Maranoa’s dangerous streets: Police data reveals crime hotspots

From drug offending, robberies, to drink and drug driving, these are the Maranoa region’s most dangerous streets according to police data.

According to data from Queensland Police, the Maranoa region has been victim to nearly 1500 criminal offences since August 2022. Picture: Queensland Police Service.

According to data from Queensland Police, the Maranoa region has been victim to nearly 1500 criminal offences since August 2022.

The data shows the most offences committed in the region in the past 12 months were related to traffic offending (280), followed by good order offences (229) such as public nuisance, obstructing police and general disorderly behaviour in public.

Further analysis by The Western Star was conducted to break down the prevalence of different crimes across different towns and identify some of the Maranoa’s most dangerous streets between August 2022 and August 2023.

Across the entire region 1396 criminal offences occurred, with data showing April 2023 was the most prolific month with police responding to 150 offences.

The most common day for crime was Thursday at about midnight with traffic related offences leading the way.

According to the data, Roma was the largest crime spot with approximately 1100 of the total number of offences committed, followed by Mitchell (90), Yuleba (37), Surat (28), Wallumbilla (27) and Injune (25).

The streets with the most crime committed for each town were Station St and First Ave in Injune, Bedwell St in Yuleba, May St in Wallumbilla, Cambridge St in Mitchell and Bowen St in Roma.

However, outside of the Roma CBD data indicates Holland St was Roma’s most crime riddled residential street with 28 crimes committed in the past 12 months with good order offences and drug offences leading the way.

According to data from Queensland Police, the Maranoa region has been victim to nearly 1500 criminal offences since August 2022. Picture: Queensland Police Service.

Despite wide media coverage of the youth crime epidemic sweeping the state, police data shows stolen cars only make up a fraction of the total offending rates.

Unlawful use of a motor vehicle accounted for 77 out of the 1396 crimes committed across the region in the past year, which is about 5.5 per cent of the total number of crimes committed.

Of this number, 69 of the 77 stolen vehicles were taken from Roma addresses.

Most prevalent criminal offence in each town:

Wallumbilla: Drug offences (8)

Yuleba: Other offence against the person (8)

Mitchell: Good order offences (15) followed by assault (14)

Injune: Theft not including unlawful use (9)

Roma: Traffic (226)

Originally published as Maranoa’s dangerous streets: Police data reveals crime hotspots