Crime Dashboard - Charters Towers
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-ins | 89 | 875 | 69 |
| motor vehicle | 23 | 774 | 38 |
| violent | 192 | 6,348 | 96 |
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-ins | 875 | 679 | 28.9% |
| motor vehicle | 774 | 695 | 11.4% |
| violent | 6,348 | 5,646 | 12.4% |
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 28.9% to 875 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 11.4% to 774 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 12.4% to 6,348 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 | Charters Towers1 | Qld1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 875 | 971 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 774 | 1,166 | 1,036 |
| violent | 6,348 | 3,419 | 2,829 |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
In 2022-24:
- the rate of break-ins in Charters Towers was 9.9% lower than the Queensland average, and was 18.5% higher than the national average.
- around 69% of LGAs had a lower rate of break-ins than Charters Towers.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Charters Towers was 33.6% lower than the Queensland average, and was 25.3% lower than the national average.
- around 38% of LGAs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Charters Towers.
- the rate of violent crime in Charters Towers was 85.7% higher than the Queensland average, and was 124.4% higher than the national average.
- around 96% of LGAs had a lower rate of violent crime than Charters Towers.