“They cherry-picked data and did not tell Queenslanders the full picture of crime,” she said.

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Police data has shown a decrease in youth crime, with then-Labor police minister Mark Ryan touting a 6.7 per cent year-on-year reduction in June.

Gerber said the police data included cautions, whereas the figures she released on Sunday were “proven offences” provided by the Department of Youth Justice.

“For the last 10 years, the former government, the Labor government, has stood up and told Queenslanders that youth crime is going down,” she said.

“I doubt they will be honest with Queenslanders now. On the eve of an election, they lied to Queenslanders so they could cling on to power.”

Opposition treasury spokeswoman Shannon Fentiman, who served as attorney-general in the Palaszczuk Labor government, has scheduled a media conference for early Sunday afternoon.

More to come.

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