- The Crisafulli Government is restoring safety where you live with a new Property Crime Unit on the Tablelands.
- The expansion follows the success of the Cairns Property Crime Unit, which has delivered 1,122 arrests and 4,866 charges in 2025.
- Dedicated police resources are targeting repeat offenders, stolen vehicles and serious property crime across the Far North.
- The Crisafulli Government is making Queensland safer and rebuilding the frontline after a decade of decline under the former Government that led to Labor's Youth Crime Crisis.
The Crisafulli Government is restoring safety in Far North Queensland by delivering a second police unit to crackdown on property crime and repeat offenders on the Tablelands.
The new Tablelands Property Crime Unit builds on the success of the Cairns Property Crime Unit, which has played a critical role in disrupting serious property offending, and is making the Cairns region safer.
Since 1 January 2025, 1,229 people have been charged with 5,341 property crime-related offences across the Far Northern Region, with police targeting serious offenders responsible for property crime.
So far in 2026, the unit has charged 107 people with 475 offences.
The specialised units bring together detectives and plain-clothes officers working alongside the Far North Tactical Crime Squad, Far North Dog Squad, general duties police and POLAIR to disrupt offending and hold offenders to account.
Labor's weak laws, fewer police and failure to invest in early intervention created a generation of serious repeat youth offenders and Queensland's Youth Crime Crisis.
The Crisafulli Government is restoring safety where you live with stronger laws, more police, and the biggest investment in rehabilitation and early intervention in Queensland history.
Minister for Police and Emergency Services Dan Purdie said the expansion of the Property Crime Unit demonstrates the Crisafulli Government's clear focus on community safety and backing police with the resources they need.
"The Crisafulli Government is making Queensland safer by rebuilding the police frontline and making sure officers have the tools and specialist support required to tackle property crime head-on after Labor's decade of decline," Minister Purdie said.
"We are sending a clear message to offenders that if you steal cars, break into homes or terrorise communities, police will be there and you will be held accountable.
"By expanding successful units like the Property Crime Unit, we're putting police in the right place at the right time and focusing resources where they will make the biggest difference."
Far North District Acting Chief Superintendent Monique Ralph said having a new, dedicated unit targeting property crime on the Tablelands highlights the Queensland Police Services' commitment to community safety.
"We want to assure our community that officers are working tirelessly day and night to disrupt stolen vehicles and bring offenders before the court," Acting Chief Superintendent Ralph said.
"These police live and work in this community and are dedicated to protecting it, as evident by the number of property crime charges preferred in the last year.
"The addition of a Tablelands Property Crime Unit will allow us to strategically place resources to target property offending, meaning police can be in the right place at the right time."
