Crime Dashboard - Forestdale
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 | 28 | 1,322 | 87 |
| motor vehicle | 8 | 1,295 | 74 |
| violent | 8 | 759 | 9 |
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 | 1,322 | 856 | 54.4% |
| motor vehicle | 1,295 | 477 | 171.5% |
| violent | 759 | 1,590 | -52.3% |
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 54.4% to 1,322 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 171.5% to 1,295 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 52.3% to 759 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 | Forestdale1 | Qld1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,322 | 971 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,295 | 1,166 | 1,036 |
| violent | 759 | 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 Forestdale was 36.2% higher than the Queensland average, and was 79.0% higher than the national average.
- around 87% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Forestdale.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Forestdale was 11.1% higher than the Queensland average, and was 25.0% higher than the national average.
- around 74% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Forestdale.
- the rate of violent crime in Forestdale was 77.8% lower than the Queensland average, and was 73.2% lower than the national average.
- around 10% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Forestdale.