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Knife possession and stolen vehicle charges, Mundingburra

Where: Ross River Road, Mundingburra, the street the release names · See the street on the map

Knife possession and stolen vehicle charges, Mundingburra
Mundingburra, Queensland · Queensland Police
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The release

Police have charged a 22-year-old Hermit Park man who allegedly had possession of a knife in public at Mundingburra on Sunday, 27 September.

Officers from the Townsville Tactical Crime Squad were performing Jack’s Law scanning activities at a licensed venue on Ross River Road around 3.40am when the man was allegedly found to have a knife in his pocket.

The weapon was seized by police before the man attempted to run from officers.

He was arrested and has been charged with one count each of possession of a knife in a public place, serious assault of police officer, and contravene requirement of police officer.

He has also been charged with one count of unlawful use of a motor vehicle in relation to the reported theft of a grey Isuzu D-Max utility from a residence on Aplin Street, Townsville on Sunday, 20 September.

The man is due to reappear in Townsville Magistrates Court on 12 October.

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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.

— Queensland Police
This report is from Queensland Police. Read their full release: mypolice.qld.gov.au/news/2026/09/29/knife-possession-and-s…

Crime in the Townsville council area

Townsville is a council area in Queensland with about 206,260 residents. It has a Crime Score 84 out of 100 (very high), 18th 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 assault (89th percentile), break-ins (92nd percentile), sexual offences (80th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 77.

Violent
2,883 per 100k
Property
7,720 per 100k
Break-ins
1,613 per 100k
Theft
3,681 per 100k

See the full Townsville crime profile

2017-18: 1,229 per 100,0002018-19: 1,235 per 100,0002019-20: 1,255 per 100,0002020-21: 1,420 per 100,0002021-22: 2,696 per 100,0002022-23: 3,050 per 100,0002023-24: 3,295 per 100,0002024-25: 3,330 per 100,0002025-26: 2,883 per 100,0002026-27: 710 per 100,0002017-182022-232026-27
Recorded violent offences per 100,000 residents in Townsville, 2017-18 to 2026-27 — down 42% over the period. Source: recorded crime published for Queensland.

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