Victim of crime numbers have fallen in the first set of annual data to capture the impact of the Queensland government’s adult crime, adult time policy.
The figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) are already below the benchmark Premier David Crisafulli tied his job to, which he promised to achieve by the end of the term.
There were 277,411 victims of crime recorded in Queensland in 2025, more than 12,000 fewer than the 289,449 victims recorded in the previous year.
There were 277,411 victims of crime in Queensland in 2025. (ABC News: ABC News)
Attorney-General Deb Frecklington labelled the data “green shoots” in the LNP government’s crime crackdown.
“Every victim is one victim too many,” she said.
“But as a government, we consider this as a message to keep going, to stay strong, to stand on the side of victims in Queensland.
“This really does give us a fire in our belly to keep going.”
Attorney-General Deb Frecklington said the numbers give the government a “fire in our belly”. (ABC News)
Heard victims ‘loud and clear’
The ABS figures show around a 4 per cent drop from 2025 to 2024.
The government has consistently championed an almost 10 per cent decrease by comparing Queensland police statistics from financial year 2023-24 to financial year 2025-26.
Youth justice minister Laura Gerber claimed the soon-to-be-legislated breach bail, go to jail policy would further drive declines.
That will see children and adults who commit serious crimes while on bail face a mandatory 12 months behind bars.
Laura Gerber said she expects to see further declines in victims of crime under new, harsher bail policies. (ABC News)
“Queenslanders and victims of crime have told us, and we’ve heard them loud and clear,” Ms Gerber said.
“They want to see us keep going with stronger laws that continue to drive down the number of Queenslanders who experience crime in this state.”
After recording a 32-year high in 2024, the ABS data showed sexual assault victims decreased by two per cent to just over 9,000.
The sexual assault victimisation rate, how many victims there were per 100,000 people, decreased for the first time since 2019, from 167 to 162 persons.
The figures are the first yearly statistics since the LNP government’s signature adult crime, adult time policy was legislated in late 2024.
The statistics are the first full-year data set available since the LNP’s adult crime, adult time polic was legislated. (ABC News: Marc Smith)
The laws mean children guilty of serious crimes, including murder, manslaughter, and rape, are convicted as adults and face harsher sentences.
During campaigning as opposition leader, Mr Crisafulli promised to resign as premier if victim numbers were not less than the 2023 ABS figure of 289,657 by the end of his first term.
He walked that back on the eve of the 2024 election day, with a qualifier that it would be “per capita”.
DFV murders
There were 90 victims of homicide in 2025, down from 92 in the previous year, with just under a third of those related to domestic and family violence.
The majority of homicide victims were male, and the most common age group involved was between 35 and 54-years-old.
Victim numbers were down across the board for serious crimes.
Robbery and burglary saw the steepest falls in recorded crime numbers. (ABC News)
Robbery and burglary had the steepest falls, down 13 and 12 per cent respectively, following a trend of decreases seen since 2023.
Assault, sexual assault, and motor vehicle theft all saw marginal falls.
Since coming to power, the government has released several of its own crime victim numbers using Queensland Police data.
It has been criticised by the opposition and experts for changing metrics and was forced to apologise last year after releasing incorrect figures.