Worst areas in Gympie for break-ins, assaults revealed

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From the pristine coastal waters of Rainbow Beach to the rolling hills of the Mary Valley, police are called to neighbourhoods across the Gympie region every day.

According to Queensland Police Service crime data, police were called to a total of 3607 offences in the past year, from drug busts to break and enters, assaults and worse.

They attended 335 assaults, 68 weapon offences and 18 arson offences. But the most predominant crimes in the region were theft and drug crimes, with police attending 469 drug offences, and 800 thefts.

For privacy reasons, this data does not include any sexual or domestic violence offences.

It shows police are most commonly called out in the early hours of the morning, with most offences occurring between midnight and 2am.

Nearly a quarter of the total reported offences were allegedly committed between 2pm and 6am on Fridays and Saturdays.

A Queensland Police spokesperson said there were many more factors that created a “hotspot” than a simple number.

“Hot spots can, and do, develop across all demographics, including housing density and housing types, which vary widely from suburb to suburb and, indeed, street to street within suburbs,” she said.

“Anti-social behaviour and alcohol fuelled violence can see trends at different times of the year, such as during holiday periods.”

Here are some of the notable crime trends across the Gympie region:

(Note: locations are approximations only and the data used is not centrally verified by QPS. This data should be used as a guide only.)

Gympie

Gympie Police Station has recorded a large number of good order offences in the past 12 months.

As the population centre of the region, it is no wonder that Central Gympie has the highest level of criminal activity.

In the past year, 1700 offences were recorded within a few kilometres of the CBD.

Most common were theft offences at 429, followed by 212 traffic related offences.

Interestingly, the city also had the highest concentration of good order offences across the region, at 209.

Potential hot spots included the southern end of Mary Street, where more than 150 crimes were reported in the past year, and the Gympie Police Station.

More than half of the offences reported from the station were good order related.

Monkland

The industrial park in Monkland has been the site of a number of offences, according to QPS stats.

Monkland is a hub of theft offences, according to QPS stats.

Of the 138 offences reported in the suburb, 59 of them were thefts. There were also 8 unlawful entries and 9 other property offences.

The most offences occurred near the Bruce Highway and near Edwin Campion Drive.

Cooloola Cove

The most common offence in Cooloola Cove is assault.

The first coastal suburb to make the list, Cooloola Cove had a total of 63 offences reported in the past year.

Of these, 16 were assault.

Interestingly, there were no offences recorded in July 2022.

The offences are spread across the town, with no strong clusters notable in the data.

Southside

Southside is one of the safer places to live in Gympie according to QPS data.

Southside residents are unlikely to be surprised by the fact that the vast majority of the area’s criminal activity in the past year occurred within kilometres of the Gympie Showgrounds.

In fact, of the Southside’s 241 recorded offences, 125 were reported close to the popular grounds.

Those offences included 30 thefts, 22 drug offences and 18 traffic-related offences.

Exhibition Road specifically had the highest number of reported traffic offences in the area.

Rainbow Beach

QPS Data reveals Centenary Park and nearby areas were a potential hotspot for crime.

Popular tourist spot Rainbow Beach reported a total of 127 offences in the past year.

Of these, 30 were reported in or around Centenary Park. 21 of these offences were theft-related.

As is expected from a tourism-based town, the most prominent months for crimes reported were between November and February, with a significant drop in March.

There was also a slight spike (14 offences) during July, likely due to the school holidays.

Tin Can Bay

Tin Can Bay recorded much higher offence rates in summer.

Another Cooloola Coast town, Tin Can Bay also has a notable trend in offences reported in the summer months.

There was a total of 91 offences reported in town in the past 12 month.

A significant number of those were reported within a kilometre of the Tin Can Bay police station on Gympie Road.

Notably, 16 offences were reported near Dory Street, including four assaults.

Curra

Friday was the most popular day for criminal offending in Curra, according to QPS stats.

The northern-Gympie region suburb of Curra was a hotspot for theft and drug offences, according to QPS data.

Of the 99 offences reported in the area over the past year, 26 per cent were committed on a Friday.

Notable hot spots included Gleneagles Drive and the Bruce Highway, just north of the David Drive turn-off.

The latter recorded 21 offences in the past 12 months, including 12 thefts and two weapon offences.

Goomeri

Goomeri has a population of just 677 people.

Goomeri recorded 83 offences in the past 12 months, including 18 thefts and 12 traffic offences.

Of those, nearly 75 per cent were within a kilometre of the town police station on Moore Street.

Notable other streets for criminal activity included Maudsley Street and McGregor Street.

Both recorded 10 offences nearby each.

Imbil

The majority of offences reported in Imbil in the past year were traffic-related.

Another town with a high concentration of traffic offences, Imbil police reported 50 offences in the past 12 months.

Of these, 15 were traffic offences and 13 were drug-related. Notably, the third most common type of offence in town was assault, with 7 reports.

A large number of the traffic offences recorded were around Mary Valley State College.

Diggins Road was the site of four nearby fraud offences in the past year.

Originally published as Worst areas in Gympie for break-ins, assaults revealed