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2019-2020 Crime Report released
Minister for Police and Corrective Services and Minister for Fire and Emergency Services The Honourable Mark Ryan
The 2019-20 Crime Report Queensland, independently prepared by the Queensland Government Statisticians Office (QGSO) and released today, shows the number of unique offenders and unique youth offenders at its lowest level in a decade.
The decreased count of unique offenders in 2019-20 has resulted in the Queensland unique offender rate continuing its downward trend from a peak of 2,999 offenders per 100,000 persons in 2014-15 to 2,408 offenders in 2019-20.
In addition, the number of unique offenders in 2019-20 was down 4.5 percent from the previous year.