Crime Dashboard - Cairns City
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 | 182 | 6,014 | 100 |
| motor vehicle | 36 | 3,737 | 99 |
| violent | 612 | 68,703 | 100 |
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 | 6,014 | 3,737 | 60.9% |
| motor vehicle | 3,737 | 3,824 | -2.3% |
| violent | 68,703 | 64,825 | 6.0% |
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 60.9% to 6,014 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 2.3% to 3,737 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 6.0% to 68,703 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 | Cairns City1 | Qld1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 6,014 | 971 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 3,737 | 1,166 | 1,036 |
| violent | 68,703 | 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 Cairns City was 519.6% higher than the Queensland average, and was 714.2% higher than the national average.
- around 100% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Cairns City.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Cairns City was 220.4% higher than the Queensland average, and was 260.5% higher than the national average.
- around 98% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Cairns City.
- the rate of violent crime in Cairns City was 1,909.5% higher than the Queensland average, and was 2,328.5% higher than the national average.
- around 100% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Cairns City.