Crime Dashboard - Ashfield (Qld)

Queensland • Suburb • 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-ins440033
motor vehicle389555
violent31,32829

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-ins400153161.3%
motor vehicle895361148.1%
violent1,3282,573-48.4%

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 161.3% to 400 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • motor vehicle theft increased by 148.1% to 895 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • violent crime decreased by 48.4% to 1,328 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
Ashfield (Qld)1
Qld1
Australia1
break-ins400971739
motor vehicle8951,1661,036
violent1,3283,4192,829

1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.

Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS

In 2022-24:

  • the rate of break-ins in Ashfield (Qld) was 58.8% lower than the Queensland average, and was 45.8% lower than the national average.
  • around 33% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Ashfield (Qld).
  • the rate of motor vehicle theft in Ashfield (Qld) was 23.3% lower than the Queensland average, and was 13.7% lower than the national average.
  • around 55% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Ashfield (Qld).
  • the rate of violent crime in Ashfield (Qld) was 61.2% lower than the Queensland average, and was 53.1% lower than the national average.
  • around 29% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Ashfield (Qld).