Crime Dashboard - Blackwater
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-ins | 43 | 1,145 | 83 |
| motor vehicle | 36 | 2,167 | 92 |
| violent | 117 | 8,252 | 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 | 1,145 | 761 | 50.5% |
| motor vehicle | 2,167 | 1,125 | 92.5% |
| violent | 8,252 | 4,576 | 80.3% |
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 50.5% to 1,145 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 92.5% to 2,167 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 80.3% to 8,252 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 | Blackwater1 | Qld1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,145 | 971 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 2,167 | 1,166 | 1,036 |
| violent | 8,252 | 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 Blackwater was 18.0% higher than the Queensland average, and was 55.0% higher than the national average.
- around 83% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Blackwater.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Blackwater was 85.8% higher than the Queensland average, and was 109.0% higher than the national average.
- around 92% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Blackwater.
- the rate of violent crime in Blackwater was 141.4% higher than the Queensland average, and was 191.7% higher than the national average.
- around 96% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Blackwater.