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Gympie residents are being reminded to remember to lock their homes as unlawful entry crimes remained at a 15-year high in 2020.
Police data shows 208 unlawful entry offences were recorded in the Gympie police division last year, two more than in 2019.
This increase, although small, continued a trend of growing offence number since 2014 when 144 break-ins were reported.
Last year’s figures were also the highest since the 2012 recorded 2005; however they were still well below the rate at the turn of the century, where from 2001-2003 there was an average of 312 beak-ins in the division. Gympie police unlawful entry crime data 2020
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Attacks against police officers and domestic violence were key drivers behind a rise in assault crimes that pushed the figure to its highest level in the Gympie police division in 18 years.
Police data revealed 167 assault offences were recorded in the Gympie Division in 2020, 15 more than the 152 recorded in 2019.
It was the highest number of assaults in the region since 2002, when 174 were reported.
The biggest spike in offending happened in June; almost two dozen of the area’s assaults occurred during the winter months, despite it traditionally being the quiet end of the spectrum for criminal behaviour.