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Monthly crime stats showing good signs for region

July 19, 2024 7:29 am in by

Crime on the Sunshine Coast has dropped to its lowest monthly level since 2022.

Police data shows 2,126 offences were recorded in June.

Assaults (156), sexual offences (25) and robberies (7) were all down on the previous month.

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Unlawful entries (140) and stolen vehicles (70) both saw increases and thefts (626) made up more than a third of offences for the month.

Police seem to have a grip on drug crime, with June seeing the lowest number of drug offences (149) since February 2011.

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