LNP concedes Queensland’s crime rate fell in Labor’s final year despite ‘youth crime crisis’ campaign

Youth justice minister acknowledges ‘small decrease of 2.25%’ in 2024 but has not stated LNP’s crime reduction target for 2025

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The reported number of crime victims in Queensland declined slightly in the final year of the former Labor government’s term, despite a successful years-long campaign by the Liberal National party claiming there was a “youth crime crisis” in the state, new figures show.

The LNP was elected in October on a platform of introducing “adult crime, adult time” laws for children and a vow to reduce the number of victims of crime recorded in Australian Bureau of Statistics data.