{"id":14424,"date":"2012-10-25T22:33:41","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T12:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=14424"},"modified":"2024-03-27T15:39:07","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T05:39:07","slug":"low-crime-rates-in-south-burnet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2012\/10\/25\/low-crime-rates-in-south-burnet\/","title":{"rendered":"Low Crime Rates In South Burnett"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Gympie District Police Superintendent Chris Seng<\/figcaption><\/figure>October 25, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

South Burnett residents live in one of the lowest crime areas in Queensland, an analysis of the annual Gympie Police District crime figures reveals.<\/p>\n

Gympie District Police Superintendent Chris Seng told southburnett.com.au<\/strong> today the number of offences reported to local police was either static or slightly down when compared with the same time the previous year.<\/p>\n

Gympie Police District includes the South Burnett, Gympie and Tin Can Bay, and forms part of the North Coast Region which yesterday reported a 1 per cent drop in annual crime, compared with an average 6 per cent rise across the State. <\/p>\n

The District’s figures were also significantly lower than a decade ago, Supt Seng said, and followed a long period of declining crime rates.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The only area which showed a small rise in the past 12 months was property offences, in particular break-and-enters.<\/p>\n

But it seems that burglars these days are more interested in stealing car keys than they are in taking household property.<\/p>\n

While there were 1220 reports of unlawful entry across the Gympie District last year, there were only 119 reports of stealing from dwellings.<\/p>\n

Shop stealing (227) and stealing from vehicles (255) both ranked much higher.<\/p>\n

During the past financial year, a total of 21,970 offences were reported to Gympie District police, an average of 60 a day:<\/p>\n