3 3 

As with most offence types, a large proportion of 

Unlawful Entry offenders were male aged fifteen to 

ninteen years. Very few offences were committed by 

persons in older age groups (over forty years) and only 

9% of offenders were female. Just over 65% of 

offenders were male aged between ten and twentyfour 

years inclusive. 

Arson - 2000/2001* 

80 

70 

74 

Male 

Female 

60 

50 

Offenders 

per 

100000 

Population 

40 

30 

32 

30 

20 

10 

0 

Male 

Female 

15 

12 

9 

6 

7 

6 

4 

2 

2 

2 

2 

0 

0 

1 1 1 0 

10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55+ 


42 100 39 21 12 16 9 8 1 3 

5 8 2 3 2 3 0 0 1 1 

Approximately 66% of those proceeded against for 

Arson offences were male aged between ten and 

twenty-four years. While only 9% of offenders were 

female, the largest proportion of them were aged 

fifteen to nineteen years. As with most property 

offences, very few offenders were recorded in older 

age groups (over forty-five years). 



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Other Property Damage - 2000/2001* 

4500 

4000 

3500 

4124 

Male 

Female 

3000 

Offenders 

per 

100000 

Population 

2500 


2025 

1500 

1519 

1000 

500 

0 

Male 

Female 

990 

685 

600 

345 

196 

164 

206 

107 84 

58 

90 

31 

18 53 5 11 1 

10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55+ 


1990 5562 2623 1365 889 473 275 114 64 37 

243 766 205 146 110 81 41 22 6 3 

As with most Property offences, the largest proportion 

of Other Property Damage offenders were male aged 

between fifteen and nineteen years. At every age, 

males were more likely to offend than females. In 

addition, as with most property offences, there were 

very few offenders in the older age groups. In fact, 

86% of offenders were aged under thirty years. 

Motor Vehicle Theft - 2000/2001* 

2500 

Male 


2005 

Female 

Offenders 

per 

100000 

Population 

1500 

1000 

685 

500 

379 

303 

469 

301 

Male 

0 

Female 

65 

89 

122 

51 

50 

81 

31 

44 

11 

6 13 0 2 0 

10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55+ 


496 2704 887 647 391 167 108 56 16 7 

80 387 112 69 65 44 15 7 0 1 

Approximately 50% of Motor Vehicle Theft offenders 

were aged fifteen to nineteen years. While only 12% 

of offenders were female, almost half of them were 

aged fifteen to nineteen years. There were very few 

offenders in the older age groups (40 years and over) 

proceeded against for Motor Vehicle Theft. 




Other Theft (excluding Unlawful Entry) - 2000/2001* 

6000 

5000 

5354 

Male 

Female 

4000 

Offenders 

per 

100000 

Population 

3000 


2493 

1726 

2206 

2585 

1608 

1000 

0 

Male 

Female 

1017 

743 

562 

437 

514 

287 287 

178 200 91 118 84 63 32 

10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55+ 


3266 7221 3348 2217 1321 705 383 252 141 221 

2138 2817 930 768 570 402 238 114 96 124 

The Other Theft offence category is one of a small 

number of property offences committed by a 

substantial proportion of females. In 2000/01, 30% of 

offenders were female. Approximately 72% of 

offenders were in the younger age groups (under 

twenty-five years). 

Fraud - 2000/2001* 

2500 

Male 


1828 


Female 

Offenders 

per 

100000 

Population 

1500 

1000 

500 

Male 

0 

Female 

1010 

893 

869 

768 

594 

618 587 

645 

394 

344 

219 

237 

156 

69 

27 

41 33 

3 

10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55+ 


91 1204 2367 2759 1312 1052 861 497 284 116 

34 758 1088 844 766 481 294 195 47 11 

Fraud is another of the property offences for which a 

relatively high proportion of offenders are female. In 

2000/01, 30% of those proceeded against for Fraud 

were female. Those aged in the twenty to twenty-nine 

year age group were most likely to be actioned 

against for both males and females. 



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Handling Stolen Goods - 2000/2001* 

1200 

1000 

1042 

Male 

Female 

800 

Offenders 

per 

100000 

Population 

600 

666 

571 

498 

400 

200 

0 

Male 

Female 

263 

242 

236 

208 

151 

133 

109 109 

103 

71 

48 

39 

15 

10 8 2 

10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55+ 


345 1405 863 788 647 323 201 130 47 28 

88 309 260 181 142 152 65 19 12 9 

In all age groups, males were more likely than females 

to be proceeded against for Handling Stolen Goods 

offences. Males and females in the fifteen to nineteen 

age group were more likely to offend compared with 

those in other age groups. As with most offence 

types, the risk of offending decreased significantly 

with increasing age as is evidenced by the graph 

above. 

Other Offences - 2000/2001* 

16000 

Male 

14000 

13750 

14022 

Female 


10000 

10436 

Offenders 

per 

100000 

Population 

8000 

8073 

6000 

5664 

4000 


0 

Male 

Female 

4094 

2837 

2636 

2776 

2061 

1515 

1780 

1508 

1715 

1014 

358 

579 

561 

301 

54 

10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55+ 


1985 18544 18161 14390 10483 7763 5462 3499 2053 1957 

444 3623 3302 2816 2322 2109 1360 721 346 206 

The larger majority (83%) of those actioned against for 

Other Offences were male with males in the fifteen to 

nineteen and twenty-four to twenty-five age groups 

comprising 36% of offenders proceeded against in 

2000/01. Approximately 62% of offenders were aged 

under 30 years. 




Drug Offences - 2000/2001* 

5000 

4500 

4000 

4807 

4528 

Male 

Female 

3500 

3542 

Offenders 

per 

100000 

Population 

3000 

2500 


2591 

1820 

1500 

1000 

500 

0 

Male 

Female 

1202 

1112 1111 

885 

773 

541 

644 

574 

345 

275 

141 

153 

61 75 

7 

10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55+ 


709 6483 5865 4884 3365 2494 1604 974 329 261 

175 1420 1392 1209 840 803 463 191 70 28 


Drug Offences were male, with the majority aged 

between fifteen and twenty-four years inclusive. 

Females in the fifteen to twenty-four year age bracket 

were also more likely to offend compared with those 

in other age groups. Unlike other offence categories, 

a sizeable proportion (12%) of offenders were aged 

over forty years. 

Good Order Offences - 2000/2001* 

4500 

4000 

4068 

Male 

Female 

3500 

3538 

3000 

Offenders 

per 

100000 

Population 

2500 


2197 

1500 

1561 

1000 

921 

928 

500 

0 

Male 

Female 

657 

603 

444 399 

289 

305 

305 

191 

226 

107 

105 

50 48 11 

10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55+ 


379 5486 4582 3029 2027 1272 805 385 271 167 

133 1176 823 607 521 427 256 131 57 42 

Patterns of offending for Good Order offences are 

typical of those displayed in most offence categories. 

The largest majority of offenders were male (82%) 

with those in the fifteen to nineteen age group most 

likely to offend. As age increases, the likelihood of 

offending decreases. 



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Breach Domestic Violence Protection Order - 2000/2001* 

700 

600 

670 

685 

Male 

Female 

500 

464 

518 

Offenders 

per 

100000 

Population 

400 

300 

339 

240 

200 

100 

0 

Male 

Female 

129 

105 

54 

48 

40 

45 

20 

26 

12 

11 

1 0 

4 

1 

10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55+ 


1 142 601 924 890 710 452 303 154 90 

0 15 25 74 62 56 60 14 5 5 


Breach of Domestic Violence Protection Orders were 

male and most were aged between twenty-five and 

thirty-four years. Unlike other offence categories, a 

significant proportion of offenders (24%) were in the 

older age groups (forty years and over). 

Weapons Act Offences - 2000/2001* 

600 

500 

536 

468 

Male 

Female 

427 

400 

383 

Offenders 

per 

100000 

Population 

300 

295 

258 

200 

189 

142 

100 

0 

Male 

Female 

98 

53 

59 

63 

41 

34 

34 

6 

23 

13 

13 

1 

10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55+ 


129 723 606 589 497 405 344 238 170 219 

8 52 66 80 44 47 31 16 15 4 

Approximately 92% of those actioned against for 

Weapons Act Offences were male and most were aged 

fifteen to nineteen years, although a significant 

proportion were aged over forty years. For females, 

those in the twenty-five to twenty-nine year age group 

were most likely to offend. As is evidenced in the 

graph above, for both males and females, the risk of 

offending decreased significantly as age increased. 



Offender/Victim Relationships 

This section provides details of the types of 

relationships between offenders and victims for all 

Offences Against the Person where an offender has 

been proceeded against. 

twenty-two per cent where the offender and victim 

were related. The remaining ‘Known to Victim’ 

classification includes friends, colleagues, and both 

professional and other acquaintances. 

The statistics in this section are counts of offenders, 

rather than victims or relationships. Therefore, if an 

offender commits an offence against more than one 

victim in a single incident, only the offender’s 

relationship with the primary victim is recorded. 

The relationship classifications used are derived from 

those used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in 

Recorded Crime Australia (Catalogue No. 4510.0). 

The ‘Not Applicable’ category includes those offences 

where the victim is an organisation or the offence is 

victimless (that is, the offence is a “Regina” offence). 

The recording of the relationship between the 

offender and victim became mandatory in the latter 

part of the 1997/98 financial year. Thus, caution 

should be exercised when comparing data presented 

in this section with previous years. 

As illustrated in the graph below, the offender was 

known to the victim in a little more than half of the 

cases where the relationship was identified, including 

Offences Against the Person* - 2000/2001 

6000 

5000 

5307 

Male 

Female 

4461 

4000 

Number of 

Offenders 

3000 


1591 

1000 

0 

1101 

931 

1017 

742 

568 

363 

266 

65 

52 70 

15 

37 

91 

Partner Ex-partner Child Family Member nec Known to Victim - Other Unknown to Victim Not Applicable Not Stated 

% of Offenders 6% 4% 1% 11% 33% 38% 2% 5% 



87

O f f e n d e r / V i c t i m R e l a t i o n s h i p s 

Offenders By Sex & Relationship to Victim* - 2000/2001 

Partner Ex-Partner Child Other Family Member n.e.c. 

Offence Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female 


Homicide 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 

Murder 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 





Assault 340 27 83 13 14 2 216 76 


Other Assault 107 9 26 5 9 0 76 25 




Robbery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 

Armed Robbery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 


Extortion 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 

Kidnapping & Abduction 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 




Homicide 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 

Murder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 





Assault 154 14 55 7 6 1 84 33 


Other Assault 32 1 18 1 2 1 18 11 




Robbery 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 



Extortion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 





Homicide 2 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 

Murder 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 





Assault 58 1 35 4 1 0 41 14 


Other Assault 8 0 9 3 0 0 12 3 




Robbery 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 



Extortion 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 








Known to Victim - Other Unknown to Victim Not Applicable Not Stated 



Homicide 7 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 

Murder 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 





Assault 531 182 521 136 2 0 7 4 


Other Assault 183 86 286 88 1 0 5 1 




Robbery 5 5 20 4 14 2 0 0 



Extortion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 





Homicide 5 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 

Murder 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 





Assault 347 119 376 85 0 0 7 3 


Other Assault 99 47 203 53 0 0 5 2 




Robbery 13 1 26 3 20 2 0 0 

Armed Robbery 0 0 19 3 18 1 0 0 


Extortion 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 





Homicide 5 1 7 1 0 0 0 0 

Murder 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 





Assault 333 79 387 101 1 0 5 1 


Other Assault 96 29 190 66 1 0 4 1 




Robbery 15 5 40 2 14 2 3 0 

Armed Robbery 8 3 22 1 13 2 2 0 


Extortion 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 






89






Homicide 2 0 2 1 0 0 2 3 

Murder 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 





Assault 98 2 48 8 21 1 81 22 


Other Assault 12 0 10 2 15 1 25 8 




Robbery 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 



Extortion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 





Homicide 2 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 

Murder 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 





Assault 68 4 43 5 6 2 65 18 


Other Assault 9 1 13 1 3 0 13 2 




Robbery 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 



Extortion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 





Homicide 5 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 

Murder 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 





Assault 50 7 63 1 6 0 61 12 


Other Assault 9 1 15 1 3 0 23 2 




Robbery 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 



Extortion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 











Homicide 10 1 10 1 0 0 0 0 

Murder 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 





Assault 458 161 470 143 0 0 6 3 


Other Assault 172 68 229 79 0 0 2 3 




Robbery 11 3 55 9 60 5 2 0 

Armed Robbery 2 2 32 5 58 5 2 0 


Extortion 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 





Homicide 9 3 8 2 0 0 0 1 

Murder 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 





Assault 396 131 428 142 0 0 7 1 


Other Assault 123 52 201 81 0 0 4 1 




Robbery 16 5 66 14 11 2 5 0 

Armed Robbery 6 4 38 7 8 2 0 0 


Extortion 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 





Homicide 10 0 12 1 0 0 1 0 

Murder 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 





Assault 317 101 603 134 1 0 10 3 


Other Assault 99 36 291 81 0 0 7 3 




Robbery 14 0 109 11 67 7 2 0 

Armed Robbery 7 0 61 6 61 5 1 0 


Extortion 2 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 






91






Homicide 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 

Murder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 





Assault 34 6 24 2 3 2 49 9 


Other Assault 10 2 12 2 0 1 14 2 




Robbery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 



Extortion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 





Homicide 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 

Murder 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 





Assault 34 0 36 1 2 5 46 14 


Other Assault 7 0 7 1 0 0 18 4 




Robbery 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 



Extortion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 





Homicide 18 3 11 1 4 1 12 8 

Murder 6 0 3 0 2 0 3 3 





Assault 836 61 387 41 59 13 643 198 


Other Assault 194 14 110 16 32 3 199 57 




Robbery 2 0 4 1 0 0 3 2 



Extortion 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 











Homicide 16 1 16 0 0 0 0 0 

Murder 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 





Assault 220 58 763 155 0 0 10 1 


Other Assault 75 26 380 93 0 0 4 1 




Robbery 11 1 160 21 69 7 1 3 

Armed Robbery 3 0 73 6 60 7 1 0 


Extortion 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 





Homicide 17 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 

Murder 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 





Assault 260 65 399 92 2 1 7 1 


Other Assault 68 23 188 56 0 0 4 0 




Robbery 13 4 169 17 90 7 3 0 

Armed Robbery 2 0 108 7 77 6 1 0 


Extortion 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 





Homicide 79 6 71 5 0 0 1 1 

Murder 22 1 14 1 0 0 0 0 





Assault 2862 896 3947 988 6 1 59 17 


Other Assault 915 367 1968 597 2 0 35 12 




Robbery 98 24 645 81 345 34 16 3 

Armed Robbery 29 10 360 35 303 30 7 0 


Extortion 16 1 8 1 5 0 1 0 






93


Homicide* - 2000/2001 

80 

79 

70 

60 

71 

Male 

Female 

50 

Number of 

Offenders 

40 

30 

20 

10 

0 

% of Offenders 

18 

11 

12 

8 

6 

3 

4 

5 

1 

1 

0 0 1 1 


10% 5% 2% 9% 38% 34% 0% 1% 

For approximately 64% of Homicide offences, the 

offender was known to the victim. For over 26% of 

offences, the offender was from the same family as 

the victim, which includes partners, spouses, children, 

siblings and other lineal relationships . 

Assault* - 2000/2001 

4000 

3947 

3500 

Male 

Female 

3000 

2862 

2500 

Number of 

Offenders 


1500 

1000 

500 

0 


988 

896 

836 

643 

387 

198 

61 

41 59 13 

6 1 

59 17 


8% 4% 1% 8% 34% 45% 0% 1% 

Of those offenders proceeded against for Assault, 45% 

did not know the victim. In 21% of cases, the victim 

was a family member and a further 34% were known 

to the victim either as friends, acquaintances, 

neighbours or colleagues. 




Sexual Offences* - 2000/2001 

1200 

1000 

1027 

Male 

Female 

856 

800 

Number of 

Offenders 

600 

400 

329 

200 

164 

0 


22 

38 

0 

0 1 0 

17 

14 

3 1 0 

6 


1% 2% 0% 35% 42% 13% 0% 7% 

For a substantial proportion of Sexual Offences (80%), 

the offender was known to the victim. A large 

proportion (38%) of victims were of the same family 

as the offender while a similarly large proportion 

(42%) were either acquaintances, friends, neighbours 

or colleagues. 

Robbery* - 2000/2001 

700 

645 

Male 

600 

Female 

500 

Number of 

Offenders 

400 

300 

345 

200 

100 

98 

81 

24 

34 

16 

2 0 4 1 0 0 3 2 

3 

0 


% of Offenders 0% 0% 0% 0% 10% 58% 30% 2% 

Approximately 30% of offender/victim relationships 

were listed as ‘Not Applicable’ due to the fact that the 

victim was classified either as a company or as an 

organisation, rather than as an individual. In most 

cases (58%), the offender was not known to the 

victim. 



95


Crime Locations 

This section provides a breakdown of crime by the 

type of location in which the offence occurred. The 

location classifications are based on those used by the 

Australian Bureau of Statistics in compiling the 

Recorded Crime Australia (Catalogue No. 4510.0). A 

crime location is defined as the initial site where a 

criminal incident occurred, classified by the primary 

function of that site where the site has more than one 

function. This definition may encompass any 

surrounding land, yard, car parking area, together with 

any other structures existing at the location. 


97

C r i m e L o c a t i o n s 

Queensland - 2000/2001 

Offence 

Dwelling 

Residential 

Outbuilding 

Resid. Land 

Community 

Educational Health Religious Transport Justice Open Space 

Street or 

Footpath 

Comm Loc. 

n.e.c. 

