Crime Dashboard - Mount Isa

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-ins7424,415100
motor vehicle2023,998100
violent1,59931,290100

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-ins4,4153,24136.2%
motor vehicle3,9982,50659.5%
violent31,29024,57427.3%

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 36.2% to 4,415 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • motor vehicle theft increased by 59.5% to 3,998 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • violent crime increased by 27.3% to 31,290 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
Mount Isa1
Qld1
Australia1
break-ins4,415971739
motor vehicle3,9981,1661,036
violent31,2903,4192,829

1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.

Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS

In 2022-24:

  • the rate of break-ins in Mount Isa was 354.8% higher than the Queensland average, and was 497.7% higher than the national average.
  • around 100% of LGAs had a lower rate of break-ins than Mount Isa.
  • the rate of motor vehicle theft in Mount Isa was 242.8% higher than the Queensland average, and was 285.7% higher than the national average.
  • around 100% of LGAs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Mount Isa.
  • the rate of violent crime in Mount Isa was 815.2% higher than the Queensland average, and was 1,006.0% higher than the national average.
  • around 100% of LGAs had a lower rate of violent crime than Mount Isa.