Serious repeat youth offenders go from 10 to 20% in two years under Labor
Crimes committed by youth crims up across the State
A scathing new report into youth criminal court charges has exposed the Government has well and truly lost control of serious repeat youth offenders, who now make up 20% of the offender cohort.
The data reveals Labor’s youth crime laws have failed to arrest the Queensland Youth Crime Crisis and have done nothing to reduce the number of hardcore repeat youth offenders in Queensland, as promised.
The latest Childrens Court of Queensland report reveals 20% of youth criminals were responsible for 54.5% of charges before the Courts in the last 12 months, an increase from the previous year where 17% of young people accounted for 48% of charges.
The average number of charges for per youth offender grew by 15% and total crimes committed by young offenders in the past year skyrocketed, including:
The Labor Government repeatedly claimed their so-called "tough" new laws would specifically target repeat offenders, after their weak-on-crime approach had created Queensland’s Youth Crime Crisis.
Instead, new data shows the amount of juvenile serious repeat offenders has jumped to 20% in 2023 under Labor’s weak laws and fewer police.
Leader of the Opposition David Crisafulli said Labor's chaos and crisis had led to these shocking figures.
"More and more Queenslanders are living in fear due to the spiralling Youth Crime Crisis created by Labor,” Mr Crisafulli said.
“These numbers show a complete failure to deal with the current offenders through stronger laws and to stop the pipeline of young crims through early intervention.
"At a time when the State Government has used every waking hour counting numbers to do political deals it’s the repeat offender numbers that keep Queenslanders awake at night.
“The LNP has put solutions on the table to start tackling Queensland’s Youth Crime Crisis, including creating consequences for actions, unshackling the judiciary by removing detention as a last resort and delivering gold standard early intervention.”
"Our priority is making our communities safer while Labor is focused on themselves."
