More than 80 people have been arrested since a crackdown on youth and property crime in Cairns was launched in September 2017.

Police Minister Mark Ryan said the intelligence based operation is designed to target crime hotspots, while also praising the various arms of the police force involved in the crackdown.

Statistics gathered by the police shows the outcome of this crackdown, with a decrease in the number of robberies, property damage, drug offences and trespassing in the first quarter of the 2017-18 financial year.