Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Minister for Integrity

The Honourable Deb Frecklington

Minister for Police and Emergency Services

The Honourable Dan Purdie

Minister for Youth Justice and Victim Support and Minister for Corrective Services

The Honourable Laura Gerber

03 September 2026

JOINT MEDIA STATEMENT: Victim numbers fall in first full year of Adult Crime, Adult Time

  • The Australian Bureau of Statistics has released the latest annual crime victim data, revealing the number of victims has fallen in Queensland.
  • The data reveals there were 277,411 victims in Queensland in 2025, a decrease of 12,038 than the previous year.
  • The figures reflect the first full year of the Crisafulli Government’s landmark Adult Crime Adult Time laws, after the number of victims increased by 193 per cent during Labor’s decade of decline.
  • The Crisafulli Government is making Queensland safer through stronger laws, more police, early intervention and rehabilitation, after Labor watered down the laws and created the Youth Crime Crisis. 

New data shows the Crisafulli Government’s stronger laws, more police, early intervention and rehabilitation are making Queensland safer, with 12,038 fewer victims of crime across Queensland in 2025.  

The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures show the number of victims in Queensland has dropped to 277,411 in 2025, reflecting the first full year of the Crisafulli Government’s Adult Crime, Adult Time laws. 

After a decade of decline under Labor where victim numbers skyrocketed by 193 per cent, the latest ABS data shows the Crisafulli Government’s tough new laws are starting to reverse the trend. 

The data shows the number of recorded victims exploded under Labor from 165,786 in 2020, 175,373 in 2021, 254,739 in 2022 to 289,657 in 2023 and 289,449 in the election year of 2024, before declining under the Crisafulli Government in 2025. 

For key offences that exploded under Labor’s Youth Crime Crisis there has been a drop in the number of victims, with assaults down 3.9%, sexual assault down 1.6%, robberies down 13.4% and property offences down 4.2%, other theft down 2.3% across Queensland in 2025. 

The ABS data supports Queensland Police Service statistics which show victim numbers have fallen 9.6% in the last financial year, compared to the 2023/24 financial year, which was the high watermark for the number victims in Queensland. 

The Crisafulli Government is delivering on its promise to make Queensland safer after Labor’s Youth Crime Crisis, with fewer victims in Queensland the key metric for success. 

For a decade, the former Labor Government weakened Queensland’s youth crime laws, including making detention a last resort and removing breach of bail as an offence, that saw victim numbers skyrocket across the state. 

Shockingly, Labor voted against a motion for minimum mandatory sentences for criminals who commit a serious offence while out on bail, and have a policy position to wind back Adult Crime, Adult Time and raise the age of criminal responsibility. 

The Crisafulli Government is introducing the toughest bail reforms in the country, which builds on the success of the first three tranches of Adult Crime, Adult Time, and target youth and adult offenders who commit serious offences while on bail. 

Attorney-General, Minister for Justice and Minister for Integrity Deb Frecklington said the latest figures show the Crisafulli Government’s Adult Crime, Adult Time reforms are beginning to turn the tide on Labor’s Youth Crime Crisis. 

“Every victim of crime is one too many, but it is encouraging to see victim numbers moving in the right direction,” the Attorney-General said. 

“These figures show there is still more work to do, but Queenslanders are starting to see progress under the Crisafulli Government, after victims were ignored and neglected by Labor,” the Attorney-General said. 

“The Crisafulli Government remains committed to making Queensland safer. That’s why we introduced the toughest bail laws in the country to Parliament last week, continuing our focus on putting the rights of victims ahead of the rights of offenders.” 

Minister for Youth Justice and Victim Support and Minister for Corrective Services Laura Gerber said the Crisafulli Government was delivering on its promise to continue making Queensland safer and reducing victim numbers.  

“There is still more work to do but this data shows crime is down, victim numbers are down and we are delivering strong laws, and new early intervention programs and intensive rehabilitation to continue restoring safety where you live,” Minister Gerber said.  

“Unlike Labor who want to wind back Adult Crime, Adult Time and raise the age of criminal responsibility, so youth offenders aren’t held responsible for their crimes, we will continue strengthening our laws to reduce victim numbers”. 

Minister for Police and Emergency Services Dan Purdie said these latest figures were encouraging after Labor spent a decade weakening Queensland’s youth crime laws. 

“The Crisafulli Government is delivering more police, stronger laws and fewer victims with our landmark Adult Crime, Adult Time laws targeting Labor’s generation of serious repeat offenders and making Queensland safer,” Minister Purdie said.  

“We know there is still more work to be done after the number of victims of crime skyrocketed by 193 per cent during Labor’s decade of decline as we continue to give our hardworking police the laws, resources and support they need to do their jobs including our Breach Bail, Go to Jail reforms. 

“We are delivering the fresh start Queenslanders voted for and will continue to put the rights of victims ahead of perpetrators with every reform we introduce, after Labor spent a decade weakening youth crime laws.”