Crime Dashboard - Forest Lake
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 | 115 | 783 | 67 |
| motor vehicle | 53 | 1,200 | 70 |
| violent | 103 | 1,674 | 41 |
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 | 783 | 564 | 38.8% |
| motor vehicle | 1,200 | 999 | 20.0% |
| violent | 1,674 | 1,248 | 34.1% |
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 38.8% to 783 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 20.0% to 1,200 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 34.1% to 1,674 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 | Forest Lake1 | Qld1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 783 | 971 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,200 | 1,166 | 1,036 |
| violent | 1,674 | 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 Forest Lake was 19.3% lower than the Queensland average, and was 6.0% higher than the national average.
- around 67% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Forest Lake.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Forest Lake was 2.9% higher than the Queensland average, and was 15.8% higher than the national average.
- around 70% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Forest Lake.
- the rate of violent crime in Forest Lake was 51.0% lower than the Queensland average, and was 40.8% lower than the national average.
- around 41% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Forest Lake.