Homicide 102 13 2 1 1 3 2 9 59 0 

Murder 32 8 1 1 0 0 0 4 5 0 

Attempted Murder 62 4 1 0 1 2 2 5 33 0 

Conspiracy to Murder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Manslaughter (excl. by Driving) 8 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 

Driving Causing Death 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 

Assault 4701 1759 532 158 31 497 693 158 5420 96 

Serious Assault 3034 1135 289 74 16 268 297 103 2980 59 

Other Assault 1667 624 243 84 15 229 396 55 2440 37 

Sexual Offences 3954 180 132 20 12 103 9 201 440 21 

Rape & Attempted Rape 785 31 15 8 1 10 0 39 50 2 

Other Sexual Offences 3169 149 117 12 11 93 9 162 390 19 

Robbery 212 46 18 13 5 106 4 22 775 6 

Armed Robbery 121 17 9 4 1 32 3 5 229 4 

Unarmed Robbery 91 29 9 9 4 74 1 17 546 2 

Extortion 22 3 3 0 0 1 1 1 4 0 

Kidnapping & Abduction etc. 146 6 4 2 2 16 0 10 84 1 

Other Offences Against the Person 1736 236 151 37 9 109 43 26 663 24 

Offences Against the Person 10873 2243 842 231 60 835 752 427 7445 148 

Unlawful Entry 46052 3234 3604 851 420 347 24 12 26 597 

Unlawful Entry - Dwelling 43782 169 30 8 9 16 1 0 14 6 

- Without Violence 43045 163 29 7 9 16 1 0 10 6 

- With Violence 737 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 

Unlawful Entry - Shop 16 6 79 40 2 3 0 0 1 5 

Unlawful Entry - Other 2254 3059 3495 803 409 328 23 12 11 586 

Arson 158 101 54 3 4 18 4 539 419 15 

Other Property Damage 10621 9428 4055 793 359 4577 521 404 12108 601 

Motor Vehicle Theft 1988 3962 284 260 51 1357 3 112 6303 49 

Other Theft (excl. Unlawful Entry) 14808 17826 4002 1407 374 5034 178 2154 15008 649 

Stealing from Dwelling 8029 279 6 1 1 2 1 2 15 5 

Shop Stealing 12 2 0 4 0 2 2 0 16 0 

Vehicles (Steal from/Enter with Intent) 3620 9238 818 409 154 3266 15 573 11313 217 

Other Stealing 3147 8307 3178 993 219 1764 160 1579 3664 427 

Fraud 2780 99 100 170 1 252 29 6 391 74 

Fraud by Cheque 331 19 15 31 0 6 3 1 17 6 

Fraud by Credit Card 859 5 17 19 0 17 1 0 73 1 

Other Fraud 1590 75 68 120 1 229 25 5 301 67 

Handling Stolen Goods 1877 127 41 16 2 145 229 29 1898 2 

Possess Property Susp. Stolen 286 24 2 3 0 38 76 3 459 0 

Receiving Stolen Property 643 34 29 6 0 12 22 14 438 2 

Possess, Receive, etc. Tainted Property 928 65 10 7 2 93 128 10 943 0 

Other Handling Stolen Goods 20 4 0 0 0 2 3 2 58 0 

Offences Against Property 78284 34777 12140 3500 1211 11730 988 3256 36153 1987 

Drug Offences 19243 908 611 88 14 5094 1544 314 4157 31 

Prostitution Offences 183 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 319 0 

Liquor (excluding Drunkenness) 5 4 16 0 0 61 5 7 602 8 

Gaming Racing & Betting Offences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Breach Domestic Violence Order 4288 526 26 31 3 35 41 24 647 28 

Trespassing & Vagrancy Offences 446 709 539 7 10 200 56 3 84 22 

Weapons Act Offences 2142 220 47 11 2 168 64 48 1399 6 

Good Order Offences 1024 736 85 136 18 1274 2179 131 14743 38 

Stock Related Offences 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 

Traffic and Related Offences 38 96 9 32 0 154 208 42 28258 5 

Miscellaneous Offences 1520 110 110 47 4 347 469 99 736 8 

Other Offences 28889 3314 1443 356 51 7334 4566 668 50971 146 


C r i m e L o c a t i o n s 

Queensland - 2000/2001 

Offence 

Admin. or 

Profess. 

Other Location 

Banking Retail Wholesale Warehouse 

or Storage Manufact. Agricultural Recreational Other 

n.f.d. 

Other 

n.e.c. 

Unspecified 

Location 

Homicide 1 0 14 1 0 0 1 6 0 0 2 

Murder 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 

Attempted Murder 0 0 13 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 

Conspiracy to Murder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Manslaughter (excl. by Driving) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Driving Causing Death 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Assault 142 13 2696 1 10 46 37 1666 5 0 73 

Serious Assault 74 4 1614 1 5 27 23 1067 2 0 51 

Other Assault 68 9 1082 0 5 19 14 599 3 0 22 

Sexual Offences 18 2 201 0 0 0 22 423 3 0 75 

Rape & Attempted Rape 4 0 30 0 0 0 5 80 0 0 16 

Other Sexual Offences 14 2 171 0 0 0 17 343 3 0 59 

Robbery 18 114 938 2 3 5 0 195 1 0 9 

Armed Robbery 9 87 674 2 3 2 0 63 0 0 2 

Unarmed Robbery 9 27 264 0 0 3 0 132 1 0 7 

Extortion 9 2 14 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 2 

Kidnapping & Abduction etc. 4 1 49 1 3 1 1 24 0 0 6 

Other Offences Against the Person 120 23 375 1 3 18 5 143 0 0 42 

Offences Against the Person 312 155 4287 6 20 71 68 2461 9 0 209 

Unlawful Entry 3211 37 11407 63 569 1118 154 2418 31 0 3014 

Unlawful Entry - Dwelling 22 2 68 0 0 3 4 181 2 0 225 

- Without Violence 20 2 66 0 0 2 4 179 2 0 224 

- With Violence 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 

Unlawful Entry - Shop 37 1 8699 18 13 21 1 67 0 0 4 

Unlawful Entry - Other 3152 34 2640 45 556 1094 149 2170 29 0 2785 

Arson 21 0 83 1 4 15 40 114 1 0 96 

Other Property Damage 1860 129 11768 27 206 643 248 3936 32 0 1630 

Motor Vehicle Theft 345 14 4538 12 57 161 87 891 10 0 169 

Other Theft (excl. Unlawful Entry) 2294 2213 38143 43 226 700 773 8186 73 0 1962 

Stealing from Dwelling 21 3 32 0 0 1 0 58 0 0 77 

Shop Stealing 0 0 13841 1 2 0 0 28 0 0 1 

Vehicles (Steal from/Enter with Intent) 725 30 6882 13 53 271 147 2816 24 0 572 

Other Stealing 1548 2180 17388 29 171 428 626 5284 49 0 1312 

Fraud 1679 2430 16603 37 33 596 21 735 4 0 923 

Fraud by Cheque 206 1017 2731 2 3 128 8 142 0 0 99 

Fraud by Credit Card 151 418 5865 16 7 4 0 292 0 0 339 

Other Fraud 1322 995 8007 19 23 464 13 301 4 0 485 

Handling Stolen Goods 12 21 1231 1 1 33 5 172 1 0 262 

Possess Property Susp. Stolen 5 5 263 0 1 0 0 26 1 0 12 

Receiving Stolen Property 2 6 263 0 0 0 1 70 0 0 198 

Possess, Receive, etc. Tainted Property 4 10 690 1 0 33 4 76 0 0 49 

Other Handling Stolen Goods 1 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 

Offences Against Property 9422 4844 83773 184 1096 3266 1328 16452 152 0 8056 

Drug Offences 261 3 1464 0 5 7 108 797 5 19 487 

Prostitution Offences 3 0 21 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 4 

Liquor (excluding Drunkenness) 2 0 556 0 0 0 0 163 3 0 6 

Gaming Racing & Betting Offences 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 

Breach Domestic Violence Order 39 3 227 0 3 8 1 116 0 0 19 

Trespassing & Vagrancy Offences 101 2 147 0 2 33 35 95 2 0 146 

Weapons Act Offences 12 4 310 1 0 2 39 128 2 0 20 

Good Order Offences 72 17 2105 0 0 9 8 1160 2 0 19 

Stock Related Offences 0 0 2 2 0 2 33 0 0 0 0 

Traffic and Related Offences 8 0 341 0 0 5 6 128 2 0 5 

Miscellaneous Offences 197 5 338 1 1 5 17 412 4 2 59 

Other Offences 695 34 5513 4 11 71 247 3027 20 21 765 


99


District Crime 

In this section, a detailed examination of reported and 

cleared crime is provided for Queensland Police 

Service’s statistical regions and districts during the 

2000/2001 financial year. 

The tables include some offences where the Police 

District in which the offence occurred cannot be 

identified according to current police boundaries. 

There are two instances where this may occur: 

• The offence was detected as part of a covert 

operation, and the location of the offence has not 

currently been recorded to maintain security; and 

• The offence took place before the current 

boundaries were created, and the area within 

which the offence occurred has since been 

divided between newly created police divisions, 

districts, or regions. This mainly occurs where an 

offence is reported several years or more after it 

actually occurred. 

In these cases, the offences have been included in the 

lowest hierarchical geographical level available. 

Therefore, police district statistics may not always sum 

to regional totals, or regional statistics to Queensland 

totals. 


101


Reported in 2000/2001 

Homicide 

Assaults (excluding Sexual) 

Region /District Total Murder 

Attempted 

Murder 

Conspiracy 

to Murder 

Manslaughter 

(excl. by driving) 

Driving 

causing Death 

Total Serious Assault Other Assault 

Far Northern 

Region 

14 6 5 0 2 1 2672 1507 1165 

Cairns 11 4 5 0 2 0 2153 1229 924 

Innisfail 1 0 0 0 0 1 261 125 136 

Mareeba 2 2 0 0 0 0 258 153 105 

Northern Region 12 2 8 0 1 1 1980 1206 774 

Mount Isa 2 1 0 0 0 1 720 460 260 

Townsville 10 1 8 0 1 0 1260 746 514 

Central Region 21 9 8 0 0 4 1740 1047 693 

Gladstone 3 0 3 0 0 0 377 220 157 

Longreach 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 35 19 

Mackay 6 1 2 0 0 3 588 321 267 

Rockhampton 12 8 3 0 0 1 721 471 250 

North Coast 

Region 

36 9 19 0 4 4 2867 1714 1153 

Bundaberg 6 0 3 0 2 1 368 220 148 

Gympie 5 3 1 0 1 0 398 249 149 

Maryborough 4 3 0 0 0 1 475 267 208 

Redcliffe 8 2 6 0 0 0 738 428 310 

Sunshine Coast 13 1 9 0 1 2 888 550 338 

Southern Region 29 5 18 0 3 3 2134 1304 830 

Charleville 4 1 2 0 0 1 147 97 50 

Dalby 3 1 2 0 0 0 147 80 67 

Ipswich 11 0 10 0 1 0 843 525 318 

Roma 1 0 1 0 0 0 157 103 54 

Toowoomba 8 1 3 0 2 2 670 398 272 

Warwick 2 2 0 0 0 0 170 101 69 

South Eastern 

Region 

36 12 19 0 0 5 2854 1717 1137 

Logan 19 3 12 0 0 4 1209 708 501 

Gold Coast 17 9 7 0 0 1 1645 1009 636 

Metropolitan North 

Region 

42 6 33 0 1 2 2465 1410 1055 

Albany Creek + 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 18 8 

Boondall* 5 0 4 0 1 0 256 150 106 

Brisbane City 6 1 5 0 0 0 765 448 317 

Ferny Grove* 3 1 1 0 0 1 197 117 80 

Fortitude Valley 9 3 5 0 0 1 385 190 195 

Hendra 3 0 3 0 0 0 274 149 125 

Indooroopilly* 3 0 3 0 0 0 163 100 63 

Petrie 7 1 6 0 0 0 223 139 84 

Sandgate 6 0 6 0 0 0 152 86 66 

The Gap + 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 13 11 

Metropolitan 

South Region 

27 8 19 0 0 0 2019 1215 804 

Oxley 10 4 6 0 0 0 550 315 235 

South Brisbane 11 3 8 0 0 0 944 554 390 

Wynnum 6 1 5 0 0 0 525 346 179 

Queensland 217 57 129 0 11 20 18734 11123 7611 

* Significant boundary changes as at 1 January 2001. Therefore, figures should not be compared to those from previous years. 

+ Created as at 1 January 2001. Therefore, only six months of data is available. 




Sexual Offences Robbery Total 

Region /District 

Total 

Rape (inc. 

Attempted) 

Other Sexual 

Offences 

Total 

Armed 

Robbery 

Unarmed 

Robbery 

Extortion 

Kidnapping, 

etcetera 


Against Person 

All Offences 

Far Northern 

Region 

542 133 409 93 31 62 7 15 257 3600 

Cairns 387 109 278 83 26 57 6 12 184 2836 

Innisfail 44 9 35 3 2 1 0 1 28 338 

Mareeba 111 15 96 7 3 4 1 2 45 426 

Northern Region 389 73 316 107 47 60 5 23 328 2844 

Mount Isa 95 30 65 14 4 10 2 5 66 904 

Townsville 294 43 251 93 43 50 3 18 262 1940 

Central Region 562 99 463 106 55 51 6 27 299 2761 

Gladstone 110 23 87 28 11 17 3 3 82 606 

Longreach 12 3 9 1 1 0 0 1 4 72 

Mackay 176 21 155 30 19 11 0 8 73 881 

Rockhampton 264 52 212 47 24 23 3 15 140 1202 

North Coast 

Region 

1017 180 837 271 150 121 11 57 679 4938 

Bundaberg 149 21 128 30 14 16 1 3 65 622 

Gympie 177 81 96 15 8 7 4 11 87 697 

Maryborough 126 13 113 28 9 19 0 4 120 757 

Redcliffe 234 34 200 94 57 37 2 15 206 1297 

Sunshine Coast 331 31 300 104 62 42 4 24 201 1565 

Southern Region 756 157 599 195 82 113 7 41 453 3615 

Charleville 9 2 7 7 0 7 0 1 22 190 

Dalby 52 10 42 4 2 2 1 1 24 232 

Ipswich 348 60 288 108 44 64 2 30 205 1547 

Roma 32 4 28 5 3 2 1 1 36 233 

Toowoomba 286 72 214 66 28 38 3 7 142 1182 

Warwick 29 9 20 5 5 0 0 1 24 231 

South Eastern 

Region 

931 184 747 515 266 249 18 75 546 4975 

Logan 565 97 468 211 115 96 4 44 203 2255 

Gold Coast 366 87 279 304 151 153 14 31 343 2720 

Metropolitan 

North Region 

880 129 751 603 312 291 9 56 619 4674 

Albany Creek + 7 0 7 9 4 5 0 0 6 48 

Boondall* 109 14 95 41 27 14 1 4 80 496 

Brisbane City 129 34 95 174 63 111 5 8 139 1226 

Ferny Grove* 104 16 88 54 36 18 0 6 69 433 

Fortitude Valley 47 15 32 118 51 67 1 4 63 627 

Hendra 148 16 132 85 58 27 0 11 89 610 

Indooroopilly* 179 16 163 70 42 28 1 5 66 487 

Petrie 112 15 97 33 16 17 1 7 62 445 

Sandgate 44 3 41 12 8 4 0 11 34 259 

The Gap + 1 0 1 7 7 0 0 0 11 43 

Metropolitan 

South Region 

738 121 617 602 324 278 7 67 580 4040 

Oxley 162 27 135 177 102 75 1 27 181 1108 

South Brisbane 356 56 300 348 185 163 5 32 260 1956 

Wynnum 220 38 182 77 37 40 1 8 139 976 

Queensland 5816 1076 4740 2492 1267 1225 70 361 3764 31454 




103


Reported and Cleared in 2000/2001 

Homicide 



Attempted 

Murder 

Conspiracy 

to Murder 

Manslaughter 


Driving 

causing Death 


Far Northern 

Region 

13 6 5 0 2 0 2299 1279 1020 

Cairns 11 4 5 0 2 0 1838 1031 807 

Innisfail 0 0 0 0 0 0 240 114 126 

Mareeba 2 2 0 0 0 0 221 134 87 


Mount Isa 2 1 0 0 0 1 607 380 227 

Townsville 7 0 7 0 0 0 884 512 372 


Gladstone 3 0 3 0 0 0 288 156 132 

Longreach 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 34 18 

Mackay 6 1 2 0 0 3 408 214 194 

Rockhampton 10 6 3 0 0 1 512 325 187 

North Coast 

Region 

28 8 15 0 2 3 1821 1044 777 

Bundaberg 4 0 3 0 0 1 229 140 89 

Gympie 4 2 1 0 1 0 294 174 120 

Maryborough 4 3 0 0 0 1 346 183 163 

Redcliffe 5 2 3 0 0 0 426 234 192 



Charleville 4 1 2 0 0 1 129 83 46 

Dalby 3 1 2 0 0 0 113 60 53 

Ipswich 10 0 10 0 0 0 524 325 199 

Roma 0 0 0 0 0 0 133 84 49 

Toowoomba 8 1 3 0 2 2 424 237 187 

Warwick 2 2 0 0 0 0 116 65 51 

South Eastern 

Region 

32 9 18 0 0 5 1661 925 736 

Logan 17 1 12 0 0 4 741 399 342 

Gold Coast 15 8 6 0 0 1 920 526 394 


Region 

37 4 32 0 0 1 1501 779 722 

Albany Creek + 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 10 3 

Boondall* 4 0 4 0 0 0 164 88 76 

Brisbane City 5 1 4 0 0 0 476 243 233 

Ferny Grove* 2 0 1 0 0 1 103 54 49 


Hendra 3 0 3 0 0 0 152 78 74 


Petrie 6 0 6 0 0 0 135 80 55 

Sandgate 6 0 6 0 0 0 96 51 45 

The Gap + 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 8 7 

Metropolitan 

South Region 

25 7 18 0 0 0 1156 668 488 

Oxley 9 4 5 0 0 0 352 202 150 


Wynnum 5 0 5 0 0 0 278 166 112 


.* Significant boundary changes as at 1 January 2001. Therefore, figures should not be compared to those from previous years. 







Total 

Rape (inc. 

