Crime Dashboard - Gladstone Central

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-ins986,153100
motor vehicle223,68798
violent14234,508100

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-ins6,1532,856115.4%
motor vehicle3,6871,591131.7%
violent34,50831,069 11.1%

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 115.4% to 6,153 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • motor vehicle theft increased by 131.7% to 3,687 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • violent crime increased by 11.1% to 34,508 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
Gladstone Central1
Qld1
Australia1
break-ins6,153971739
motor vehicle3,6871,1661,036
violent34,5083,4192,829

1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.

Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS

In 2022-24:

  • the rate of break-ins in Gladstone Central was 533.9% higher than the Queensland average, and was 733.0% higher than the national average.
  • around 100% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Gladstone Central.
  • the rate of motor vehicle theft in Gladstone Central was 216.1% higher than the Queensland average, and was 255.7% higher than the national average.
  • around 98% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Gladstone Central.
  • the rate of violent crime in Gladstone Central was 909.3% higher than the Queensland average, and was 1,119.8% higher than the national average.
  • around 100% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Gladstone Central.