The state that has become the crime capital of Australia

Queensland has been identified arsenic the crime superior of Australia arsenic the authorities attempts to tackle a younker transgression crisis.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics revealed connected Thursday 289,657 Queenslanders had been the victims of transgression successful 2023 with much assaults and location break-ins than immoderate different state.

An summation successful assaults, intersexual assaults, kidnappings, robberies, blackmail, break-ins and thefts saw the full fig of victims leap 13 per cent compared to the twelvemonth before.

It besides saw the state's residents go the astir apt to acquisition robberies, break-ins and conveyance thefts - astir of which were committed by juvenile offenders.

The shocking statistic travel arsenic Queensland faces a younker transgression situation highlighted by a study published by the state's auditor-general.

The study recovered 55 per cent of each younker transgression successful the authorities from 2022-23 had been committed by 'serious repetition offenders'.

It besides reported the mean regular fig of superior repetition offenders had jumped by 64 per cent from 278 successful 2018-19 to 457 successful 2022-23.

The grim statistic prompted the Miles authorities connected Friday to unveil a caller four-year younker justness strategy and the state's first Victims’ Commissioner.

The ABS statistic recovered that of the astir 50,000 break-ins recorded, much than 34,000 occurred astatine the victim's home, of which much than fractional resulted successful stolen property.

A further 151,501 radical experienced retail theft oregon theft from different person, an summation of 25,107 from 2022 - making it the highest level connected record.

The 18,201 victims of centrifugal conveyance thefts was besides the state's highest magnitude since 2000.

Despite lone being connected grounds since 2022, victims of assaults besides accrued by implicit 6,000 successful conscionable 1 year. 

The statistic besides revealed astir 30,000 much Queenslanders experienced transgression than 2nd spot NSW contempt having astir 3million little residents.

Those figures besides uncover about 5.2 per cent of each Queenslanders were victims of a crime, the 3rd highest successful the nation.

Western Australia - with astir 2.6million little radical - had a somewhat higher complaint of astir 5.4 per cent portion the Northern Territory sits astatine astir 7.8 per cent - 19,782 victims among 253,634 residents.

The time aft the statistic were released, the Miles Government announced Rebecca O'Connor, who is the CEO of DVConnect and Victim Connect, would beryllium appointed arsenic the state's first Victims’ Commissioner.

The constitution of her bureau outgo the authorities $18million portion a further $2.97million was fixed to 'support the Victims’ Commissioner’s functions'.

'The autarkic Victims’ Commissioner volition behaviour systemic reviews and importantly volition consult with victims of transgression connected matters relating to them,' Queensland's attorney-general Yvette D’Ath said.

'Ms O’Connor volition marque recommendations and supply proposal to the Attorney-General astir those areas of work and show the implementation of those recommendations.'

Just hours later, the 2024-2028 Youth Justice Strategy was revealed by the state's acquisition and younker justness curate Di Farmer.

The program looks to 'to tackle the basal causes of transgression and enactment assemblage safety'.

'The Intensive Bail Initiative, enlargement of Electronic Monitoring and different amendments made to the Youth Justice Act volition guarantee superior repetition offenders are held to relationship for their actions,' Ms Farmer said successful a statement.