Attempted) 

Other Sexual 

Offences 

Total 

Armed 

Robbery 

Unarmed 

Robbery 

Extortion 

Kidnapping, 

etcetera 



All Offences 

Far Northern 

Region 

431 118 313 39 14 25 3 15 190 2990 

Cairns 299 95 204 31 9 22 3 12 130 2324 

Innisfail 36 9 27 3 2 1 0 1 27 307 

Mareeba 96 14 82 5 3 2 0 2 33 359 


Mount Isa 72 22 50 6 3 3 0 5 61 753 

Townsville 182 27 155 41 20 21 3 13 124 1254 


Gladstone 67 16 51 16 7 9 3 2 59 438 

Longreach 9 1 8 0 0 0 0 1 4 66 

Mackay 142 18 124 14 10 4 0 6 39 615 

Rockhampton 201 34 167 25 14 11 1 13 76 838 

North Coast 

Region 

658 131 527 122 79 43 6 40 330 3005 

Bundaberg 82 16 66 6 3 3 0 1 36 358 

Gympie 113 59 54 7 4 3 3 9 51 481 

Maryborough 78 10 68 13 5 8 0 2 66 509 

Redcliffe 143 27 116 42 30 12 0 10 82 708 



Charleville 5 2 3 4 0 4 0 1 18 161 

Dalby 39 7 32 2 1 1 0 1 16 174 

Ipswich 231 43 188 39 22 17 0 22 84 910 

Roma 25 4 21 2 1 1 1 1 31 193 

Toowoomba 200 60 140 33 20 13 2 4 64 735 

Warwick 20 5 15 1 1 0 0 0 11 150 

South Eastern 

Region 

641 132 509 169 106 63 7 47 237 2794 

Logan 392 66 326 79 52 27 3 32 98 1362 

Gold Coast 249 66 183 90 54 36 4 15 139 1432 

Metropolitan 

North Region 

560 88 472 202 116 86 4 35 255 2594 

Albany Creek + 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 3 24 

Boondall* 62 9 53 27 19 8 1 4 31 293 

Brisbane City 74 23 51 57 21 36 2 3 59 676 

Ferny Grove* 62 10 52 17 14 3 0 3 25 212 


Hendra 102 13 89 29 19 10 0 5 35 326 


Petrie 56 7 49 7 5 2 0 6 27 237 

Sandgate 24 2 22 2 1 1 0 9 15 152 

The Gap + 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 2 20 

Metropolitan 

South Region 

494 92 402 225 139 86 2 30 228 2160 

Oxley 90 18 72 64 47 17 0 8 64 587 


Wynnum 167 31 136 26 11 15 0 3 57 536 





105


Cleared in 2000/2001 but Reported Previously 

Homicide 



Attempted 

Murder 

Conspiracy 

to Murder 

Manslaughter 


Driving 

causing Death 


Far Northern 

Region 

3 0 0 1 0 2 164 112 52 

Cairns 3 0 0 1 0 2 145 100 45 

Innisfail 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 7 4 

Mareeba 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 3 


Mount Isa 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 26 10 

Townsville 5 0 1 0 0 4 147 100 47 


Gladstone 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 22 12 

Longreach 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 

Mackay 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 31 18 

Rockhampton 3 0 0 0 1 2 55 39 16 

North Coast 

Region 

18 16 0 0 0 2 225 148 77 

Bundaberg 16 16 0 0 0 0 33 27 6 

Gympie 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 15 11 

Maryborough 1 0 0 0 0 1 42 28 14 

Redcliffe 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 29 31 



Charleville 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 

Dalby 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 5 4 

Ipswich 2 0 1 0 0 1 72 44 28 

Roma 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 5 4 

Toowoomba 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 52 16 

Warwick 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 11 11 

South Eastern 

Region 

2 0 1 0 0 1 289 197 92 

Logan 0 0 0 0 0 0 139 91 48 

Gold Coast 2 0 1 0 0 1 150 106 44 


Region 

3 0 3 0 0 0 200 115 85 

Albany Creek + 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Boondall* 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 12 7 

Brisbane City 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 22 16 

Ferny Grove* 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 16 11 


Hendra 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 14 19 


Petrie 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 18 7 

Sandgate 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 9 8 

The Gap + 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Metropolitan 

South Region 

3 1 0 0 0 2 250 153 97 

Oxley 1 0 0 0 0 1 85 48 37 


Wynnum 1 1 0 0 0 0 64 36 28 









Total 

Rape (inc. 

Attempted) 

Other Sexual 

Offences 

Total 

Armed 

Robbery 

Unarmed 

Robbery 

Extortion 

Kidnapping, 

etcetera 



All Offences 

Far Northern 

Region 

58 8 50 4 1 3 0 2 10 241 

Cairns 27 3 24 4 1 3 0 1 9 189 

Innisfail 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 17 

Mareeba 27 5 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 


Mount Isa 21 6 15 0 0 0 0 0 1 58 

Townsville 38 4 34 10 6 4 0 0 25 225 


Gladstone 4 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 9 49 

Longreach 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 

Mackay 2 1 1 5 3 2 1 0 8 65 

Rockhampton 62 16 46 2 0 2 0 3 7 132 

North Coast 

Region 

141 16 125 22 12 10 0 5 50 461 

Bundaberg 21 6 15 2 1 1 0 1 11 84 

Gympie 20 2 18 0 0 0 0 0 7 53 

Maryborough 59 3 56 2 0 2 0 0 10 114 

Redcliffe 16 1 15 10 4 6 0 4 9 99 



Charleville 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 

Dalby 19 15 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 31 

Ipswich 38 4 34 6 3 3 0 0 32 150 

Roma 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 

Toowoomba 27 0 27 2 2 0 0 0 6 103 

Warwick 12 0 12 1 1 0 0 0 1 36 

South Eastern 

Region 

117 19 98 24 15 9 3 3 49 487 

Logan 97 14 83 14 9 5 0 1 25 276 

Gold Coast 20 5 15 10 6 4 3 2 24 211 

Metropolitan 

North Region 

82 12 70 35 18 17 4 3 48 375 

Albany Creek + 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Boondall* 31 1 30 9 4 5 1 0 5 65 

Brisbane City 10 2 8 6 2 4 3 0 5 62 

Ferny Grove* 12 2 10 3 3 0 0 0 5 47 


Hendra 12 3 9 9 3 6 0 0 8 62 


Petrie 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 31 

Sandgate 3 1 2 4 2 2 0 1 7 32 

The Gap + 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Metropolitan 

South Region 

71 21 50 20 11 9 0 5 56 405 

Oxley 10 4 6 5 3 2 0 0 5 106 


Wynnum 19 6 13 3 2 1 0 2 16 105 





107


Percentage Cleared^ in 2000/2001 

Homicide 



Attempted 

Murder 

Conspiracy 

to Murder 

Manslaughter 


Driving 

causing Death 


Far Northern 

Region 

93 100 100 0 100 0 86 85 88 

Cairns 100 100 100 0 100 0 85 84 87 

Innisfail 0 0 0 0 0 0 92 91 93 

Mareeba 100 100 0 0 0 0 86 88 83 


Mount Isa 100 100 0 0 0 100 84 83 87 

Townsville 70 0 88 0 0 0 70 69 72 


Gladstone 100 0 100 0 0 0 76 71 84 

Longreach 0 0 0 0 0 0 96 97 95 

Mackay 100 100 100 0 0 100 69 67 73 

Rockhampton 83 75 100 0 0 100 71 69 75 

North Coast 

Region 

78 89 79 0 50 75 64 61 67 

Bundaberg 67 0 100 0 0 100 62 64 60 

Gympie 80 67 100 0 100 0 74 70 81 

Maryborough 100 100 0 0 0 100 73 69 78 

Redcliffe 63 100 50 0 0 0 58 55 62 



Charleville 100 100 100 0 0 100 88 86 92 

Dalby 100 100 100 0 0 0 77 75 79 

Ipswich 91 0 100 0 0 0 62 62 63 

Roma 0 0 0 0 0 0 85 82 91 

Toowoomba 100 100 100 0 100 100 63 60 69 

Warwick 100 100 0 0 0 0 68 64 74 

South Eastern 

Region 

89 75 95 0 0 100 58 54 65 

Logan 89 33 100 0 0 100 61 56 68 

Gold Coast 88 89 86 0 0 100 56 52 62 


Region 

88 67 97 0 0 50 61 55 68 

Albany Creek + 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 56 38 

Boondall* 80 0 100 0 0 0 64 59 72 

Brisbane City 83 100 80 0 0 0 62 54 74 

Ferny Grove* 67 0 100 0 0 100 52 46 61 


Hendra 100 0 100 0 0 0 55 52 59 


Petrie 86 0 100 0 0 0 61 58 65 

Sandgate 100 0 100 0 0 0 63 59 68 

The Gap + 0 0 0 0 0 0 63 62 64 

Metropolitan 

South Region 

93 88 95 0 0 0 57 55 61 

Oxley 90 100 83 0 0 0 64 64 64 


Wynnum 83 0 100 0 0 0 53 48 63 




^ Percentage Cleared refers only to those offences which are both Reported and Cleared in the 2000/2001 financial year. 






Total 

Rape (inc. 

Attempted) 

Other Sexual 

Offences 

Total 

Armed 

Robbery 

Unarmed 

Robbery 

Extortion 

Kidnapping, 

etcetera 



All Offences 

Far Northern 

Region 

80 89 77 42 45 40 43 100 74 83 

Cairns 77 87 73 37 35 39 50 100 71 82 

Innisfail 82 100 77 100 100 100 0 100 96 91 

Mareeba 86 93 85 71 100 50 0 100 73 84 


Mount Isa 76 73 77 43 75 30 0 100 92 83 

Townsville 62 63 62 44 47 42 100 72 47 65 


Gladstone 61 70 59 57 64 53 100 67 72 72 

Longreach 75 33 89 0 0 0 0 100 100 92 

Mackay 81 86 80 47 53 36 0 75 53 70 

Rockhampton 76 65 79 53 58 48 33 87 54 70 

North Coast 

Region 

65 73 63 45 53 36 55 70 49 61 

Bundaberg 55 76 52 20 21 19 0 33 55 58 

Gympie 64 73 56 47 50 43 75 82 59 69 

Maryborough 62 77 60 46 56 42 0 50 55 67 

Redcliffe 61 79 58 45 53 32 0 67 40 55 



Charleville 56 100 43 57 0 57 0 100 82 85 

Dalby 75 70 76 50 50 50 0 100 67 75 

Ipswich 66 72 65 36 50 27 0 73 41 59 

Roma 78 100 75 40 33 50 100 100 86 83 

Toowoomba 70 83 65 50 71 34 67 57 45 62 

Warwick 69 56 75 20 20 0 0 0 46 65 

South Eastern 

Region 

69 72 68 33 40 25 39 63 43 56 

Logan 69 68 70 37 45 28 75 73 48 60 

Gold Coast 68 76 66 30 36 24 29 48 41 53 

Metropolitan 

North Region 64 68 63 33 37 30 44 63 41 55 

Albany Creek + 57 0 57 44 100 0 0 0 50 50 

Boondall* 57 64 56 66 70 57 100 100 39 59 

Brisbane City 57 68 54 33 33 32 40 38 42 55 

Ferny Grove* 60 63 59 31 39 17 0 50 36 49 


Hendra 69 81 67 34 33 37 0 45 39 53 


Petrie 50 47 51 21 31 12 0 86 44 53 

Sandgate 55 67 54 17 13 25 0 82 44 59 

The Gap + 0 0 0 43 43 0 0 0 18 47 

Metropolitan 

South Region 

67 76 65 37 43 31 29 45 39 53 

Oxley 56 67 53 36 46 23 0 30 35 53 


Wynnum 76 82 75 34 30 38 0 38 41 55 






109


Reported per 100,000 Population in 2000/2001 

Homicide 



Attempted 

Murder 

Conspiracy 

to Murder 

Manslaughter 


Driving 

causing Death 


Far Northern 

Region 

6 3 2 0 1 0 1160 654 506 

Cairns 7 3 3 0 1 0 1419 810 609 

Innisfail 3 0 0 0 0 3 755 362 393 

Mareeba 5 5 0 0 0 0 585 347 238 


Mount Isa 6 3 0 0 0 3 2230 1425 805 

Townsville 5 0 4 0 0 0 610 361 249 


Gladstone 5 0 5 0 0 0 612 357 255 

Longreach 0 0 0 0 0 0 467 303 164 

Mackay 5 1 2 0 0 2 455 248 207 

Rockhampton 10 6 2 0 0 1 582 381 202 

North Coast 

Region 

6 1 3 0 1 1 445 266 179 

Bundaberg 7 0 4 0 2 1 442 264 178 

Gympie 8 5 2 0 2 0 609 381 228 

Maryborough 5 4 0 0 0 1 569 320 249 

Redcliffe 5 1 4 0 0 0 437 253 184 



Charleville 43 11 22 0 0 11 1583 1045 539 

Dalby 10 3 7 0 0 0 501 272 228 

Ipswich 7 0 6 0 1 0 532 332 201 

Roma 5 0 5 0 0 0 716 470 246 

Toowoomba 5 1 2 0 1 1 434 258 176 

Warwick 5 5 0 0 0 0 394 234 160 

South Eastern 

Region 

6 2 3 0 0 1 446 268 178 

Logan 7 1 4 0 0 1 450 263 186 

Gold Coast 5 2 2 0 0 0 443 272 171 


Region 

8 1 6 0 0 0 463 265 198 

Albany Creek + 0 0 0 0 0 0 69 48 21 

Boondall* 7 0 6 0 1 0 370 217 153 

Brisbane City 45 8 38 0 0 0 5778 3384 2394 

Ferny Grove* 3 1 1 0 0 1 216 128 88 


Hendra 4 0 4 0 0 0 383 208 175 


Petrie 11 2 9 0 0 0 339 211 128 

Sandgate 15 0 15 0 0 0 392 222 170 

The Gap + 0 0 0 0 0 0 69 37 32 

Metropolitan 

South Region 

5 1 3 0 0 0 338 204 135 

Oxley 6 2 3 0 0 0 305 175 131 


Wynnum 3 1 3 0 0 0 298 196 101 









Total 

Rape (inc. 

Attempted) 

Other Sexual 

Offences 

Total 

Armed 

Robbery 

Unarmed 

Robbery 

Extortion 

Kidnapping, 

etcetera 



All Offences 

Far Northern 

Region 

235 58 178 40 13 27 3 7 112 1563 

Cairns 255 72 183 55 17 38 4 8 121 1869 

Innisfail 127 26 101 9 6 3 0 3 81 978 

Mareeba 252 34 218 16 7 9 2 5 102 966 


Mount Isa 294 93 201 43 12 31 6 15 204 2800 

Townsville 142 21 122 45 21 24 1 9 127 940 


Gladstone 179 37 141 45 18 28 5 5 133 984 

Longreach 104 26 78 9 9 0 0 9 35 622 

Mackay 136 16 120 23 15 9 0 6 56 681 

Rockhampton 213 42 171 38 19 19 2 12 113 971 

North Coast 

Region 

158 28 130 42 23 19 2 9 105 766 

Bundaberg 179 25 154 36 17 19 1 4 78 747 

Gympie 271 124 147 23 12 11 6 17 133 1067 

Maryborough 151 16 135 34 11 23 0 5 144 907 

Redcliffe 139 20 118 56 34 22 1 9 122 768 



Charleville 97 22 75 75 0 75 0 11 237 2046 

Dalby 177 34 143 14 7 7 3 3 82 790 

Ipswich 220 38 182 68 28 40 1 19 129 977 

Roma 146 18 128 23 14 9 5 5 164 1063 

Toowoomba 185 47 138 43 18 25 2 5 92 765 

Warwick 67 21 46 12 12 0 0 2 56 536 

South Eastern 

Region 

145 29 117 80 42 39 3 12 85 777 

Logan 210 36 174 78 43 36 1 16 75 839 

Gold Coast 99 23 75 82 41 41 4 8 92 732 

Metropolitan 

North Region 

165 24 141 113 59 55 2 11 116 879 

Albany Creek + 19 0 19 24 11 13 0 0 16 128 

Boondall* 157 20 137 59 39 20 1 6 116 717 

Brisbane City 974 257 718 1314 476 838 38 60 1050 9260 

Ferny Grove* 114 18 97 59 40 20 0 7 76 475 


Hendra 207 22 184 119 81 38 0 15 124 853 


Petrie 170 23 147 50 24 26 2 11 94 676 

Sandgate 113 8 106 31 21 10 0 28 88 667 

The Gap + 3 0 3 20 20 0 0 0 32 123 

Metropolitan 

South Region 

124 20 103 101 54 47 1 11 97 677 

Oxley 90 15 75 98 57 42 1 15 101 615 


Wynnum 125 22 103 44 21 23 1 5 79 553 





111



Region / District Total Dwellings 

Far Northern 

Region 


Dwellings - 

Without 

Violence 

Dwellings - 

With 

Violence 

Shops 

Other 

Premises 

Total 


From 

Dwellings 

Shop 

Stealing 

Veh. (Steal 

from, Enter 

with Intent) 

