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Armed robbery, Caboolture South

Where: Morayfield Road, Caboolture South, the street the release names · See the street on the map

Armed robbery, Caboolture South
Caboolture South, Queensland · Queensland Police

The release

Detectives from Caboolture Criminal Investigation Branch are investigating an armed robbery of a Caboolture South business overnight.

Initial investigations indicate that around 6:58pm, three men, one reportedly armed with a firearm, entered a business on Morayfield Road, near Jacaranda Avenue.

The group then demanded money from an employee before fleeing the scene in an unknown vehicle nearby.

Investigators are appealing to anyone who witnessed the incident or has CCTV or dashcam footage of Morayfield Road between 6.45pm and 7.00pm to contact police.

If you have information for police, contact Policelink by providing information using the online suspicious activity form 24hrs per day at www.police.qld.gov.au/reporting .

Report crime information anonymously via Crime Stoppers . Call 1800 333 000 or report online at www.crimestoppersqld.com.au or call 131 444 .

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▲ 0% Assault offence occurrence has increased by 0% since August 2026.

▼ 1% Drugs offence occurrence has decreased by 1% since August 2026.

▲ 1.9% Theft offence occurrence has increased by 1.9% since August 2026.

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Crime in the Moreton Bay council area

Moreton Bay is a council area in Queensland with about 532,445 residents. It has a Crime Score 48 out of 100 (moderate), 186th of 362 councils nationally.

The score blends national percentile ranks for each published offence category with fixed severity weights; here it is driven most by robbery (72nd percentile), assault (39th percentile), homicide (55th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 53.

Violent
937 per 100k
Property
3,791 per 100k
Break-ins
359 per 100k
Theft
2,353 per 100k

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Recorded violent offences per 100,000 residents in Moreton Bay, 2017-18 to 2026-27 — down 57% over the period. Source: recorded crime published for Queensland.

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