Crime Dashboard - Balonne

Queensland • LGA • 2022-24

Crime summary

Crime rank by crime type

Percentage of equivalent geographies with a lower crime rate.

Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS

Crime statistics summary

Crime
Count
Rate1
Percentile2
break-ins541,77997
motor vehicle242,14395
violent607,73997

1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.

2 percentage of equivalent geographies with a lower crime rate.

Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS

Surrounding areas

Crime trends

Break-in rate

Annual rate per 100,000 persons.

Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS

Violent crime rate

Annual rate per 100,000 persons.

Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS

Motor vehicle theft rate

Annual rate per 100,000 persons.

Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS

Period comparisons

Crime
2022-241
2020-221
Change
break-ins1,7791,20447.8%
motor vehicle2,1431,19479.5%
violent7,7397,164 8.0%

1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.

Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS

Between 2020-22 and 2022-24 the rate of:

  • break-ins increased by 47.8% to 1,779 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • motor vehicle theft increased by 79.5% to 2,143 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • violent crime increased by 8.0% to 7,739 incidents per 100,000 residents.

Area comparisons

Break-in rate

Annual rate per 100,000 persons.

Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS

Violent crime rate

Annual rate per 100,000 persons.

Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS

Motor vehicle theft rate

Annual rate per 100,000 persons.

Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS

Comparative statistics

Crime
Balonne1
Qld1
Australia1
break-ins1,779971739
motor vehicle2,1431,1661,036
violent7,7393,4192,829

1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.

Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS

In 2022-24:

  • the rate of break-ins in Balonne was 83.3% higher than the Queensland average, and was 140.8% higher than the national average.
  • around 97% of LGAs had a lower rate of break-ins than Balonne.
  • the rate of motor vehicle theft in Balonne was 83.7% higher than the Queensland average, and was 106.7% higher than the national average.
  • around 96% of LGAs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Balonne.
  • the rate of violent crime in Balonne was 126.4% higher than the Queensland average, and was 173.6% higher than the national average.
  • around 97% of LGAs had a lower rate of violent crime than Balonne.