Other 

Stealing 

4005 1995 1933 62 606 1404 6448 642 1085 1368 3353 34 

Cairns 3277 1734 1681 53 466 1077 5536 524 948 1141 2923 28 

Innisfail 368 177 171 6 57 134 480 67 58 126 229 2 

Mareeba 360 84 81 3 83 193 432 51 79 101 201 4 

Northern Region 6137 3002 2942 60 888 2247 7234 718 685 2467 3364 79 

Mount Isa 1130 442 421 21 183 505 1150 113 119 340 578 15 

Townsville 5007 2560 2521 39 705 1742 6084 605 566 2127 2786 64 

Central Region 4966 2362 2282 80 639 1965 8140 766 829 2488 4057 82 

Gladstone 1035 494 479 15 133 408 1457 134 148 376 799 14 

Longreach 64 16 14 2 20 28 194 12 6 57 119 1 

Mackay 1521 655 634 21 196 670 3092 303 304 918 1567 34 

Rockhampton 2346 1197 1155 42 290 859 3397 317 371 1137 1572 33 

North Coast 

Region 

10991 5695 5576 119 1332 3964 19260 1574 2480 6673 8533 334 

Bundaberg 1348 686 672 14 141 521 2014 177 247 675 915 38 

Gympie 801 326 315 11 98 377 1182 105 113 357 607 31 

Maryborough 1434 797 773 24 127 510 2305 245 299 526 1235 41 

Redcliffe 3046 1682 1654 28 336 1028 5520 423 799 2016 2282 118 

Sunshine Coast 4362 2204 2162 42 630 1528 8239 624 1022 3099 3494 106 

Southern Region 8005 4646 4542 104 761 2598 10266 851 1311 3671 4433 266 

Charleville 135 53 46 7 17 65 189 20 16 51 102 3 

Dalby 321 141 135 6 39 141 526 33 49 147 297 16 

Ipswich 3259 2181 2139 42 211 867 4338 427 550 1534 1827 191 

Roma 343 124 118 6 51 168 433 34 15 145 239 4 

Toowoomba 3446 1980 1943 37 379 1087 4152 279 587 1640 1646 44 

Warwick 501 167 161 6 64 270 628 58 94 154 322 8 

South Eastern 

Region 

14389 8833 8692 141 1641 3915 25036 1576 2415 9694 11351 471 

Logan 5438 3128 3063 65 640 1670 8277 619 899 3159 3600 220 

Gold Coast 8951 5705 5629 76 1001 2245 16759 957 1516 6535 7751 251 


Region 

12995 7867 7778 89 1619 3509 21928 1189 3284 7471 9984 152 

Albany Creek + 182 107 105 2 19 56 222 14 37 76 95 5 

Boondall* 1684 970 965 5 235 479 2667 155 498 971 1043 25 

Brisbane City 1537 576 569 7 304 657 5855 123 1234 1264 3234 9 

Ferny Grove* 1685 1007 997 10 255 423 2391 171 277 1047 896 26 

Fortitude Valley 1218 680 672 8 124 414 2734 137 175 1113 1309 12 

Hendra 2363 1533 1519 14 260 570 2859 205 316 1132 1206 21 

Indooroopilly* 2751 2056 2038 18 217 478 2752 175 359 1042 1176 13 

Petrie 782 382 371 11 134 266 1494 111 319 451 613 25 

Sandgate 491 327 315 12 42 122 799 78 56 324 341 14 

The Gap + 302 229 227 2 29 44 155 20 13 51 71 2 

Metropolitan 

South Region 

15697 10141 10039 102 1527 4029 17737 1217 1821 7322 7377 272 

Oxley 5488 3535 3505 30 505 1448 4408 285 347 1834 1942 121 

South Brisbane 7720 5140 5092 48 749 1831 9333 636 1065 3933 3699 84 

Wynnum 2489 1466 1442 24 273 750 3996 296 409 1555 1736 67 

Queensland 77189 44542 43785 757 9013 23634 116053 8533 13911 41156 52453 1690 

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Far Northern 

Region 

Other Prop. 

Damage 

Motor Veh. 

Theft 

Total By Cheque 

Fraud Handling Stolen Goods Total 

By Credit 

Card 

Other 

Fraud, etc. 

Total 

Possess 

Prop. Susp. 

Stolen 

Receiving 

Stolen Prop. 

Possess, 

etc. Tainted 

Prop. 

Other 

All 

Offences 

2879 523 1187 323 222 642 513 89 150 269 5 15589 

Cairns 2251 434 937 176 216 545 441 80 110 248 3 12904 

Innisfail 317 45 98 38 4 56 37 4 17 14 2 1347 

Mareeba 311 44 152 109 2 41 35 5 23 7 0 1338 


Mount Isa 804 112 150 58 24 68 76 9 33 27 7 3437 

Townsville 3721 889 1274 295 367 612 339 87 98 152 2 17378 


Gladstone 896 119 887 151 77 659 90 13 17 60 0 4498 

Longreach 75 15 108 28 21 59 14 0 8 5 1 471 

Mackay 1524 287 762 191 282 289 151 25 45 77 4 7371 

Rockhampton 2132 299 767 284 108 375 181 21 60 97 3 9155 

North Coast 

Region 

9990 2992 3513 794 908 1811 833 102 275 444 12 47913 

Bundaberg 1172 193 444 61 55 328 84 9 25 50 0 5293 

Gympie 847 205 298 150 42 106 83 5 46 28 4 3447 

Maryborough 1105 189 437 73 123 241 81 20 41 18 2 5592 

Redcliffe 2958 1318 769 168 187 414 261 47 66 144 4 13990 



Charleville 140 11 63 32 20 11 24 1 7 15 1 565 

Dalby 340 48 68 27 9 32 23 4 8 11 0 1342 

Ipswich 2900 991 1107 59 293 755 182 63 63 54 2 12968 

Roma 285 50 127 95 13 19 31 4 12 11 4 1273 

Toowoomba 2526 502 893 176 318 399 287 9 111 162 5 11850 

Warwick 454 111 217 82 33 102 57 3 15 29 10 1976 

South Eastern 

Region 

11779 5366 4855 670 1428 2757 866 187 280 365 34 62762 

Logan 4596 2086 1296 200 334 762 309 75 101 129 4 22222 

Gold Coast 7183 3280 3559 470 1094 1995 557 112 179 236 30 40540 


Region 

11764 3822 6176 829 2561 2786 1451 419 334 685 13 58288 

Albany Creek + 143 34 24 6 11 7 5 1 1 3 0 615 

Boondall* 1556 425 851 119 367 365 160 39 34 85 2 7368 

Brisbane City 1833 552 2335 293 1023 1019 431 147 165 116 3 12552 

Ferny Grove* 1634 467 592 138 240 214 119 40 17 58 4 6914 


Hendra 1709 685 606 97 244 265 152 36 21 95 0 8395 


Petrie 996 281 308 49 109 150 138 16 24 98 0 4024 

Sandgate 646 145 101 11 35 55 39 14 8 17 0 2235 

The Gap + 119 28 18 3 5 10 5 3 0 2 0 629 

Metropolitan 

South Region 

11732 4515 4806 671 1397 2738 983 166 223 589 5 55742 

Oxley 3508 1220 1451 294 255 902 266 34 76 154 2 16462 


Wynnum 2623 649 925 120 259 546 164 16 39 107 2 10913 





113




Far Northern 

Region 


Dwellings - 

Without 

Violence 

Dwellings - 

With 

Violence 

Shops 

Other 

Premises 

Total 


From 

Dwellings 

Shop 

Stealing 

Veh. (Steal 

from, Enter 

with Intent) 

Other 

Stealing 

1037 441 390 51 226 370 1942 154 861 279 648 7 

Cairns 723 326 284 42 144 253 1588 105 755 201 527 7 

Innisfail 183 86 80 6 43 54 174 35 40 31 68 0 

Mareeba 131 29 26 3 39 63 180 14 66 47 53 0 


Mount Isa 261 128 111 17 21 112 260 18 90 48 104 6 

Townsville 725 370 348 22 139 216 1142 109 397 207 429 13 


Gladstone 219 106 96 10 29 84 379 40 102 76 161 4 

Longreach 27 10 8 2 7 10 98 5 4 30 59 1 

Mackay 313 133 120 13 38 142 723 70 253 119 281 7 

Rockhampton 442 212 186 26 73 157 830 56 262 209 303 10 

North Coast 

Region 

1469 768 703 65 192 509 4255 351 1823 844 1237 38 

Bundaberg 157 55 49 6 24 78 460 39 174 99 148 14 

Gympie 210 76 69 7 27 107 295 26 82 74 113 7 

Maryborough 243 128 114 14 24 91 626 70 241 81 234 6 

Redcliffe 355 248 235 13 44 63 1223 76 557 337 253 5 



Charleville 41 16 11 5 11 14 45 4 12 11 18 1 

Dalby 82 37 32 5 8 37 120 6 32 20 62 4 

Ipswich 379 282 258 24 33 64 943 85 425 177 256 15 

Roma 100 36 32 4 24 40 84 13 10 29 32 2 

Toowoomba 474 235 212 23 69 170 911 56 408 220 227 10 

Warwick 132 43 38 5 16 73 165 10 76 25 54 5 

South Eastern 

Region 

1458 1021 939 82 156 281 4044 241 1743 767 1293 23 

Logan 579 382 341 41 75 122 1445 106 628 260 451 11 

Gold Coast 879 639 598 41 81 159 2599 135 1115 507 842 12 


Region 

1184 675 627 48 176 333 4535 191 2344 854 1146 12 

Albany Creek + 14 7 5 2 3 4 39 0 25 6 8 0 

Boondall* 200 129 126 3 26 45 734 34 368 187 145 0 

Brisbane City 170 88 84 4 25 57 1434 15 963 97 359 0 

Ferny Grove* 124 67 62 5 25 32 423 24 191 95 113 1 


Hendra 175 103 97 6 27 45 472 39 187 137 109 2 


Petrie 103 42 36 6 16 45 407 24 238 59 86 2 

Sandgate 68 39 30 9 3 26 165 13 33 68 51 3 

The Gap + 13 5 5 0 3 5 23 2 10 1 10 0 

Metropolitan 

South Region 

1352 828 784 44 175 349 3154 198 1267 719 970 19 

Oxley 486 303 286 17 57 126 716 47 223 183 263 6 


Wynnum 176 109 101 8 25 42 748 38 284 187 239 5 


Arson 







Far Northern 

Region 

Other Prop. 

Damage 

Motor Veh. 

Theft^ Total By Cheque 


By Credit 

Card 

Other 

Fraud, etc. 

Total 

Possess 

Prop. Susp. 

Stolen 

Receiving 

Stolen Prop. 

Possess, 

etc. Tainted 

Prop. 

Other 

All 

Offences 

1140 254 822 239 126 457 483 80 147 252 4 5685 

Cairns 798 200 630 110 122 398 412 72 107 231 2 4358 

Innisfail 171 27 67 29 3 35 37 4 17 14 2 659 

Mareeba 171 27 125 100 1 24 34 4 23 7 0 668 


Mount Isa 233 55 78 23 16 39 73 9 33 25 6 966 

Townsville 786 276 927 235 233 459 319 78 97 142 2 4188 


Gladstone 220 50 800 125 69 606 84 10 15 59 0 1756 

Longreach 37 8 91 25 15 51 14 0 8 5 1 276 

Mackay 323 92 619 147 266 206 143 24 44 73 2 2220 

Rockhampton 530 110 553 209 85 259 170 18 59 92 1 2645 

North Coast 

Region 

1938 673 2347 509 591 1247 808 98 274 424 12 11528 

Bundaberg 224 72 273 19 27 227 80 9 25 46 0 1280 

Gympie 319 89 188 101 14 73 83 5 46 28 4 1191 

Maryborough 281 57 324 44 111 169 78 20 40 16 2 1615 

Redcliffe 528 220 477 99 104 274 252 44 66 138 4 3060 



Charleville 58 4 53 27 20 6 24 1 7 15 1 226 

Dalby 86 13 42 16 4 22 22 3 8 11 0 369 

Ipswich 577 180 819 20 225 574 179 61 63 53 2 3092 

Roma 90 17 89 68 12 9 29 3 11 11 4 411 

Toowoomba 420 129 619 105 239 275 275 7 110 154 4 2838 

Warwick 146 47 140 33 21 86 54 2 14 29 9 689 

South Eastern 

Region 

1439 876 2904 363 676 1865 817 170 271 354 22 11561 

Logan 624 338 750 126 121 503 294 68 99 125 2 4041 

Gold Coast 815 538 2154 237 555 1362 523 102 172 229 20 7520 


Region 

1954 715 3472 551 1157 1764 1401 398 329 661 13 13273 

Albany Creek + 16 5 5 2 1 2 5 1 1 3 0 84 

Boondall* 236 93 542 62 207 273 156 37 34 83 2 1961 

Brisbane City 444 102 1178 191 460 527 417 139 163 112 3 3745 

Ferny Grove* 214 76 396 116 134 146 114 40 16 54 4 1348 


Hendra 233 129 295 58 84 153 145 33 21 91 0 1451 


Petrie 198 47 220 35 66 119 131 14 24 93 0 1108 

Sandgate 146 38 62 8 20 34 39 14 8 17 0 521 

The Gap + 9 3 8 3 0 5 3 1 0 2 0 59 

Metropolitan 

South Region 

1560 751 3268 441 686 2141 966 162 222 577 5 11070 

Oxley 482 183 1106 251 98 757 258 31 75 150 2 3237 


Wynnum 372 130 614 59 112 443 162 16 39 105 2 2207 


^ Recovery of a Motor Vehicle does not in itself clear an offence of Motor Vehicle Theft (see Glossary on page 147). The recovery rate for 2000/2001 was approximately 85%. 




115




Far Northern 

Region 


Dwellings - 

Without 

Violence 

Dwellings - 

With 

Violence 

Shops 

Other 

Premises 

Total 


From 

Dwellings 

Shop 

Stealing 

Veh. (Steal 

from, Enter 

with Intent) 

Other 

Stealing 

170 89 83 1 31 50 168 24 25 30 89 1 

Cairns 158 83 77 1 30 45 135 16 24 26 69 1 

Innisfail 5 4 4 0 0 1 14 6 0 1 7 0 

Mareeba 7 2 2 0 1 4 19 2 1 3 13 0 


Mount Isa 21 8 8 0 2 11 19 6 4 3 6 0 

Townsville 165 81 62 9 23 61 149 29 22 36 62 6 


Gladstone 22 7 7 0 0 15 51 11 4 18 18 1 

Longreach 4 1 1 0 0 3 4 0 0 3 1 0 

Mackay 53 17 16 0 10 26 113 18 12 19 64 7 

Rockhampton 53 36 34 0 1 16 86 20 10 15 41 2 

North Coast 

Region 

314 149 129 11 52 113 656 77 84 294 201 8 

Bundaberg 53 17 12 3 7 29 47 10 4 11 22 1 

Gympie 29 12 9 3 4 13 29 3 2 8 16 0 

Maryborough 36 20 17 2 4 12 59 16 8 14 21 1 

Redcliffe 91 52 48 1 16 23 196 21 37 78 60 1 



Charleville 3 2 2 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 3 0 

Dalby 3 1 1 0 0 2 19 5 1 1 12 0 

Ipswich 69 44 40 3 2 23 86 26 7 18 35 16 

Roma 10 2 0 2 3 5 8 2 3 0 3 0 

Toowoomba 80 35 32 0 25 20 96 14 19 12 51 0 

Warwick 15 8 7 1 2 5 25 1 10 2 12 0 

South Eastern 

Region 

302 233 192 15 14 55 469 72 66 127 204 2 

Logan 143 102 79 10 8 33 197 39 30 39 89 1 

Gold Coast 159 131 113 5 6 22 272 33 36 88 115 1 


Region 

350 204 192 3 40 106 770 50 97 383 240 2 

Albany Creek* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Boondall* 54 24 23 1 8 22 213 3 4 168 38 0 

Brisbane City 32 5 5 0 5 22 104 1 30 10 63 0 

Ferny Grove* 60 44 40 0 11 5 73 10 14 14 35 1 


Hendra 55 32 32 0 3 20 174 12 16 113 33 0 


Petrie 31 9 7 0 5 17 40 6 18 8 8 0 

Sandgate 15 10 9 1 3 2 61 6 1 50 4 1 

The Gap* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Metropolitan 

South Region 

479 378 356 6 31 70 370 56 57 107 150 4 

Oxley 232 181 170 4 10 41 98 13 11 30 44 1 


Wynnum 48 26 24 0 4 18 102 13 18 37 34 1 


Arson 







Far Northern 

Region 

Other Prop. 

Damage 

Motor Veh. 

Theft^ Total By Cheque 


By Credit 

Card 

Other 

Fraud, etc. 

Total 

Possess 

Prop. Susp. 

Stolen 

Receiving 

Stolen Prop. 

Possess, 

etc. Tainted 

Prop. 

Other 

All 

Offences 

94 28 81 30 17 34 11 1 5 5 0 553 

Cairns 77 20 52 18 10 24 6 1 2 3 0 449 

Innisfail 6 0 12 1 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 37 

Mareeba 11 8 17 11 0 6 5 0 3 2 0 67 


Mount Isa 15 3 13 7 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 71 

Townsville 99 41 233 61 18 154 13 4 4 5 0 706 


Gladstone 23 3 62 20 3 39 0 0 0 0 0 162 

Longreach 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 

Mackay 71 23 153 28 20 105 2 1 1 0 0 422 

Rockhampton 59 9 92 51 10 31 6 0 0 3 3 307 

North Coast 

Region 

362 114 743 206 97 440 14 4 4 6 0 2211 

Bundaberg 28 8 59 43 2 14 1 0 0 1 0 197 

Gympie 24 8 43 18 2 23 2 0 1 1 0 135 

Maryborough 30 4 175 28 5 142 5 3 2 0 0 310 

Redcliffe 71 49 221 38 78 105 4 0 1 3 0 633 



Charleville 1 0 10 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 18 

Dalby 5 1 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 34 

Ipswich 72 31 70 9 33 28 2 2 0 0 0 346 

Roma 5 2 25 20 0 5 3 0 2 1 0 53 

Toowoomba 51 15 117 31 14 72 9 4 0 5 0 368 

Warwick 17 6 17 10 1 6 2 0 1 0 1 82 

South Eastern 

Region 

241 169 640 170 73 397 27 3 12 9 3 1850 

Logan 125 66 197 87 28 82 20 3 9 7 1 749 

Gold Coast 116 103 443 83 45 315 7 0 3 2 2 1101 


Region 

446 154 766 112 265 389 22 8 0 14 0 2510 

Albany Creek + 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Boondall* 139 36 127 23 38 66 4 3 0 1 0 573 

Brisbane City 70 17 341 18 146 177 4 2 0 2 0 568 

Ferny Grove* 39 23 60 11 13 36 3 1 0 2 0 259 


Hendra 89 29 49 11 10 28 3 1 0 2 0 399 


Petrie 28 9 33 9 8 16 5 0 0 5 0 146 

Sandgate 35 4 11 4 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 127 

The Gap + 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Metropolitan 

South Region 

278 120 567 223 106 238 19 4 2 10 3 1837 

Oxley 106 52 86 38 14 34 5 2 0 3 0 580 


Wynnum 74 19 159 117 21 21 5 0 1 3 1 408 


^ Recovery of a Motor Vehicle does not in itself clear an offence of Motor Vehicle Theft (see Glossary on page 147). The recovery rate for 2000/2001 was approximately 85%. 




