Crime in Townsville, Australia

My friends family lives in Aitkenvale and early yesterday evening, 2 abbo yourh came in the front house in broad day light, sneaked in the front door while every one was home preparing meal for their little 6 yrs old dughters birthday.
Surveillance camera footage shown 2 black youth age 13, 15 took two cars and drove off.
Then 3 hours later we saw one of the car driving near Stockland and MacDonald's in Aitkenvale which is only like 200 meters from my friends home.
We called the police and police responded straight away and found one of the car abandoned near there.
Second car was also found 5 hours later near by Stockland shopping.
Thanks to the police with such quick respond.
It was disgusting that them blacks stole the cars and driving around near by with a group of up to 30 blacks including young ones at the age of 8,9 years old.
We had the footage and surely the police know them very well but is there anything that the Authorities can do to them young crimes ? Law here in this country is not right and allows them keep doing such crimes.
Its time to stop them and not let the innocent people get hurt by them stupid acts.

Townsville is a spot where crime was made where GTA was inspired by where bullshit is not a word rather than a bog event happening .Townsvile is not suitable for families it is for drug dealers and Thugs .escape your life and find another place before it is too late.
I got three attempts of home break ins and armed robbery at my work and the government is playing the paralyzed and blind part no help and no law .Anyone is defending this town is a part of the crime in it .

I love it here, don't listen to the trolls like "Anonymous" below, crime here is no worse then any other city of its size. There is a small minority hell bent on spreading misinformation and keep yapping on about crime because they have no life and haven't experienced much of the world. "Tell that to the woman being raped" oh because women don't get raped anywhere else? why don't we ask Jill Meagher for her opinion oh thats right she was raped and killed in the supposedly most "liveable" city on earth Melbourne. So where did you end up moving to.. another planet? galapagos islands? good luck finding a place that is totally "safe" you words no longer mean anything as people realise Townsville isn't a victim of a crime "epidemic" it is a victim of some people that have both an anxiety disorder and verbal diarroea and won't shut up about how paranoid they are. Ugh.

I love the lifestyle here, moved here from Sunny Coast and never looked back, so much more advantageous up here. I work in a lab job and have been given a long term contract :)

I grew up in Townsville as a kid. I was attacked walking home from school by other kids. Our neighbourhood was one of the worst and we were classed as lower class poor. Not a good childhood at all. I still remember the bad childhood memories growing up in wulguru.

Townsville is a great spot to live, people who have never been here think its a bad place with lost of crimes committed, but when you live here its amazing and not a lot of crimes are committed in when you think about since its a fairly big place.

Townsville is the absolute pits of the earth. Fortunately, I only had a year (renewable) contract in the dive.
Needless to say, I didn't renew it...

Neighbour was broken into 4 times in 9 months. 3 in 6 months seemed to be a common theme when I was there. There's an undercurrent of scumbags that prey on those who do the right thing - that is, dare leave their house on a regular basis to go to work. Create a pattern, and you are an absolute sitting duck.

I've been to plenty a town and city Australia wide. But there's one thing about "The Ville" that just stands out. There is no middle class....

To begin with, I was a bit naive and slightly taken back. Doesn't the average Joe care? Can't they see what's going on around them? What if it was their daughter that was assaulted? The whole population can't be scumbags, can they? Well, in the case of Townsville, they are.

It turns out that the bulk of the descent folk fled the joint years ago. Those who are left are too scared to speak out, or as the case of some of those on this website are living in the 1980's. Drugs are rife, crime is out of control and the Aboriginal community are untouchable in the eyes of the law...

Either you live in a luxury pad up on the hill, are a local who turns a blind eye and are hence granted protection, or you will be the next victim.