Mapped: See the SEQ suburbs being targeted, as thefts skyrocket
Mobile phones and smart watches are the items thieves are targeting as an electronic crime wave crashes over the southeast, after the highest theft victim count since 1995. SEE THE MAP
Brisbane crime
Thirty-minute rampage: Armed bandits in Ford Fiesta crime spree
Police have brought down a couple allegedly behind an armed robbery rampage north of Brisbane with two businesses hit in just 30 minutes.
Mapped: Qld’s most dangerous streets and suburbs
How safe is your neighbourhood? New data has revealed the streets and suburbs where police have been called for break-ins, assaults, drugs and car thefts. Every Queensland region listed.
Premier’s $250m youth remand move blasted as ‘Band Aid fix’
Youth and community organisations are split on state government plans for a new $250m youth remand centre at Wacol, which is expected to open some time next year. VOTE IN OUR POLL
Watch: Blood-covered man flees unit, man charged after alleged double stabbing
A man has been charged over an incident during which another man was filmed leaving a Brisbane unit covered in blood and clutching his throat, after he and a third man were allegedly stabbed multiple times.
Top cop’s frank admission: ‘We can’t arrest our way out of this crisis’
Hardcore criminals are not just fearless of the police, they are fearless of everyone, Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll admits, amid claims offenders are now turning the tables on people trying to bring them to justice.
Senseless violence in our suburbs cannot continue
The kind of violence that erupted at a home in Brisbane’s southwest on Sunday, allegedly over an online transaction, has no place in this country. But it just keeps happening, writes Kylie Lang.
41 arrests, 500 charges: Cops smash drug trafficking ring
More than 40 people have been arrested on nearly 500 charges after a Moreton Bay drug sting uncovered large amounts of meth.
‘If I run one off the road’: Texts reveal alleged killer’s plan to mow down teen
The driver allegedly responsible for the death of a teen motorcyclist in Logan at the weekend has faced court for manslaughter, in what police allege was a calculated, planned incident.
‘Rest in peace Wombat’: Gang ties not ruled out as friends mourn stabbing victim
Police are refusing to rule out whether an altercation between two groups of young men south of Brisbane that ended in the death of a 20-year-old was gang related. It comes as friends pay tribute to the man they called “wombat”.
Youth crime crackdown ‘threatens human rights catastrophe’
The state’s youth crime crackdown threatens a surge in children ion already-crowded detention centres and even adult watchhouses, critics say.
Teen gangsters dodge conviction as judge outlines ‘worst violence’ he has seen
A judge has characterised a video played in court the worst violence he has ever seen in his 18 years in his role, as nine youths were sentenced over a pair of brutal bashings in inner Brisbane.
Youth crime backflip: Qld to reintroduce breach of bail as an offence
The Palaszczuk government has backflipped on a contentious youth crime reform and will sensationally reintroduce breach of bail as an offence after repeatedly saying it would not be effective.
Police zero in on ute in Bribie Island death probe
Police investigating the suspicious death of a Bribie Island woman have asked for the public’s help in tracking a white ute seen near her home.
‘We f***** that n*****’: Gang members jailed for brutal bashings
Security was bolstered in a Brisbane court as three gang members were sentenced over a pair of brutal bashings in inner Brisbane.
Brisbane road rage terror: Man ‘deliberately run down’
Bystanders have jumped in to stop a driver who allegedly ran down another man during a road rage incident on a busy Brisbane road.
‘It was like the Ku Klux Klan:’ Neighbour relives horror teen stabbing
A woman has relived the terrifying moment she woke to screams as a teen was set upon and stabbed by a group of youths wearing T-shirts over their heads with eye holes cut out. VIDEO
Couple named: Man allegedly stabbed by partner while enjoying morning coffee
A man allegedly stabbed in the chest by his partner while enjoying his morning coffee has been identified as police reveal new details about the “horrendously graphic” Grange crime scene.
Man stabbed outside medical centre, teens charged after violent carjacking
A man has been stabbed multiple times and two teenage boys have been charged after a violent carjacking outside a medical centre south of Brisbane.
70 a day: Car thefts hit record-breaking high
Almost 70 cars were stolen across Queensland every day in the worst month on record for vehicle thefts. WHERE CAR THEFTS SPIKED
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