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Far Northern 

Region 


Dwellings - 

Without 

Violence 

Dwellings - 

With 

Violence 

Shops 

Other 

Premises 

Total 


From 

Dwellings 

Shop 

Stealing 

Veh. (Steal 

from, Enter 

with Intent) 

Other 

Stealing 

26 22 20 82 37 26 30 24 79 20 19 21 

Cairns 22 19 17 79 31 23 29 20 80 18 18 25 

Innisfail 50 49 47 100 75 40 36 52 69 25 30 0 

Mareeba 36 35 32 100 47 33 42 27 84 47 26 0 


Mount Isa 23 29 26 81 11 22 23 16 76 14 18 40 

Townsville 14 14 14 56 20 12 19 18 70 10 15 20 


Gladstone 21 21 20 67 22 21 26 30 69 20 20 29 

Longreach 42 63 57 100 35 36 51 42 67 53 50 100 

Mackay 21 20 19 62 19 21 23 23 83 13 18 21 

Rockhampton 19 18 16 62 25 18 24 18 71 18 19 30 

North Coast 

Region 

13 13 13 55 14 13 22 22 74 13 14 11 

Bundaberg 12 8 7 43 17 15 23 22 70 15 16 37 

Gympie 26 23 22 64 28 28 25 25 73 21 19 23 

Maryborough 17 16 15 58 19 18 27 29 81 15 19 15 

Redcliffe 12 15 14 46 13 6 22 18 70 17 11 4 



Charleville 30 30 24 71 65 22 24 20 75 22 18 33 

Dalby 26 26 24 83 21 26 23 18 65 14 21 25 

Ipswich 12 13 12 57 16 7 22 20 77 12 14 8 

Roma 29 29 27 67 47 24 19 38 67 20 13 50 

Toowoomba 14 12 11 62 18 16 22 20 70 13 14 23 

Warwick 26 26 24 83 25 27 26 17 81 16 17 63 

South Eastern 

Region 

10 12 11 58 10 7 16 15 72 8 11 5 

Logan 11 12 11 63 12 7 17 17 70 8 13 5 

Gold Coast 10 11 11 54 8 7 16 14 74 8 11 5 


Region 

9 9 8 54 11 9 21 16 71 11 11 8 

Albany Creek + 8 7 5 100 16 7 18 0 68 8 8 0 

Boondall* 12 13 13 60 11 9 28 22 74 19 14 0 

Brisbane City 11 15 15 57 8 9 24 12 78 8 11 0 

Ferny Grove* 7 7 6 50 10 8 18 14 69 9 13 4 


Hendra 7 7 6 43 10 8 17 19 59 12 9 10 


Petrie 13 11 10 55 12 17 27 22 75 13 14 8 

Sandgate 14 12 10 75 7 21 21 17 59 21 15 21 

The Gap + 4 2 2 0 10 11 15 10 77 2 14 0 

Metropolitan 

South Region 

9 8 8 43 11 9 18 16 70 10 13 7 

Oxley 9 9 8 57 11 9 16 16 64 10 14 5 


Wynnum 7 7 7 33 9 6 19 13 69 12 14 7 





Arson 





Far Northern 

Region 

Other Prop. 

Damage 

Motor Veh. 

Theft** 



By Credit 

Card 

Other 

Fraud, etc. 

Total 

Possess 

Prop. Susp. 

Stolen 

Receiving 

Stolen Prop. 

Possess, 

etc. Tainted 

Prop. 

Other 

All 

Offences 

40 49 69 74 57 71 94 90 98 94 80 36 

Cairns 35 46 67 63 56 73 93 90 97 93 67 34 

Innisfail 54 60 68 76 75 63 100 100 100 100 100 49 

Mareeba 55 61 82 92 50 59 97 80 100 100 0 50 


Mount Isa 29 49 52 40 67 57 96 100 100 93 86 28 

Townsville 21 31 73 80 63 75 94 90 99 93 100 24 


Gladstone 25 42 90 83 90 92 93 77 88 98 0 39 

Longreach 49 53 84 89 71 86 100 0 100 100 100 59 

Mackay 21 32 81 77 94 71 95 96 98 95 50 30 

Rockhampton 25 37 72 74 79 69 94 86 98 95 33 29 

North Coast 

Region 

19 22 67 64 65 69 97 96 100 95 100 24 

Bundaberg 19 37 61 31 49 69 95 100 100 92 0 24 

Gympie 38 43 63 67 33 69 100 100 100 100 100 35 

Maryborough 25 30 74 60 90 70 96 100 98 89 100 29 

Redcliffe 18 17 62 59 56 66 97 94 100 96 100 22 



Charleville 41 36 84 84 100 55 100 100 100 100 100 40 

Dalby 25 27 62 59 44 69 96 75 100 100 0 27 

Ipswich 20 18 74 34 77 76 98 97 100 98 100 24 

Roma 32 34 70 72 92 47 94 75 92 100 100 32 

Toowoomba 17 26 69 60 75 69 96 78 99 95 80 24 

Warwick 32 42 65 40 64 84 95 67 93 100 90 35 

South Eastern 

Region 

12 16 60 54 47 68 94 91 97 97 65 18 

Logan 14 16 58 63 36 66 95 91 98 97 50 18 

Gold Coast 11 16 61 50 51 68 94 91 96 97 67 19 


Region 

17 19 56 66 45 63 97 95 99 96 100 23 

Albany Creek + 11 15 21 33 9 29 100 100 100 100 0 14 

Boondall* 15 22 64 52 56 75 98 95 100 98 100 27 

Brisbane City 24 18 50 65 45 52 97 95 99 97 100 30 

Ferny Grove* 13 16 67 84 56 68 96 100 94 93 100 19 


Hendra 14 19 49 60 34 58 95 92 100 96 0 17 


Petrie 20 17 71 71 61 79 95 88 100 95 0 28 

Sandgate 23 26 61 73 57 62 100 100 100 100 0 23 

The Gap + 8 11 44 100 0 50 60 33 0 100 0 9 

Metropolitan 

South Region 

13 17 68 66 49 78 98 98 100 98 100 20 

Oxley 14 15 76 85 38 84 97 91 99 97 100 20 


Wynnum 14 20 66 49 43 81 99 100 100 98 100 20 





** Recovery of a Motor Vehicle does not in itself clear an offence of Motor Vehicle Theft (see Glossary on page 147). 


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Far Northern 

Region 


Dwellings - 

Without 

Violence 

Dwellings - 

With 

Violence 

Shops 

Other 

Premises 

Total 


From 

Dwellings 

Shop 

Stealing 

Veh. (Steal 

from, Enter 

with Intent) 

Other 

Stealing 

1739 866 839 27 263 610 2799 279 471 594 1456 15 

Cairns 2160 1143 1108 35 307 710 3649 345 625 752 1927 18 

Innisfail 1065 512 495 17 165 388 1389 194 168 365 663 6 

Mareeba 817 191 184 7 188 438 980 116 179 229 456 9 


Mount Isa 3500 1369 1304 65 567 1564 3562 350 369 1053 1790 46 

Townsville 2426 1240 1221 19 342 844 2948 293 274 1030 1350 31 


Gladstone 1681 802 778 24 216 663 2367 218 240 611 1298 23 

Longreach 553 138 121 17 173 242 1677 104 52 493 1029 9 

Mackay 1177 507 490 16 152 518 2392 234 235 710 1212 26 

Rockhampton 1895 967 933 34 234 694 2744 256 300 919 1270 27 

North Coast 

Region 

1704 883 865 18 207 615 2986 244 385 1035 1323 52 

Bundaberg 1620 824 807 17 169 626 2420 213 297 811 1099 46 

Gympie 1226 499 482 17 150 577 1809 161 173 546 929 47 

Maryborough 1718 955 926 29 152 611 2761 293 358 630 1479 49 

Redcliffe 1804 996 980 17 199 609 3269 251 473 1194 1352 70 



Charleville 1454 571 495 75 183 700 2036 215 172 549 1099 32 

Dalby 1093 480 460 20 133 480 1791 112 167 501 1011 54 

Ipswich 2058 1378 1351 27 133 548 2740 270 347 969 1154 121 

Roma 1564 566 538 27 233 766 1975 155 68 661 1090 18 

Toowoomba 2230 1281 1257 24 245 703 2686 181 380 1061 1065 28 

Warwick 1162 387 373 14 148 626 1456 134 218 357 747 19 

South Eastern 

Region 

2247 1379 1357 22 256 611 3909 246 377 1514 1772 74 

Logan 2022 1163 1139 24 238 621 3078 230 334 1175 1339 82 

Gold Coast 2409 1536 1515 20 269 604 4511 258 408 1759 2086 68 


Region 

2443 1479 1462 17 304 660 4122 223 617 1404 1877 29 

Albany Creek + 484 285 279 5 51 149 590 37 98 202 253 13 

Boondall* 2433 1402 1394 7 340 692 3853 224 720 1403 1507 36 

Brisbane City 11609 4350 4298 53 2296 4962 44222 929 9320 9547 24426 68 

Ferny Grove* 1850 1105 1094 11 280 464 2625 188 304 1149 984 29 


Hendra 3303 2143 2123 20 363 797 3996 287 442 1582 1686 29 


Petrie 1188 580 564 17 204 404 2270 169 485 685 932 38 

Sandgate 1265 843 812 31 108 314 2059 201 144 835 879 36 

The Gap + 866 656 651 6 83 126 444 57 37 146 203 6 

Metropolitan 

South Region 

2631 1700 1683 17 256 675 2973 204 305 1227 1236 46 

Oxley 3048 1963 1946 17 280 804 2448 158 193 1018 1078 67 


Wynnum 1411 831 818 14 155 425 2265 168 232 882 984 38 


Arson 







Far Northern 

Region 

Other Prop. 

Damage 

Motor Veh. 

Theft 



By Credit 

Card 

Other 

Fraud, etc. 

Total 

Possess 

Prop. Susp. 

Stolen 

Receiving 

Stolen Prop. 

Possess, 

etc. Tainted 

Prop. 

Other 

All 

Offences 

1250 227 515 140 96 279 223 39 65 117 2 6768 

Cairns 1484 286 618 116 142 359 291 53 73 163 2 8506 

Innisfail 917 130 284 110 12 162 107 12 49 41 6 3897 

Mareeba 705 100 345 247 5 93 79 11 52 16 0 3035 


Mount Isa 2490 347 465 180 74 211 235 28 102 84 22 10644 

Townsville 1803 431 617 143 178 297 164 42 47 74 1 8419 


Gladstone 1455 193 1441 245 125 1070 146 21 28 97 0 7307 

Longreach 648 130 934 242 182 510 121 0 69 43 9 4072 

Mackay 1179 222 589 148 218 224 117 19 35 60 3 5702 

Rockhampton 1722 242 620 229 87 303 146 17 48 78 2 7396 

North Coast 

Region 

1549 464 545 123 141 281 129 16 43 69 2 7429 

Bundaberg 1408 232 534 73 66 394 101 11 30 60 0 6360 

Gympie 1296 314 456 230 64 162 127 8 70 43 6 5276 

Maryborough 1324 226 523 87 147 289 97 24 49 22 2 6698 

Redcliffe 1752 781 455 99 111 245 155 28 39 85 2 8286 



Charleville 1508 118 679 345 215 118 258 11 75 162 11 6085 

Dalby 1158 163 232 92 31 109 78 14 27 37 0 4570 

Ipswich 1832 626 699 37 185 477 115 40 40 34 1 8191 

Roma 1300 228 579 433 59 87 141 18 55 50 18 5806 

Toowoomba 1634 325 578 114 206 258 186 6 72 105 3 7667 

Warwick 1053 257 503 190 77 237 132 7 35 67 23 4582 

South Eastern 

Region 

1839 838 758 105 223 430 135 29 44 57 5 9800 

Logan 1709 776 482 74 124 283 115 28 38 48 1 8263 

Gold Coast 1933 883 958 127 294 537 150 30 48 64 8 10912 


Region 

2211 718 1161 156 481 524 273 79 63 129 2 10956 

Albany Creek + 380 90 64 16 29 19 13 3 3 8 0 1636 

Boondall* 2248 614 1230 172 530 527 231 56 49 123 3 10646 

Brisbane City 13844 4169 17636 2213 7727 7696 3255 1110 1246 876 23 94804 

Ferny Grove* 1794 513 650 151 263 235 131 44 19 64 4 7589 


Hendra 2389 957 847 136 341 370 212 50 29 133 0 11733 


Petrie 1514 427 468 74 166 228 210 24 36 149 0 6115 

Sandgate 1665 374 260 28 90 142 101 36 21 44 0 5760 

The Gap + 341 80 52 9 14 29 14 9 0 6 0 1803 

Metropolitan 

South Region 

1966 757 806 112 234 459 165 28 37 99 1 9343 

Oxley 1948 678 806 163 142 501 148 19 42 86 1 9142 


Wynnum 1487 368 524 68 147 310 93 9 22 61 1 6187 





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Region /District Total Trafficking 

Far Northern 

Region 

Drug Offences 

Possess Dang. 

Drugs 

Produce Dang. 

Drugs 

Supply Dang. 

Drugs 

Other Drug 

Offences 

Liquor (excl. 

Drunkenness) 

Gaming Racing 

& Betting 

Breach Domestic 

Violence 


4779 17 2516 253 227 1766 359 3 1174 

Cairns 3106 15 1669 138 139 1145 216 3 893 

Innisfail 724 0 372 42 21 289 37 0 89 

Mareeba 949 2 475 73 67 332 106 0 192 


Mount Isa 439 0 223 11 11 194 70 2 313 

Townsville 2724 6 1335 120 60 1203 113 0 471 


Gladstone 764 1 317 43 19 384 55 0 122 

Longreach 304 0 227 5 2 70 7 0 25 

Mackay 1317 5 631 97 37 547 34 0 210 

Rockhampton 1264 0 571 90 36 567 93 0 254 

North Coast 

Region 

6386 11 2758 509 372 2736 194 0 969 

Bundaberg 646 2 284 65 41 254 29 0 94 

Gympie 744 2 326 88 18 310 26 0 175 

Maryborough 1129 1 492 83 12 541 53 0 114 

Redcliffe 1181 1 551 74 35 520 18 0 266 



Charleville 140 0 59 4 12 65 32 0 37 

Dalby 233 1 102 23 4 103 10 0 34 

Ipswich 1159 2 570 67 18 502 46 0 219 

Roma 236 1 98 7 6 124 27 0 29 

Toowoomba 1079 2 466 67 36 508 37 0 173 

Warwick 575 0 279 20 13 263 45 0 61 

South Eastern 

Region 

4507 16 2182 236 149 1924 142 2 843 

Logan 1960 5 934 98 50 873 30 0 396 

Gold Coast 2547 11 1248 138 99 1051 112 2 447 


Region 

4624 22 2286 94 234 1988 110 1 556 

Albany Creek + 32 0 12 1 0 19 0 0 31 

Boondall* 437 1 226 12 10 188 8 0 88 

Brisbane City 827 7 437 5 93 285 50 1 40 

Ferny Grove* 535 0 248 15 11 261 5 0 70 


Hendra 530 1 270 14 17 228 7 0 102 


Petrie 514 2 221 23 9 259 20 0 40 

Sandgate 306 0 148 6 4 148 6 0 108 

The Gap + 39 0 20 2 0 17 1 0 2 

Metropolitan 

South Region 

4413 22 1921 136 358 1976 64 0 575 

Oxley 1241 8 548 30 80 575 10 0 165 


Wynnum 956 1 452 47 33 423 27 0 180 







Prostitution 


Total 

Found in Places 

used for Purp. 

Have Interest 

in Premises 

Knowingly 

Part. in Provis. 

Public 

Soliciting 

Procuring 

Prostitution 

Permit Minor at 

Place used for 

Advertising 

Prostitution 

Other Prostitution 

Offences 

Far Northern 

Region 

21 10 3 3 0 0 0 3 2 

Cairns 21 10 3 3 0 0 0 3 2 

Innisfail 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Mareeba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 


Mount Isa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Townsville 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 


Gladstone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Longreach 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Mackay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Rockhampton 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 

North Coast 

Region 

29 4 6 12 0 6 0 0 1 

Bundaberg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Gympie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Maryborough 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Redcliffe 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 



Charleville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Dalby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Ipswich 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Roma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Toowoomba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Warwick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

South Eastern 

Region 

71 24 8 18 11 5 1 4 0 

Logan 18 3 6 8 0 1 0 0 0 

Gold Coast 53 21 2 10 11 4 1 4 0 


Region 

361 27 5 17 306 2 0 1 3 

Albany Creek + 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Boondall* 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 

Brisbane City 16 7 1 3 3 0 0 0 2 

Ferny Grove* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 


Hendra 15 5 2 6 2 0 0 0 0 


Petrie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Sandgate 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

The Gap + 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Metropolitan 

South Region 

67 28 10 20 1 2 0 1 5 

Oxley 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 


Wynnum 15 3 3 7 0 2 0 0 0 





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Far Northern 

Region 

Trespassing 

and Vagrancy 

Stock Related 

Offences 

Total 

Unlawful 

possn conc. 

firearm 


Unlawful 

possn firearm 

- Other 

Bomb possn 

and/or use of 

Possn and/or 

use other 

weapons, etc 

Weapons Act 

Offences - 

Other 

Traffic & Related Off. 

Total 

Dang. 

