The number of fare evaders in Queensland has effectively doubled in the past decade, official crime statistics show.

The figures, available through the Queensland government's open data program, shows the proportion of people committing the offence of fare evasion peaked last October.

The number of people fare evading in Queensland is skyrocketing, according to government figures. Credit:Glenn Hunt

That month, 9.34 per 100,000 people were fined by police as a result of fare evasion, which was almost double the ratio – 4.80 per 100,000 – recorded 10 years earlier in October 2004.

Between 2005 and 2010, the ratio stayed below 5:100,000 every month except March and October 2010.