Qld top cop changed bikie law stance: LNP

Queensland's opposition has accused the state's police commissioner of refusing to talk up crime measures he supports for political reasons.

Commissioner Ian Stewart presented the Queensland Police Service annual statistical review to Police Minister Jo-Ann Miller on Thursday.

It indicated that while the overall crime rate had risen by 0.4 per cent over the past financial year, it had dropped 12 per cent over the past decade.

Mr Stewart was asked what effect controversial anti-bikie legislation - the Vicious Lawless Association Disestablishment (VLAD) Act - had had on crime rates, particularly on the Gold Coast, which had a historical problem with bikie gangs.

The commissioner replied: "I can't answer that question specifically.

"The VLAD laws have not been used very often."

Mr Stewart said he had not encouraged officers to enforce the laws or restricted the laws from being applied.

Shadow Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie, the architect of the laws introduced by the former Liberal National Party government, said Mr Stewart's comments were very different to those he had made in previous months.

Mr Bleijie said Mr Stewart had previously been enthusiastic in his support of the legislation, both in the media and during budget estimates hearings in parliament.

"But unfortunately today it seems ... he was silenced because he was standing next to the minister," he said.

"The police commissioner is on the record a number of times standing up to the laws, standing up to criminal thugs, including motorcycle gang members, and unfortunately we didn't see that today."

The Labor Government is reviewing the laws.