Operation of 

Vehicle 

277 1 557 21 151 6 193 186 3493 103 

Cairns 199 0 372 16 89 3 158 106 2453 61 

Innisfail 48 0 52 0 10 1 20 21 544 24 

Mareeba 30 1 133 5 52 2 15 59 496 18 


Mount Isa 87 18 151 7 31 6 55 52 599 22 

Townsville 177 2 331 8 80 5 93 145 2434 105 


Gladstone 108 0 146 5 43 2 34 62 598 34 

Longreach 3 2 34 3 7 1 2 21 104 6 

Mackay 71 0 166 11 53 7 38 57 1109 57 

Rockhampton 143 2 243 15 68 6 61 93 1145 51 

North Coast 

Region 

422 3 773 49 191 13 245 275 5013 200 

Bundaberg 52 0 120 8 32 3 40 37 559 22 

Gympie 59 0 141 10 39 2 24 66 707 24 

Maryborough 83 3 139 10 33 1 44 51 777 20 

Redcliffe 101 0 154 9 33 3 53 56 1122 61 



Charleville 20 6 66 1 9 9 12 35 134 3 

Dalby 23 1 86 3 31 1 11 40 270 10 

Ipswich 125 0 163 6 35 3 64 55 1318 71 

Roma 17 21 86 3 31 2 12 38 163 6 

Toowoomba 96 6 127 11 25 1 48 42 842 64 

Warwick 41 4 73 2 22 0 18 31 539 31 

South Eastern 

Region 

301 4 591 35 104 13 289 150 5331 213 

Logan 142 3 319 14 63 6 143 93 1691 99 

Gold Coast 159 1 272 21 41 7 146 57 3640 114 

Metropolitan 

North Region 

418 0 542 31 53 8 357 93 3453 168 

Albany Creek + 5 0 5 0 1 0 3 1 44 5 

Boondall* 42 0 48 7 1 0 26 14 386 25 

Brisbane City 122 0 124 6 4 2 98 14 650 28 

Ferny Grove* 49 0 45 2 6 3 27 7 427 22 


Hendra 30 0 63 1 5 1 48 8 491 25 


Petrie 51 0 72 9 13 2 26 22 395 25 

Sandgate 32 0 38 0 6 0 24 8 329 13 

The Gap + 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 51 4 

Metropolitan 

South Region 

310 0 490 24 63 14 266 123 2792 197 

Oxley 80 0 160 6 14 7 90 43 802 74 


Wynnum 109 0 101 5 19 4 50 23 811 37 







Traffic & Related Offences Good Order Offences Total 

Region/District 

Drink Driving 

Offences 

Disqualified 

Driving 

Interfere with 

Mech. of M/V 

Total 

Indecent 

Behaviour 

Language 

Offences 

Disorderly 

Conduct 

Resist, 

Hinder, etc. 

Fare 

Evasion 

Miscellaneous 

Offences 

All Offences 

Far Northern 

Region 

2918 463 9 4058 226 594 1545 1588 105 315 15037 

Cairns 2042 345 5 2877 134 398 1145 1104 96 226 10366 

Innisfail 463 56 1 664 37 94 220 309 4 42 2200 

Mareeba 413 62 3 517 55 102 180 175 5 47 2471 

Northern 

Region 

2447 442 17 2639 238 369 838 1109 85 294 10868 

Mount Isa 455 116 6 1145 92 169 481 392 11 62 2886 

Townsville 1992 326 11 1494 146 200 357 717 74 232 7982 

Central Region 2387 411 10 2472 233 342 686 1141 70 284 11081 

Gladstone 469 90 5 649 68 85 142 341 13 119 2561 

Longreach 87 11 0 91 13 25 26 27 0 7 577 

Mackay 906 143 3 701 76 93 155 341 36 61 3669 

Rockhampton 925 167 2 1031 76 139 363 432 21 97 4274 

North Coast 

Region 

4008 788 17 2942 154 457 697 1502 132 563 17294 

Bundaberg 436 99 2 392 18 67 107 186 14 55 1947 

Gympie 558 121 4 538 13 95 174 248 8 84 2474 

Maryborough 648 106 3 583 37 129 112 286 19 75 2956 

Redcliffe 799 256 6 543 14 51 85 348 45 183 3572 

Sunshine Coast 1567 206 2 886 72 115 219 434 46 166 6345 

Southern 

Region 

2440 622 19 2843 253 469 827 1151 143 613 11857 

Charleville 105 25 1 208 17 34 71 83 3 112 755 

Dalby 213 44 3 213 24 43 67 77 2 20 890 

Ipswich 921 320 6 1041 77 182 293 404 85 196 4269 

Roma 141 16 0 219 21 29 72 94 3 28 826 

Toowoomba 652 120 6 810 86 114 202 359 49 198 3368 

Warwick 408 97 3 352 28 67 122 134 1 59 1749 

South Eastern 

Region 

4467 645 6 3175 231 500 776 1478 190 635 15602 

Logan 1306 284 2 913 23 127 134 521 108 203 5675 

Gold Coast 3161 361 4 2262 208 373 642 957 82 432 9927 

Metropolitan 

North Region 

2664 610 11 3822 328 515 943 1610 426 1035 14922 

Albany Creek + 32 7 0 23 2 3 7 10 1 6 146 

Boondall* 275 85 1 301 11 59 49 128 54 80 1391 

Brisbane City 541 79 2 1434 198 171 460 516 89 403 3667 

Ferny Grove* 288 115 2 269 5 36 48 125 55 111 1511 

Fortitude Valley 276 39 1 735 63 104 190 342 36 87 2719 

Hendra 393 72 1 238 17 21 37 96 67 108 1584 

Indooroopilly* 295 46 2 134 12 14 29 54 25 68 1033 

Petrie 300 69 1 435 11 70 81 205 68 117 1644 

Sandgate 222 93 1 237 9 36 37 127 28 48 1104 

The Gap + 42 5 0 16 0 1 5 7 3 7 123 

Metropolitan 

South Region 

2142 431 22 1805 51 262 329 820 343 752 11268 

Oxley 566 159 3 427 3 43 52 234 95 176 3064 

South Brisbane 912 170 11 869 31 134 171 377 156 400 5320 

Wynnum 664 102 8 509 17 85 106 209 92 176 2884 

Queensland 23473 4412 111 23756 1714 3508 6641 10399 1494 4491 108146 




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Region /District Total Trafficking 

Far Northern 

Region 

Drug Offences 

Possess Dang. 

Drugs 

Produce Dang. 

Drugs 

Supply Dang. 

Drugs 

Other Drug 

Offences 

Liquor (excl. 

Drunkenness) 

Gaming Racing 

& Betting 

Breach Domestic 

Violence 


2075 7 1092 110 99 767 156 1 510 

Cairns 2047 10 1100 91 92 755 142 2 589 

Innisfail 2095 0 1076 122 61 836 107 0 258 

Mareeba 2153 5 1077 166 152 753 240 0 435 


Mount Isa 1360 0 691 34 34 601 217 6 969 

Townsville 1320 3 647 58 29 583 55 0 228 


Gladstone 1241 2 515 70 31 624 89 0 198 

Longreach 2628 0 1962 43 17 605 61 0 216 

Mackay 1019 4 488 75 29 423 26 0 162 

Rockhampton 1021 0 461 73 29 458 75 0 205 

North Coast 

Region 

990 2 428 79 58 424 30 0 150 

Bundaberg 776 2 341 78 49 305 35 0 113 

Gympie 1139 3 499 135 28 474 40 0 268 

Maryborough 1352 1 589 99 14 648 63 0 137 

Redcliffe 699 1 326 44 21 308 11 0 158 



Charleville 1508 0 635 43 129 700 345 0 398 

Dalby 793 3 347 78 14 351 34 0 116 

Ipswich 732 1 360 42 11 317 29 0 138 

Roma 1076 5 447 32 27 566 123 0 132 

Toowoomba 698 1 302 43 23 329 24 0 112 

Warwick 1333 0 647 46 30 610 104 0 141 

South Eastern 

Region 

704 2 341 37 23 300 22 0 132 

Logan 729 2 347 36 19 325 11 0 147 

Gold Coast 686 3 336 37 27 283 30 1 120 


Region 

869 4 430 18 44 374 21 0 105 

Albany Creek + 85 0 32 3 0 51 0 0 82 

Boondall* 631 1 327 17 14 272 12 0 127 

Brisbane City 6246 53 3301 38 702 2153 378 8 302 

Ferny Grove* 587 0 272 16 12 286 5 0 77 


Hendra 741 1 377 20 24 319 10 0 143 


Petrie 781 3 336 35 14 394 30 0 61 

Sandgate 789 0 381 15 10 381 15 0 278 

The Gap + 112 0 57 6 0 49 3 0 6 

Metropolitan 

South Region 

740 4 322 23 60 331 11 0 96 

Oxley 689 4 304 17 44 319 6 0 92 


Wynnum 542 1 256 27 19 240 15 0 102 







Prostitution 


Total 

Found in Places 

used for Purp. 

Have Interest 

in Premises 

Knowingly 

Part. in Provis. 

Public 

Soliciting 

Procuring 

Prostitution 

Permit Minor at 

Place used for 

Advertising 

Prostitution 

Other Prostitution 

Offences 

Far Northern 

Region 

9 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 

Cairns 14 7 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 

Innisfail 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Mareeba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 


Mount Isa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Townsville 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 


Gladstone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Longreach 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Mackay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Rockhampton 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 

North Coast 

Region 

4 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 

Bundaberg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Gympie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Maryborough 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Redcliffe 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 



Charleville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Dalby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Ipswich 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Roma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Toowoomba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Warwick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

South Eastern 

Region 

11 4 1 3 2 1 0 1 0 

Logan 7 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 

Gold Coast 14 6 1 3 3 1 0 1 0 


Region 

68 5 1 3 58 0 0 0 1 

Albany Creek + 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Boondall* 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 

Brisbane City 121 53 8 23 23 0 0 0 15 

Ferny Grove* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 


Hendra 21 7 3 8 3 0 0 0 0 


Petrie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Sandgate 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

The Gap + 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Metropolitan 

South Region 

11 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 

Oxley 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 


Wynnum 9 2 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 





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Far Northern 

Region 

Trespassing 

and Vagrancy 

Stock Related 

Offences 

Total 

Unlawful 

possn conc. 

firearm 


Unlawful 

possn firearm 

- Other 

Bomb possn 

and/or use of 

Possn and/or 

use other 

weapons, etc 

Weapons Act 

Offences - 

Other 

Traffic & Related Off. 

Total 

Dang. 

Operation of 

Vehicle 

120 0 242 9 66 3 84 81 1516 45 

Cairns 131 0 245 11 59 2 104 70 1617 40 

Innisfail 139 0 150 0 29 3 58 61 1574 69 

Mareeba 68 2 302 11 118 5 34 134 1125 41 


Mount Isa 269 56 468 22 96 19 170 161 1855 68 

Townsville 86 1 160 4 39 2 45 70 1179 51 


Gladstone 175 0 237 8 70 3 55 101 971 55 

Longreach 26 17 294 26 61 9 17 182 899 52 

Mackay 55 0 128 9 41 5 29 44 858 44 

Rockhampton 116 2 196 12 55 5 49 75 925 41 

North Coast 

Region 

65 0 120 8 30 2 38 43 777 31 

Bundaberg 62 0 144 10 38 4 48 44 672 26 

Gympie 90 0 216 15 60 3 37 101 1082 37 

Maryborough 99 4 166 12 40 1 53 61 931 24 

Redcliffe 60 0 91 5 20 2 31 33 664 36 



Charleville 215 65 711 11 97 97 129 377 1443 32 

Dalby 78 3 293 10 106 3 37 136 919 34 

Ipswich 79 0 103 4 22 2 40 35 832 45 

Roma 78 96 392 14 141 9 55 173 743 27 

Toowoomba 62 4 82 7 16 1 31 27 545 41 

Warwick 95 9 169 5 51 0 42 72 1250 72 

South Eastern 

Region 

47 1 92 5 16 2 45 23 832 33 

Logan 53 1 119 5 23 2 53 35 629 37 

Gold Coast 43 0 73 6 11 2 39 15 980 31 

Metropolitan 

North Region 

79 0 102 6 10 2 67 17 649 32 

Albany Creek + 13 0 13 0 3 0 8 3 117 13 

Boondall* 61 0 69 10 1 0 38 20 558 36 

Brisbane City 921 0 937 45 30 15 740 106 4909 211 

Ferny Grove* 54 0 49 2 7 3 30 8 469 24 


Hendra 42 0 88 1 7 1 67 11 686 35 


Petrie 78 0 109 14 20 3 40 33 600 38 

Sandgate 82 0 98 0 15 0 62 21 848 34 

The Gap + 11 0 9 0 3 0 0 6 146 11 

Metropolitan 

South Region 

52 0 82 4 11 2 45 21 468 33 

Oxley 44 0 89 3 8 4 50 24 445 41 


Wynnum 62 0 57 3 11 2 28 13 460 21 







Traffic & Related Offences Good Order Offences Total 

Region/District 

Drink Driving 

Offences 

Disqualified 

Driving 

Interfere with 

Mech. of M/V 

Total 

Indecent 

Behaviour 

Language 

Offences 

Disorderly 

Conduct 

Resist, 

Hinder, etc. 

Fare 

Evasion 

Miscellaneous 

Offences 

All Offences 

Far Northern 

Region 

1267 201 4 1762 98 258 671 689 46 137 6528 

Cairns 1346 227 3 1897 88 262 755 728 63 149 6833 

Innisfail 1340 162 3 1921 107 272 637 894 12 122 6365 

Mareeba 937 141 7 1173 125 231 408 397 11 107 5605 

Northern 

Region 

1025 185 7 1106 100 155 351 465 36 123 4553 

Mount Isa 1409 359 19 3546 285 523 1490 1214 34 192 8938 

Townsville 965 158 5 724 71 97 173 347 36 112 3867 

Central Region 732 126 3 758 71 105 210 350 21 87 3397 

Gladstone 762 146 8 1054 110 138 231 554 21 193 4160 

Longreach 752 95 0 787 112 216 225 233 0 61 4988 

Mackay 701 111 2 542 59 72 120 264 28 47 2838 

Rockhampton 747 135 2 833 61 112 293 349 17 78 3453 

North Coast 

Region 

621 122 3 456 24 71 108 233 20 87 2682 

Bundaberg 524 119 2 471 22 81 129 223 17 66 2340 

Gympie 854 185 6 823 20 145 266 380 12 129 3787 

Maryborough 776 127 4 698 44 155 134 343 23 90 3541 

Redcliffe 473 152 4 322 8 30 50 206 27 108 2115 

Sunshine Coast 642 84 1 363 30 47 90 178 19 68 2600 

Southern 

Region 

586 149 5 682 61 113 199 276 34 147 2846 

Charleville 1131 269 11 2240 183 366 765 894 32 1206 8131 

Dalby 725 150 10 725 82 146 228 262 7 68 3031 

Ipswich 582 202 4 658 49 115 185 255 54 124 2696 

Roma 643 73 0 999 96 132 328 429 14 128 3768 

Toowoomba 422 78 4 524 56 74 131 232 32 128 2179 

Warwick 946 225 7 816 65 155 283 311 2 137 4055 

South Eastern 

Region 

697 101 1 496 36 78 121 231 30 99 2436 

Logan 486 106 1 340 9 47 50 194 40 75 2110 

Gold Coast 851 97 1 609 56 100 173 258 22 116 2672 

Metropolitan 

North Region 

501 115 2 718 62 97 177 303 80 195 2805 

Albany Creek + 85 19 0 61 5 8 19 27 3 16 388 

Boondall* 397 123 1 435 16 85 71 185 78 116 2010 

Brisbane City 4086 597 15 10831 1495 1292 3474 3897 672 3044 27696 

Ferny Grove* 316 126 2 295 5 40 53 137 60 122 1659 

Fortitude Valley 1335 189 5 3554 305 503 919 1654 174 421 13149 

Hendra 549 101 1 333 24 29 52 134 94 151 2214 

Indooroopilly* 331 52 2 150 13 16 33 61 28 76 1159 

Petrie 456 105 2 661 17 106 123 312 103 178 2498 

Sandgate 572 240 3 611 23 93 95 327 72 124 2845 

The Gap + 120 14 0 46 0 3 14 20 9 20 353 

Metropolitan 

South Region 

359 72 4 303 9 44 55 137 57 126 1889 

Oxley 314 88 2 237 2 24 29 130 53 98 1702 

South Brisbane 380 71 5 362 13 56 71 157 65 167 2215 

Wynnum 376 58 5 289 10 48 60 118 52 100 1635 

Queensland 647 122 3 655 47 97 183 287 41 124 2983 




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Traffic 

This section contains information relating to traffic 

accidents, speed and red light notices and random 

breath tests within Queensland. 

All random breath test data were provided by the 

State Traffic Support Group of the Queensland Police 

Service and is current as at 8 August 2001. All traffic 

accident data were provided by the Road Use Data 

Analysis Branch of the Land Transport and Safety 

Division of the Queensland Department of Transport 

and is current as at 13 September 2001. 

District statistics for Metropolitan North Region have 

been presented according to the former Statistical 

Districts of Brisbane Central and North Brisbane rather 

than the eight new statistical districts created on 1 

July, 1996, and the two new districts created on the 1 

January, 2001, as information is not available 

according to these new boundaries. 

It should be noted that, to qualify as valid, crashes 

must meet the following criteria: 

- the crash occurs on a public road; 

- a person is injured, or the value of the property 

damage is: 

a. $2500 to property othe than vehicles 

(after 1 December 1999) 

b. $2500 damage to vehicle and property 

(after 1 December 1991 & prior to 

1 December 1999) 

c. value of property damage is greater than 

$1000 (prior to December 1991) 

- at least one vehicle was towed away. 

Accidents by Type of Injury* 

9000 

8000 

1999/00 


8735 

8013 

7000 

6000 

Number 

of 

Accidents 

5000 

4654 

5132 

4000 

3738 

3907 

3000 

2517 

3051 


1000 

0 

292 274 

Fatal Crashes Hospitalisation Medical Treatment Minor Injury Property Damage Only 

Type of Injury 

* Please note information held in the Road Crash Database on events occurring within the last twelve months are considered preliminary as investigations into crashes can take up 

to one year to finalise. 


