Q. Do you think the following types of crime have increased or decreased over the last few years?
| Increas-ed a lot | Increas-ed a little | Stayed about the same | Decreas-ed a little | Decreas-ed a lot | Don’t know | Total increas-ed | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Drug-related crime | 53% | 23% | 14% | 3% | 1% | 6% | 76% | 76% | 79% | 65% | 86% | |
| Youth gang crime | 49% | 21% | 17% | 4% | 2% | 7% | 70% | 65% | 73% | 52% | 86% | |
| Domestic violence | 32% | 31% | 25% | 4% | 2% | 7% | 63% | 65% | 65% | 63% | 66% | |
| Violent crime – e.g. assault, murder | 30% | 30% | 24% | 6% | 1% | 8% | 60% | 58% | 63% | 53% | 72% | |
| Burglary | 30% | 27% | 26% | 7% | 2% | 7% | 57% | 56% | 57% | 49% | 66% | |
| White collar crime – e.g. fraud, corporate crime | 24% | 31% | 30% | 3% | 2% | 10% | 55% | 52% | 61% | 58% | 55% | |
| Car theft | 27% | 26% | 28% | 10% | 2% | 8% | 53% | 51% | 55% | 41% | 58% |
A majority believed that all crimes have increased.
More than two-thirds believe that drug-related crime (76%) and youth gang crime (70%) have increased – and about half think they have increased a lot.
Those more likely to think youth gang crime has increased were Liberal/National voters (73%), other party voters (86%) and aged 45+ (83%).