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Robbery charge, Petrie

Where: Gympie Road, Petrie, the street the release names · See the street on the map

Robbery charge, Petrie
Petrie, Queensland · Queensland Police
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The release

Officers from the Pine Rivers Criminal Investigation Branch have charged a man following an incident at Petrie this morning, 24 September.

At 3:41am police were called to a park on Gympie Road to reports of an assault.

It is alleged a man punched another man who was not known to him and stole a number of items.

It will be further alleged the offender had a knife in his possession, but it was not presented during the incident.

A 57-year-old man was treated for non-life-threatening injuries and transported to hospital in a stable condition.

A 34-year-old Kallangur man has since been charged with one count each of robbery with violence, possessing a knife in a public place, possessing dangerous drugs and possessing utensils that had been used.

He is due to face Pine River Magistrates Court tomorrow, 25 September.

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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.

— Queensland Police
This report is from Queensland Police. Read their full release: mypolice.qld.gov.au/news/2026/09/24/robbery-charge-petrie

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

See the full Moreton Bay crime profile

2017-18: 575 per 100,0002018-19: 617 per 100,0002019-20: 560 per 100,0002020-21: 669 per 100,0002021-22: 934 per 100,0002022-23: 1,098 per 100,0002023-24: 1,075 per 100,0002024-25: 1,006 per 100,0002025-26: 937 per 100,0002026-27: 246 per 100,0002017-182022-232026-27
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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