Crime Dashboard - Gladstone
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 | 565 | 816 | 66 |
| motor vehicle | 166 | 754 | 36 |
| violent | 685 | 3,961 | 87 |
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 | 816 | 604 | 35.3% |
| motor vehicle | 754 | 386 | 95.6% |
| violent | 3,961 | 4,527 | -12.5% |
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 35.3% to 816 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 95.6% to 754 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 12.5% to 3,961 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 | Gladstone1 | Qld1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 816 | 971 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 754 | 1,166 | 1,036 |
| violent | 3,961 | 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 Gladstone was 15.9% lower than the Queensland average, and was 10.5% higher than the national average.
- around 66% of LGAs had a lower rate of break-ins than Gladstone.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Gladstone was 35.3% lower than the Queensland average, and was 27.2% lower than the national average.
- around 36% of LGAs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Gladstone.
- the rate of violent crime in Gladstone was 15.8% higher than the Queensland average, and was 40.0% higher than the national average.
- around 87% of LGAs had a lower rate of violent crime than Gladstone.