Queensland Police crime data reveals a rise in assaults, traffic offences in 2021

Shocking statistics have revealed an increase in criminal offending in Dalby, indicating a rise in assaults, break ins, public nuisances and drug offences in the last 12 months.

SHOCK DISCOVERY: Queensland Police crime statistics has revealed a shocking rise in offence rates, indicating 2021 had recorded a rise in assaults, break ins, public nuisances and drug offences. Picture: Matt Taylor

Disturbing crime statistics have revealed a shocking rise in offence rates, indicating a rise in assaults, break ins, public nuisances and drug offences in the last 12 months.

Data released by the Queensland Police Service through its Online Crime Map detailed the stunning increase in offences in the Dalby district, which encompassed areas such as Ducklo, Nandi, Blaxland, and more.

The periods between May 2021—May 2020 and May 2020—May 2019 were compared, with a notable increase seen in traffic related offences, which showed a rise from 330 the previous year to 364.

Drivers such as Alex Anthony Jacobs were pinned in the last 12 months, with the 32-year-old father returning a reading of 0.240 roadside on April 17, 2021.

Adam Carl Shakespeare was another statistic that added to the rise in traffic offences, with the Dalby father reversing into a Drayton Street shop while more than four times the limit.

Assaults sky rocketed from 72 to 129 when the last two years were compared, with Nigel Robert Turnbull’s common assault offence being one of the many.

There have been 129 assaults recorded in the Dalby district in the last 12 months. Picture: Amy Lyne

The 34-year-old Warra man faced Dalby Magistrates Court after he punched a man and a woman in the head at a bottle-O.

An elderly man was devastatingly involved in a violent assault on February 2021, when two unknown assailants descended on his Ducklo home and bashed him.

It’s understood the offenders then stole two firearms before fleeing the scene.

Unlawful entry of homes and businesses rose from 82 to 85, with a break in occurring earlier this month along Hospital Road, attesting to this increase in property crime.

An unknown number of offenders were believed to have entered a residence about 12.30am on May 1 while the occupants slept.

Dalby police said they entered through an unlocked door and stole a mobile phone, wallet, and an amount of cash.

Unlawful entries were also on the rise in Dalby. Picture: File

Unfortunately drug offences increased too, rising from 380 to 393.

Dozens of offenders passed through Dalby’s Magistrate and District Courts in the past 12 months, ranging from low level criminals to suppliers.

Samantha Lee Murphy pleaded guilty in Dalby District Court on May 17 to 19 counts of supplying meth, along with other drug related offences

The 33-year-old had been arrested after a police interception discovered incriminating texts implicating her in supplying meth.

Good order offences, which involve offences of public nuisance and public intoxication, also rose from 256 in 2019 to 2020, to 300 in 2020-2021.

Nathan John Hinch’s boozed filled evening on January 9 would be included in these figures, after he was arrested for committing a public nuisance and obstructing police.

Dalby Magistrates Court heard on March 2 that Hinch was “grossly intoxicated” and disorderly in the street, before he exposed his penis to police.