131

T r a f f i c 

Accidents by Type of Injury* 

1999/00 2000/01 


Fatal 

Crashes 

Hospitalisation Medical Treatment Minor Injury 

Property Damage 

Only 

Fatal 

Crashes 

Hospitalisation Medical Treatment Minor Injury 

Property Damage 

Only 

Far Northern 

Region 

23 283 262 117 677 20 287 287 163 525 

Cairns 10 183 170 90 495 11 188 190 113 378 

Innisfail 6 39 51 18 88 5 30 46 23 76 

Mareeba 7 61 41 9 94 4 69 51 27 71 


Mount Isa 0 55 35 16 62 7 35 30 17 62 

Townsville 23 220 232 121 458 15 244 215 124 428 


Gladstone 10 94 85 45 170 8 65 89 41 153 

Longreach 1 18 14 13 41 3 19 14 5 23 

Mackay 15 156 204 89 328 12 161 172 80 269 

Rockhampton 11 135 131 98 329 19 142 159 108 333 

North Coast 

Region 

65 651 789 391 1563 60 718 951 474 1443 

Bundaberg 11 83 90 41 233 5 98 140 49 194 

Gympie 11 72 88 50 212 11 111 88 57 184 

Maryborough 8 104 91 38 171 7 92 108 55 155 

Redcliffe 13 162 180 110 355 12 173 260 131 373 



Charleville 3 12 11 7 22 2 16 8 5 15 

Dalby 4 40 24 21 68 4 43 30 13 53 

Ipswich 17 170 190 123 516 14 177 231 129 517 

Roma 4 40 29 11 42 2 48 24 13 52 

Toowoomba 9 164 197 118 416 17 157 188 102 394 

Warwick 10 53 52 13 121 6 54 51 24 122 

South Eastern 

Region 

48 646 865 405 1189 43 679 894 497 1123 

Logan 23 262 375 160 624 14 273 355 204 542 

Gold Coast 25 384 490 245 565 29 406 539 293 581 

Metropolitan 

North Region^ 

22 503 733 472 1346 21 512 890 675 1205 

Brisbane Central 9 205 320 202 523 7 195 365 279 495 

North Brisbane 13 298 413 270 823 14 317 525 396 711 

Metropolitan 

South Region 

27 498 801 457 1387 21 550 899 581 1295 

Oxley 8 140 218 141 434 6 161 241 175 393 


Wynnum 4 118 170 98 264 7 117 204 102 260 


* This table is based on preliminary data, as some traffic accident investigations can take up to twelve months to finalise. 

^ Statistics according to Metropolitan North Region statistical district boundaries are not available. 


T r a f f i c 

Rate of Road Fatalities - Queensland* 

18 

16 

14 

12 

Fatalities 

per 

100000 

Population 

10 

8 

6 

4 

2 

0 

1988/89 1989/90 1990/91 1991/92 1992/93 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 2000/01 

Year 

Crashes: Fatal Four & Pedestrians - Queensland*^ 

50 

45 

40 

35 

30 

Crashes 

per 

25 

100000 

Population 

20 

15 

B 

H 

J 

Z 

3 

B 

B 

B 

H H H 

J 

J 

J 

Z 

Z 

Z 

3 

3 

3 

B 

H 

J 

Z 

3 

B 

H 

J 

Z 

3 

B 

B 

H 

H 

J 

J 

Z Z 

3 3 

B 

Z 

H 

J 

3 

B 

Z 

H 

J 

3 

10 

B 

Alcohol Related Crashes 

H 

Fatigue Related Crashes 

J 

Crashes involving Pedestrians 

5 

Z 

Speed Related Crashes 

3 Crashes where restraint not worn 

0 

1991/92 1992/93 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 2000/01 

Year 

* Please note information held in the Road Crash Database on events occurring within the last twelve months are considered preliminary as investigations into crashes can take up 

to one year to finalise. 

^ Single vehicle type crashes in 100 km/h zones during typical fatigue times between (2pm-4pm, 10pm-6am), or where police considered fatigue was a contributing factor. 


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T r a f f i c 

Speed & Red Light Camera Notices by Region* - Queensland 


1999/00 

10751 

10000 


9865 

9499 

8000 

7680 

8140 

8267 

8518 

Notices 

Issued 

per 

100000 

Population 

6000 

4000 

5006 

6410 

4142 

6539 

3940 

4274 

6618 

6613 


2182 

0 

Far Northern Northern Central North Coast Southern South Eastern Metropolitan Queensland 

% Change 28% 58% 81% 80% 23% -4% 30% 29% 

Random Breath Tests by Region - Queensland 

100000 

90000 

92619 93055 

1999/00 


80000 

70000 

60000 

Tests 

Conducted 

per 50000 

100000 

Population 

40000 

76368 76490 

75017 

72394 

69183 

64067 

62283 

70073 

61638 

68052 

74262 

69997 68489 

70106 70298 

62693 

30000 

20000 

10000 

0 


% Change 1% -8% 19% -5% 13% 10% -2% 12% 6% 

* Traffic Camera Office do not separate Metropolitan North and Metropolitan South in the collation of Red Light Camera Data, and as such is grouped as “Brisbane”. 


Personnel 

This section provides statistics pertaining to personnel 

within the Police Service. All data contained in this 

section were provided by the Human Resource 

Management Branch of the Queensland Police Service, 

unless otherwise noted. 

Total Police Service Personnel - 30 June 


10000 

8000 

Total 

Personnel 

6000 

4000 


0 

1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 

Year 


135

P e r s o n n e l 

Personnel by Rank/Classification at 30 June 

2000 2001 

Rank/Classification Male Female Persons Male Female Persons 

Police Personnel 

Executive Officers 14 0 14 13 1 14 

Commissioner 1 0 1 1 0 1 

Deputy Commissioner 1 0 1 1 0 1 

Assistant Commissioner 12 0 12 11 1 12 

Commissioned Officers 292 16 308 292 16 308 

Chief Superintendent 14 1 15 13 1 14 

Superintendent 32 1 33 31 0 31 

Inspector 246 14 260 248 15 263 

Non-Commissioned Officers 2026 141 2167 2100 173 2273 

Senior Sergeant 445 26 471 483 28 511 

Sergeant 1581 115 1696 1617 145 1762 

Constables 3773 1159 4932 3875 1297 5172 

Senior Constable 1957 357 2314 2000 392 2392 

Constable 1816 802 2618 1875 905 2780 

Total Police Officers 6105 1316 7421 6280 1487 7767 

Recruits in Training 174 105 279 206 109 315 

Total Police Personnel 6279 1421 7700 6486 1596 8082 

Public Service Officers* 

Senior Executive Service/Senior Officer 14 1 15 14 1 15 

Deputy Chief Executive 1 0 1 1 0 1 

Director 6 0 6 5 1 6 

Senior Officer 7 1 8 8 0 8 

Other Officers 553 1571 2124 564 1640 2204 

Administrative Officer 466 1483 1949 478 1564 2042 

Technical Officer 14 15 29 14 13 27 

Professional Officer 71 73 144 70 63 133 

Operational Officer 2 0 2 2 0 2 

Total Public Service Officers 567 1572 2139 578 1641 2219 

General Employees 

Communication Room Operators 78 121 199 90 123 213 

Police Liaison Officers 65 43 108 69 42 111 

Assistant Watchhouse Officers 10 5 15 10 4 14 

Queensland ATSI Police 12 3 15 11 3 14 

Trainees - Justice Studies 7 4 11 7 3 10 

Trainees - Office 19 56 75 28 58 86 

Pilots 6 0 6 6 0 6 

General Wages Staff 118 128 246 116 97 213 

Trade and Trade Related 61 0 61 62 0 62 

Casual 6 26 32 5 28 33 

Total Other Personnel 382 386 768 404 358 762 

All Personnel 

Total All Personnel 7228 3379 10607 7468 3595 11063 

* Includes temporary employees occupying Public Service positions. 



Separations by Rank/Classification - 2000/2001 

Retirements 

Other Separations 

Rank/Classification 

Compulsory 

Post Age 

55 

VER 

Medical 

Grounds 

Resignation Death Dismissal 

Transfer to 

Scheduled 

other Govt 

Completion 

Agencies 

Total 

Police Personnel 

Executive Officers 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 n/a 4 

Commissioner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 n/a 1 

Deputy Commissioner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a 0 

Assistant Commissioner 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a 3 

Commissioned Officers 0 20 0 3 3 0 0 0 n/a 26 

Chief Superintendent 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a 1 

Superintendent 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a 3 

Inspector 0 16 0 3 3 0 0 0 n/a 22 

Non-Commissioned Officers 2 23 0 24 25 2 0 0 n/a 76 

Senior Sergeant 2 11 0 3 5 1 0 0 n/a 22 

Sergeant 0 12 0 21 20 1 0 0 n/a 54 

Constables 1 1 0 31 100 6 0 0 n/a 139 

Senior Constable + 0 1 0 23 42 4 0 0 n/a 70 

Constable ^ 1 0 0 8 58 2 0 0 n/a 69 

Total Police Officers 3 47 0 58 128 8 0 1 n/a 245 

Public Service Officers* 

Senior Executive Service/Senior Officer n/a 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 

Deputy Chief Executive n/a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Director n/a 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 

Senior Officer n/a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Other Officers n/a 10 0 3 185 1 0 50 36 285 

Administrative Officer n/a 10 0 3 163 1 0 44 32 253 

Technical Officer n/a 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 

Professional Officer n/a 0 0 0 20 0 0 6 4 30 

Operational Officer n/a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Total Public Service Officers n/a 11 0 3 185 1 0 50 36 286 

General Employees 

Communication Room Operators n/a 0 0 1 23 0 0 1 0 25 

Police Liaison Officers n/a 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 1 8 

Assistant Watchhouse Officers n/a 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 

Queensland ATSI Police n/a 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 

Trainees - Justice Studies n/a 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 

Trainees - Office n/a 0 0 0 17 0 2 31 0 50 

Pilots n/a 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 

General Wages Staff n/a 6 0 2 13 0 0 5 0 26 

Trade and Trade Related n/a 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 

Casual n/a 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 

Total Other Personnel n/a 6 0 3 66 0 2 40 1 118 

* Includes temporary employees occupying Public Service positions. 

VER - Voluntary Early Retirement. 

All Personnel 

Total All Personnel 3 64 0 64 379 9 2 91 37 649 


137


Personnel by Gender - 30 June 2001 

4000 

3875 

Male 

3500 

Female 

3000 

Number 

2500 


2100 

1640 

1500 

1297 

1000 

500 

0 

564 

300 

404 

358 

173 

206 

109 

19 2 

16 

Exec. Officers Comm. Off. / Mgrs. Non Commissioned Off Constables Public Service Officers Other Personnel* Recruits 

Rank/Classification 

% Female 

10% 5% 8% 25% 74% 47% 35% 

* Other Personnel includes Communication Room Operators, Police Liaison Officers, Assistant Watchhouse Officers, Queensland ATSI Police, Trainees, Pilots, General Wages Staff, 

Trade and Trade Related and Casual staff. 

Personnel by Age - 30 June 2001 


1926 

1800 

1831 

Sworn Officers 

1600 

Staff Members 

1400 

1282 

Number 

1200 

1000 

1020 

800 

600 

629 

637 

400 

465 

470 

418 

441 

411 

365 

200 

Sworn Officers 

0 

244 

248 

84 

76 140 51 

0 

1 0 9 

< 21 21-25 26-30 31-35 36-40 41-45 46-50 51-55 56-60 61-65 > 65 

Age 

0% 8% 25% 24% 17% 13% 8% 5% 1% 0% 0% 

Staff Members 

3% 8% 16% 16% 14% 15% 14% 8% 5% 2% 0% 



Sworn Officers Promotions, Transfers and Review 2000/2001* 

Promotion Transfer** Lateral Transfer 

Disciplinary / 

Suspension / 

Stand-down + 

Total 

Decisions 370 169 1732 69 2340 

Decisions Reviewed 96 14 6 5 121 

Percent of Decisions 

Reviewed 

25.9 8.3 0.3 7.2 5.2 

Reviews lodged 165 14 6 5 190 

Upheld^ 1 4 0 0 5 

Dismissed^ 26 2 1 1 30 

Lapsed/Out of order/No 

jurisdiction^ 

10 2 2 1 15 

Withdrawn^ 102 6 2 2 112 

Re-assessed^ 10 0 0 0 10 

Outstanding 17 0 0 1 18 

* Data supplied by the Commissioner for Police Service Reviews 

** Excludes the initial allocation of Recruits. 

^ Results of Reviews include some decisions of Reviews lodged during 1999/2000. 

Police Recruitment Appointment by Gender 

1999/00 2000/01 

Type of Appointment Male Female Total Male Female Total 

Sworn-In 322 176 498 375 216 591 

Recruit - PROVE Program + 253 159 412 312 204 516 

Recruit - Abridged Program^ 65 16 81 60 12 72 

Other 4 1 5 3 0 3 

Intake 302 169 471 430 245 675 

^ Former Police Officers put through Police Operational Conversion (POC) Course. 

+ PROVE - Police Recruit Operational Vocational Education Course for new recruits. 


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Summary Table 


Approximate 

Area (sq km) 

as at 30 June 2001 

Actual Strength 

(as at 30 June 2001) 

Number of Offences 7 - 2000/2001 

Estimated 

Reported Offences Reported 

Resident Police Officers Staff Members 3 Against the Offences Against 

Population 6 Person 

Property 

Reported Other 

Offences 

Far Northern Region 5 289382 230350 546 160 3600 15589 15037 

Cairns 150342 151700 340 97 2836 12904 10366 

Innisfail 5282 34563 65 20 338 1347 2200 

Mareeba 133758 44088 97 19 426 1338 2471 

Northern Region 5 548943 238696 579 192 2844 20815 10868 

Mount Isa 379389 32289 142 39 904 3437 2886 

Townsville 169554 206407 408 129 1940 17378 7982 

Central Region 5 401794 326190 604 168 2761 21495 11081 

Gladstone 30697 61561 105 27 606 4498 2561 

Longreach 226863 11567 45 17 72 471 577 

Mackay 69140 129281 197 45 881 7371 3669 

Rockhampton 75094 123781 241 56 1202 9155 4274 

North Coast Region 5 55925 644907 945 224 4938 47913 17294 

Bundaberg 17914 83222 111 23 622 5293 1947 

Gympie 14657 65334 120 29 697 3447 2474 

Maryborough 16045 83489 128 35 757 5592 2956 

Redcliffe 4177 168849 233 41 1297 13990 3572 

Sunshine Coast 3132 244013 338 67 1565 19591 6345 

Southern Region 5 431504 416577 716 202 3615 29974 11857 

Charleville 243018 9285 42 13 190 565 755 

Dalby 31439 29365 58 15 232 1342 890 

Ipswich 5965 158324 271 64 1547 12968 4269 

Roma 114734 21924 64 17 233 1273 826 

Toowoomba 8570 154552 193 46 1182 11850 3368 

Warwick 27778 43128 78 23 231 1976 1749 

South Eastern Region 5 4494 640453 1010 189 4975 62762 15602 

Logan 3405 268921 406 71 2255 22222 5675 

Gold Coast 1089 371533 584 89 2720 40540 9927 

Metropolitan Nth Region 1,4 1267 532010 971 178 4674 58288 14922 

Albany Creek 2 89 37601 12 1 48 615 146 

Boondall 2 62 69211 100 17 496 7368 1391 

Brisbane City 7 13240 196 20 1226 12552 3667 

Ferny Grove 2 189 91100 100 10 433 6914 1511 

Fortitude Valley 9 20679 111 12 627 6936 2719 

Hendra 84 71550 99 12 610 8395 1584 

Indooroopilly 2 169 89127 94 13 487 8620 1033 

Petrie 561 65806 77 10 445 4024 1644 

Sandgate 36 38803 50 7 259 2235 1104 

The Gap 2 61 34893 13 1 43 629 123 

Metropolitan Sth Region 5 ,4 1007 596643 864 146 4040 55742 11268 

Oxley 202 180071 241 38 1108 16462 3064 

South Brisbane 169 240186 371 51 1956 28367 5320 

Wynnum 636 176386 193 28 976 10913 2884 

State Functions (Headquarters, 

ESC, SCOC, OSC) 

- - 1425 1522 - - - 

External Agencies (CJC, NCA, 

etc.) 

- - 107 0 - - - 

Queensland 1734316 3625827 7767 2981 31454 312599 108146 

1 The region total for Actual Strength includes employees for Regional Functions and the Brisbane Watchhouse. 

2 Six months of data available for Albany Creek and The Gap; significant boundary changes mean data should not be compared to previous years. 

3 Staff Members include Public Service Officers, Police Liaison Officers, Communications Room Operators, Assistant Watchhouse Officers, Queensland ATSI Police and other General Employees. 

4 Police Officer numbers for Metropolitan North and Metropolitan South Regions include First Year Constables at the district/division level. 

5 The region total for Actual Strength includes employees for Regional Functions. 

6 Due to rounding, region totals do not add to the Queensland total. 

7 DER (See explanation on page 101). 


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Explanatory Notes 

The interpretation of police crime statistics is not a 

simple task. Before an appreciation for the value and 

utility of crime statistics is possible, it is necessary to 

understand the conventions and bounds of police 

crime statistics as well as the various external 

variables which may affect them. These include the 

procedures used by the Queensland Police Service 

(QPS) in the compilation and collation of crime 

statistics, the definitions and rules the QPS follows in 

producing crime statistics, and the social and 

environmental factors that may have an impact on 

the statistics. 

Once an understanding of the scope of police crime 

statistics is achieved, the value of the information they 

provide and its worth as a research and planning tool 

becomes evident. The QPS strives to maintain 

absolute integrity and accuracy in the production of 

these statistics and publishes the Annual Statistical 

Review as its official public record of statistics 

pertaining to police, crime and related matters. To 

assist in using the information contained in this 

publication, a detailed summary of the abovementioned 

definitions and conventions is provided 

over the following pages. 

