Queensland recorded a decline in the number of crime victims in 2025, with Premier David Crisafulli pointing to the figures as evidence that the state’s tougher approach to crime is beginning to produce results.
New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows 277,411 victims of crime were recorded across Queensland in 2025, down by 12,038 from 289,449 in 2024. The fall represents a decrease of about 4.2 per cent.
The figures cover the first full year of the Crisafulli government’s Adult Crime, Adult Time laws, which were introduced after the Liberal National Party came to office in 2024.
Crisafulli has used the figures to revisit a commitment he made to a Queensland business owner, Ravi, whose pizza shop he says had been broken into five times over an 18-month period when he visited before the election.
“Before I became Premier I visited Ravi’s pizza shop that had just been broken in to for the 5th time in 18 months,” Crisafulli said in a statement.
He said he had promised Ravi that a future LNP government would strengthen Queensland’s laws and work to reduce crime victim numbers.
“It was great to pay Ravi another visit recently and check in on his team,” Crisafulli said.
The Premier has linked the latest figures to his government’s broader crime agenda, including Adult Crime, Adult Time and proposed changes to bail laws.
The Queensland Government says victim numbers increased by 193 per cent over the decade before it took office. That comparison is a central part of the government’s argument for its crime reforms, although the ABS figures themselves record the year-to-year change rather than attributing the decline to any particular policy.
The latest ABS data shows declines across several major offence categories. Assault victims in Queensland fell by 4 per cent in 2025 to 59,219, while recorded sexual assault victims decreased by 2 per cent to 9,173.
The government has pointed to the figures as support for its approach, while continuing to argue that further action is needed.
Adult Crime, Adult Time currently applies to 47 youth crime offences under Queensland legislation. The government has also introduced the Breach Bail, Go to Jail and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2026, which proposes tougher rules for serious offenders who commit further offences while on bail.
Under the proposed bail reforms, a person who commits a serious offence while released on bail could face a new offence carrying a mandatory minimum 12-month custodial sentence. The legislation has been introduced to Parliament but remains subject to the parliamentary process.
The government says the reforms are intended to address repeat offending and reduce the risk of further serious offences being committed while offenders are on bail.
Crisafulli said his government would continue listening to people who had experienced crime and would maintain its focus on reducing victim numbers.
“We will always listen to victims of crime and do what’s needed to make Queensland safer,” he said.
The ABS figures provide a measure of recorded crime victims, rather than a complete measure of all crime experienced in the community. Changes in reporting, recording practices and other factors can also affect recorded crime statistics.
For the Queensland government, however, the latest figures provide an early measure against which it can assess its crime policies. The 2025 results show a reduction from the previous year, while the government has made clear that it intends to continue with its tougher approach to youth offending and bail.
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