youth gangs

Melissa Catherine Taylor woke up at 4.30am on Tuesday and saw three teenagers downstairs in her home - two of them were armed with knives.

Ten children are in custody and at least three more remain on the run after a spate of thefts.

A teenager has been charged with vandalising the memorial of Iyzaa-Jay Naden after the 18-year-old was allegedly stabbed to death in Doonside earlier this year.

Dashcam vision shows the moment taxi driver John McDougall pulls up to Toowoomba's Grand Central Shopping Centre.

James Antliff and Elise Allisson have upped the security of their Paddington home each time they have been targeted but it didn't stop a group of teenagers.

A $1.28 billion scheme to tackle crime in Queensland will see hundreds of extra police officers on the ground, upgrades to policing equipment and stations and more support for the victims of crime, says Premier Steven Miles.

He is accused of illegally possessing 400 banned items such as samurai swords, flick knives and knuckle dusters.

Northern Territory Chief Minister Eva Lawler said no children should be walking the street at night.

Officers said one armed person walked behind the counter but didn't take anything.

When he stepped up as Queensland's Acting Police Commissioner Steve Gollchewski promised a crackdown on crime in the state.

A teenager has entered a convenience store armed with a gun during an alleged dangerous crime spree across south-east Queensland.

Video shows the gang attempting to break into homes before police arrive.

Up to 50 teenagers, some as young as 14 years old, will be tracked to ensure those charged with serious crimes adhere to their bail conditions.

Kayla Dawson allegedly lured 16-year-old Jason Galleghan to a home over a belief he had stolen her AirPods.

At least four homes in Seven Hills were targeted in the early hours of Wednesday Morning.

The 43-year-old man was shot in the hand outside his home after he came out to see his parked car had been hit.

A young man was ambushed outside a busy shopping centre in Melbourne's outer west by a group armed with machetes.

White, 70, was allegedly stabbed to death near her car in an underground car park in Ipswich.

The growing trend of teenagers committing crimes and posting them online is being targeted in a new police initiative.

A police staff shortage is leading some Melbourne neighbourhoods to take security matters into their own hands.

A father whose stolen car was used to commit robberies in Melbourne is pleading with the state government to get tough on repeat youth offenders, as youth crime takes hold of the city.

An army veteran was allegedly accosted by a gang of youths after he went to buy a rotisserie chicken last week.

A rally in Brisbane called for action on youth-crime while a new proposal by the state would ban under-18s from buying knives.

Hundreds of deadly weapons allegedly being sold to youth crime gangs have been seized from collectible stores in major raids across Melbourne.

CCTV footage of masked youths armed with machetes lurking around cars at homes on Brisbane's north side has left residents terrified.

The footage posted to Instagram and Facebook shows a man chasing the allegedly stolen car in Highland Reserve in Gold Coast.

A Police Air helicopter tracked the car to Waterford West before it crashed on Albert Street shortly after.

Jafa said his mother was now wishing she could return to Iraq, saying she was not the victim of crime in years there, but had been after spending seven months in Australia.

Police seized five guns, 61 knives, and a set of knuckledusters, in an operation targeting knife crime and "anti-social behaviours."

A group of teenagers are on the run after allegedly smashing their way into two Queensland businesses early on Tuesday morning.

Victims and those affected by Queensland's youth crime crisis marched from the Botanic Gardens to Parliament House.

The 17-year-old was jumped by a group of men while walking through Scarborough.

These camps, located in the Northern Territory and rural bushlands, would educate young criminals as well as teach them life, trade, business and leadership skills.

Amid a steep rise in youth crime, one of the nation's top cops has called for more police powers to be installed so that officers can arrest young offenders aged between 10 and 13.

A concerned father is calling on the Education Department to step in after his wife and three daughters were chased through a shopping centre by a gang of school girls. 

Two pre-teens have been charged following the alleged robbery of a vape shop in Adelaide. 

The boy was also accompanied by two others during the alleged break-in, Police say.

A Queensland couple woke up to find an alleged teen thief in their home and demanded he stay there until police arrived.

Juvenile detainee advocates are calling for an independent review into the a Perth detention centre, claiming inmates have been held in poor and illegal conditions.

Police allege three 13-year-olds and a 12-year-old tried to carjack an Uber driver at knifepoint and attempted to steal their car at 5:30pm yesterday.

It came after a gym owner had earlier posted a $5000 reward on social media.

It came on the same night two police were injured during a hooning crackdown on the Gold Coast.

Seven boys aged between 11 and 14 were found driving an allegedly stolen vehicle after a PolAir and police pursuit in Perth.

A ban on rap music will be enforced at the Sydney Royal Easter Show under a new safety push after a deadly stabbing last year.

The town's mayor Matt Patterson has admitted it is 'scary to live here at times', with violent crime up more than 50 per cent in the past year.

Ethan Knox forced a teenager to eat a cigarette butt during a humiliating robbery.

The laws include an overhaul of the Human Rights Act, which would allow children to be charged with a criminal offence if they breach bail conditions.

An officer has been taken to hospital after young criminals turned on police, ramming two patrol cars with stolen vehicles.

Gang members filmed the sickening assaults on teenage boys, a Brisbane court heard.

A police chase that spanned two states has ended with a man and two teenage boys being arrested after fleeing an alleged attempted robbery.