Crime Dashboard - Charters Towers 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 | 37 | 2,007 | 96 |
| motor vehicle | 8 | 1,559 | 81 |
| violent | 104 | 16,168 | 99 |
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 | 2,007 | 1,394 | 43.9% |
| motor vehicle | 1,559 | 1,299 | 19.9% |
| violent | 16,168 | 16,178 | -0.1% |
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 43.9% to 2,007 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 19.9% to 1,559 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 0.1% to 16,168 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 | Charters Towers City1 | Qld1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 2,007 | 971 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,559 | 1,166 | 1,036 |
| violent | 16,168 | 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 Charters Towers City was 106.8% higher than the Queensland average, and was 171.7% higher than the national average.
- around 96% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Charters Towers City.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Charters Towers City was 33.7% higher than the Queensland average, and was 50.4% higher than the national average.
- around 81% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Charters Towers City.
- the rate of violent crime in Charters Towers City was 372.9% higher than the Queensland average, and was 471.5% higher than the national average.
- around 99% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Charters Towers City.