Crime Dashboard - Highgate Hill

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-ins761,34988
motor vehicle231,48980
violent1482912

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-ins1,3491,149 17.4%
motor vehicle1,4891,307 13.9%
violent8291,494-44.5%

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 17.4% to 1,349 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • motor vehicle theft increased by 13.9% to 1,489 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • violent crime decreased by 44.5% to 829 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
Highgate Hill1
Qld1
Australia1
break-ins1,349971739
motor vehicle1,4891,1661,036
violent8293,4192,829

1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.

Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS

In 2022-24:

  • the rate of break-ins in Highgate Hill was 39.0% higher than the Queensland average, and was 82.7% higher than the national average.
  • around 88% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Highgate Hill.
  • the rate of motor vehicle theft in Highgate Hill was 27.7% higher than the Queensland average, and was 43.7% higher than the national average.
  • around 80% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Highgate Hill.
  • the rate of violent crime in Highgate Hill was 75.8% lower than the Queensland average, and was 70.7% lower than the national average.
  • around 12% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Highgate Hill.