Reporting and Detection Rates 

A major environmental factor that impacts on the use 

of police crime statistics as an indicator of total crime 

levels in Queensland is the level of reporting by the 

community. The 1991 Crime Victims Survey, conducted 

by the Office of the Government Statistician, 

Queensland (OGS), suggested that no more than 30% 

of all crime was reported to the Police Service, while 

only 51% of the crimes recorded in the Australian 

Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 1995 Crime and Safety 

Survey were reported to Police. 

The rate of crime reporting may vary according to 

many factors. This includes the perception by 

members of the community as to whether an offence 

has actually occurred, and whether the offence is 

reported by the victim or a community member to the 

QPS. 

According to both the OGS and ABS Surveys, the most 

common reason for not reporting crime was that the 

offence was considered too trivial. The second most 

common reason was that the victim doubted the 

police could or would take action. 

Another factor that has a major impact on crime 

statistics is the priorities and activities of the QPS. An 

expansion of the Drug Squad, for example, may result 

in an enhanced ability to detect drug offences within 

Queensland. An increase in the number of drug 

offences recorded in police crime statistics may, 

therefore, be directly related to the effectiveness of the 

Squad rather than an actual increase in drug offences 

in Queensland. 

In order to gain a more comprehensive picture of the 

nature and extent of crime, QPS crime statistics should 

be examined in conjunction with information from 

other sources such as crime victims surveys and 

criminological research. 

Recording Offences 

The crime statistics presented in this Review were 

derived from the Crime Recording Information System 

for Police (CRISP). 

Within CRISP, the reporting officer contacts the 

Information Management Division (IMD) by telephone 

as soon as practicable after becoming aware of an 

offence. A twenty-four hour data entry service exists 

within IMD to facilitate this process. The offence is 

recorded, classified and counted by the data entry 

staff. CRISP provides the benefits of reducing police 

officers’ administrative workloads as well as providing 

an accurate and immediate computerised record of 

crimes. 

Crime Statistics Collection 

Reference Period 

For the purposes of this Annual Statistical Review, 

the reference period is the financial year, 1 July 

2000 to 30 June 2001. 

Reference Date 

From 1 December, 1994, the reference date for 

reported offences is the date an offence is reported to 

or detected by police. 

For cleared offences, the reference date is the date the 

offence was cleared by police. 


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For offender statistics the reference date is the date an 

action is commenced. 

Data Source 

Crime 

All QPS crime statistics from 1 December, 1994, are 

derived from the data contained in official crime 

reports, as recorded in CRISP. 

Crime statistics for prior to December, 1994, were 

derived from data entered into the crime statistics 

database maintained by the Statistics Section of the 

former Information Management Bureau (and its 

precursors) prior to the introduction of CRISP. 

“Not substantiated” or “unfounded” reports are 

excluded from QPS published crime statistics 

information. 

Population 

The population data used to calculate the number of 

victims and offenders by age and sex per 100,000 

population was taken from Population by Age and Sex, 

June 1997 to June 2001 (ABS Catalogue No. 3201.0) 

All other rate calculations throughout the publication 

are based on a projection of the Estimated Residential 

Population as at the 30 June 2001 as provided by the 

ABS and the Office of the Government Statistician, 

Queensland. 

Rates and Numbers 

Methodology 

Numbers of offences are simply the number of 

offences occurring (reported to or becoming known to 

police) within a specific area and for a specified period 

of time. These are presented as simple counts. The 

problem with using crime numbers to gauge the true 

level of crime is that areas with larger populations will 

presumably have higher numbers of crime than areas 

with smaller populations. 

Rates displayed in this publication are always 

presented per 100,000 population. Calculation of 

rates allows direct comparisons of crime to be made 

across different geographical areas (State, regions and 

districts) and across time since the size of the 

population is taken into account in the calculation. 

Rates are calculated as: 

No. of Reported Offences x 100,000 

Estimated Residential Population 

Interpreting Rates and Numbers 

It is important to note that transient population groups 

such as tourists are not factored into the estimated 

population. This would have particular impact on 

high tourism areas where crime rates would be 

overestimated. 

Caution should be exercised when using either 

numbers or rates alone to measure crime in specific 

and different areas. Rates, for example, are sensitive 

to small populations. Both numbers and rates of 

reported offences have particular uses and should be 

presented together to give a clear and balanced 

picture of the level of crime. 

Percentage changes are another type of rate that 

require caution when interpreting. Small numbers of 

offences can result in large percentage changes. 

Comparisons of crime rates over different areas should 

be interpreted with great caution due to the many 

factors which differ from community to community. 

The level of crime in any community is affected by the 

number and composition of its population, with 

particular reference to age, sex, ethnicity and 

employment. The climate and geographical features 

of the community are important as is the economic 

structure including the local industry, the level and 

distribution of income. The attitude of the public 

toward crime can also impact upon local crime levels. 

Crime statistics for low volume offence categories tend 

to fluctuate randomly and dramatically from one year 

to the next. This can cause difficulties in the 

identification of trends and patterns in the levels of 

offences. It is, therefore, important to approach these 

low volume offence categories with caution when 

looking at trends and even when making comparisons 

across geographical areas. 

Unreported Crime 

Queensland Police Service crime data can only relate 

to the offences that have been reported to police. 

Obviously, there is a large proportion of crime that is 

never reported. Various surveys, for example, Crime 

Victim Surveys and Crime and Safety Surveys, are 

conducted by the ABS and by the QPS to determine 

the level of unreported crime. The reporting rate can 

vary dramatically across offence types. For example, 

approximately 95 per cent of all motor vehicle theft is 

reported to police while only 33 per cent of sexual 

offences are reported. It is important to keep this in 

mind when using crime data. Relying on reported 

offences only can lead to an underestimation of the 

true rate of victimisation. 


Offence Classification 

The offence categories used by the QPS for crime 

statistics are based on the Australian National 

Classification of Offences (ANCO), prepared by the 

ABS. ANCO was designed to provide a national 

framework for classifying offences for statistical 

purposes. The Australian Standard Offence 

Classification (ASOC) has been implemented in some 

jurisdictions by the National Centre for Crime and 

Justice Statistics of the ABS, and will eventually 

supercede ANCO. However, the QPS crime statistics 

collection will continue to be based on ANCO. 

Crime statistics are presented under three broad 

offence divisions: Offences Against the Person; 

Offences Against Property; and Other Offences. These 

three primary divisions have been developed to 

facilitate the understanding of crime statistics by 

grouping similar offence categories together. 

Following are the offence sub-divisions located within 

each of these primary categories. 


The offence division of Offences Against the Person 

includes the following offence sub-divisions: Homicide; 

Assault; Sexual Offences; Robbery; Extortion; 

Kidnapping, Abduction and Deprivation of Liberty; and 

Other Offences Against the Person. 


The offence division of Offences Against Property 

includes the following offence sub-divisions: Unlawful 

Entry; Arson; Other Property Damage; Motor Vehicle 

Theft; Other Theft; Fraud; and Handling Stolen Goods. 


The offence division of Other Offences includes the 

following offence sub-divisions: Drug Offences; 

Prostitution Offences; Liquor (excluding Drunkenness); 

Gaming, Racing and Betting; Breach of Domestic 

Violence Protection Orders; Trespassing and Vagrancy; 

Weapons Act Offences; Good Order Offences; Stock 

Related Offences; Traffic and Related Offences; and 

Miscellaneous Offences. 

Many offence sub-divisions are divided into offence 

groups and then offence sub-groups. Reported and 

cleared offence statistics in this publication are 

presented to a group level in most sections. 

Geographical Classification 

Queensland crime statistics are compiled to four 

hierarchical geographical levels. Firstly, statistics are 

compiled for the State as a whole. Below this, QPS 

divides the state into eight statistical regions. The next 

geographical level is that of statistical districts, of 

which there are 35 throughout the State. Finally, 

these districts are divided into 278 statistical divisions. 

Reported and cleared offence statistics are presented 

at State, regional and district levels in this Review. 

Counting Methodology 

The counting rules used by the QPS in the collection 

and collation of crime statistics are based on the 

guidelines published in the National Crime Statistics 

Manual (ABS) and as amended from time to time by 

the National Crime Statistics Advisory Group. 

The national counting rule is that for each victim 

within a distinct criminal incident, the Most Serious 

Offence (MSO) per ANCO subdivision is counted. The 

national data set does not include ‘victimless’ offences 

such as those detailed in the QPS division of Other 

Offences. The QPS counting rule for offences of this 

type is to count each distinct criminal act per criminal 

incident. 

Where the victim based rule applies, the description of 

a victim varies according to the type of offence. A 

victim may be an individual person, an organisation, a 

place/premise, or a motor vehicle (refer to Glossary for 

definition of victim). 

The application of the MSO rule has major 

implications for the recording of crime statistics. By 

applying the MSO rule a single criminal incident may 

result in a number of offences being recorded. For 

incidents where the same victim is subjected to 

multiple offences belonging to different subdivisions, 

one offence, the most serious, is counted within each 

subdivision. For example, if a person is kidnapped 

and then raped by two offenders, one kidnapping/ 

abduction/deprivation of liberty and one rape would 

be counted. 

Exceptions to Counting Rules 

The offence subdivision of Sexual Offences (which 

includes Rape and Attempted Rape and Other Sexual 

Offences) is an exception to the national counting rule. 

The counting rule applied by the QPS in respect of this 

group of offences is that for each victim the MSO per 

ANCO subdivision is counted on the basis of time and 

place. 

The effect of using this rule is that if a victim is 

subjected to numerous sexual offences over a long 

period of time by one offender and these actions 

come to the attention of the police at one point in 

time, the MSO per separate incident based on time 

and place is counted. Therefore, it is only possible to 

identify the number of offences, not victims, of sexual 

offences. A count of ten sexual offences may mean 


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that there were ten victims or that one victim was 

subjected to ten offences over an unspecified time by 

one or more offenders. 

Fluctuations in the number of reported offences for 

this offence category must therefore be considered 

with caution, due to the effects of the current counting 

rule. 

Victims of Crime 

The Victims of Crime statistics presented in this Review 

are compiled on the basis of one victim per counted 

offence. The statistics do not provide a unique victim 

count. For example, where the same victim is 

subjected to multiple offences belonging to different 

offence sub-divisions within an incident, then in 

accordance with the MSO rule, that victim would be 

recorded for each most serious offence per subdivision. 

It is important to remember that these statistics are 

derived using a system whose primary function is to 

service operational policing. Consequently, there may 

be slight variations between offence and victim 

counts. 

Statistics relating to victims of Offences Against 

Property are not included. This is due to the statistical 

definition of ‘victim’ used by the QPS, that is, a victim 

may be an individual person, an organisation, a place 

or premise, or a motor vehicle (refer to Glossary). 

Offences included in the Other Offences division are 

also excluded, as these offences are usually deemed 

to be ‘victimless’ offences. 

There are several offence groups in Offences Against 

the Person where the victim may be an organisation 

rather than an individual person. Examples include 

robbery committed upon a banking institution or 

business, and extortion committed upon 

organisations. It should be noted that these offences 

are not included in the victim count. 

be offenders. Under Queensland law, children under 

10 years of age are not held criminally responsible, 

although they may be involved in the commission of 

an offence. Juvenile offenders are those aged 

between and including 10 and 16 years. 

Offenders have not been included if their age and sex 

is not specified in QPS records. Approximately 0.3% of 

offenders have been excluded for this reason. 

Drink Driving Offences 

Examples of significant events affecting the Drink 

Driving time series include: 

• 20/12/1982 - Legal limit for blood alcohol 

concentration lowered to 0.05%; 

• 04/05/1985 - Legal blood/alcohol limit for persons 

under 18 years lowered to 0.02%; 

• 1986/87 - Reduce Impaired Driving (RID) campaign 

introduced; 

• 01/01/1989 - Random Breath Test (RBT) formally 

commenced; 

• 04/10/1991 - First two Mobile Breath Stations 

(Booze Buses) introduced. 

Drug Enforcement Region 

Offences detected or under investigation involving 

covert drug operations or sensitive issues such as 

sexual child abuse are not geographically classified 

until after the completion of all inquiries in the interest 

of strict confidentiality. For this reason, a temporary 

holding geographical classification, the Drug 

Enforcement Region, has been created. Offences 

classified to this area are included only in Queensland 

offence counts in this Review. 

Offender Counting 

Offender statistics are based on offence counts and do 

not and cannot refer to individuals. The data refers to 

the number of offences cleared or solved through an 

action against an offender. As such, offender data 

does not equate to a unique offender count and nor 

does it equate to the number of offences cleared. For 

example, an offender charged with motor vehicle 

theft, unlawful entry, assault and other theft would be 

included 4 times in any offender breakdown by age 

and sex. 

Only persons aged 10 years and over are deemed to 


Glossary 

Symbols and Abbreviations 

n/a not available 

.. not applicable 

- nil 

n.e.c. not elsewhere classified 

n.f.d. not further defined 

Offence 

For statistical purposes an offence is any act reported 

to or becoming known by the police, which they 

consider, prima facie, to be in breach of the criminal 

law. With the exception of Murder, each offence 

count represents an actual offence, an attempted 

offence, a conspiracy, or the aiding or abetting of an 

offence. In the case of Murder, these categories are 

distinguished. 

Reported Offences 

Reported offences refer to all established offences 

reported to or becoming known to the police within 

the relevant reference period. 

Not Substantiated 

An offence is “not substantiated” or “unfounded” when 

investigation has established that the alleged offence 

was not in fact committed. This includes a false 

report, a mistake in the facts as reported by the 

informant, or no breach of the law involved in the 

alleged offence. 

Inability to prove an ingredient of an offence does 

not make an offence “not substantiated” nor does a 

decision by a complainant not to proceed after the 

offence has been reported. 

Cleared Offences 

An offence is deemed to be cleared under, but not 

restricted to, the following circumstances: 

• At least one offender has been arrested or 

summonsed or issued with a Notice to Appear, or 

information has been laid to compel an offender’s 

appearance before a court; 

• Action has been taken against at least one 

offender under the provisions of the Juvenile 

Justice Act 1992 (e.g. administration of an official 

caution, issue of a Notice to Attend or summons 

or reference to a community conference); 

• At least one offender has been dealt with in 

accordance with Queensland Police Service policy 

(e.g. informal counselling of children and elderly 

persons); 

• The offender has admitted the offence but there is 

an obstacle to proceedings (e.g. diplomatic 

immunity); 

• The offender is known and sufficient evidence has 

been obtained, but the complainant refuses to 

prosecute; 

• The offender is in another jurisdiction and 

extradition is not desired or not available; 

• The offender is serving a sentence and no useful 

purpose would be served by prosecution; 

• The offender has died before proceedings can be 

commenced; 

• The offender has been admitted to a mental 

institution before an information is laid and release 

is unlikely; 

• The complainant or essential witness has died and 

proceedings would be abortive; 

• The complainant has requested police to take no 

further action. 

The recovery of stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained 

property, e.g. a motor vehicle, does not in itself clear or 

solve an offence. 

Number of Offences Cleared 

Cleared offences are presented in this publication in 

two groups, i.e., those that were both reported and 

cleared in the reference period, and those that were 

cleared in the reference period but reported 

previously. 

Percentage Cleared 

Percentage Cleared is the percentage of offences that 

were reported within a specified period that were also 

cleared within that period. 

Offender 

An offender is any person who, through the clearance 

of an offence, is deemed to be responsible for 


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committing that offence. 

Action Type 

The following definitions apply to the action types 

presented in the tables appearing on pages 72 and 

73, Offenders - Queensland by Type of Action by 

Age: 

• Arrest: The taking into custody of an offender to 

compel that person’s appearance before a court; 

• Summons: A direction or command issued by a 

magistrate or justice to a defendant to appear 

before a court with reference to a matter 

described therein, at a given time and place; 

• Notice to Appear: A notice issued and personally 

served by a police officer upon an adult whom 

he/she reasonably suspects has committed or is 

committing an offence, to appear before a court, 

with reference to a matter described therein, at a 

stated time and place; 

• Attendance Notice: A notice personally served by 

a police officer upon a juvenile whom he/she 

believes on reasonable grounds has committed 

an offence, requiring the child to appear before a 

Children’s Court, in relation to a matter described 

therein, at a specified time and place; 

• Warrant: For the purposes of this application, a 

warrant is an authority under the hand of a judge 

or justice to arrest an offender in order that the 

person may be dealt with according to the law; 

• Caution: An official caution administered to a 

child under the provisions of the Juvenile Justice 

Act, 1992 and includes the cautioning of persons 

over 65 years of age and intellectually disabled 

persons for minor criminal offences in 

accordance with official service policy. The term 

does not apply to any informal process where a 

child is spoken to by an officer where the officer 

is exercising discretion in relation to the child’s 

particular behaviour or actions; 

Victim 

The description of a victim varies according to offence 

type: 

• for Homicide, Assault, Sexual Offences, 

Kidnapping, Abduction and Deprivation of Liberty, 

and Other Offences Against the Person subdivisions, 

the victim is an individual person; 

• for Robbery, Extortion, Arson, Other Property 

Damage, Stealing (excluding Motor Vehicles), and 

Fraud, the victim may be either an individual 

person or an organisation; 

• for Motor Vehicle Theft, the victim is the motor 

vehicle; 

• for offences of Unlawful Entry, the victim is the 

place/premise as defined on the basis of 

occupation/ownership. 

Crime Location 

The crime location is the initial site where a criminal 

incident occurred, classified by the primary function of 

that site where the site has more than one function. 

Offender/Victim Relationship 

The Offender/Victim Relationship only relates to 

Offences Against the Person, and is recorded 

according to the victim’s perception of the 

relationship. In instances where there is more than 

one victim, the relationship of the offender to the 

primary victim is used. 

• Community Conference: The referral of a child 

under the provisions of the Juvenile Justice Act, 

1992 to community conference by a police officer 

before the start of a proceeding for an offence, or 

by court after a finding of guilt is made against a 

child for the offence; 

• Other: The offender if known and sufficient 

evidence has been obtained but there is a bar to 

prosecution or other official process (see also 

definition of Cleared Offences on the previous 

page).

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