Crime Dashboard - Hillcrest (Qld)

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-ins771,21585
motor vehicle362,00990
violent442,82069

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-ins1,21592930.8%
motor vehicle2,0091,18070.3%
violent2,8202,52811.5%

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 30.8% to 1,215 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • motor vehicle theft increased by 70.3% to 2,009 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • violent crime increased by 11.5% to 2,820 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
Hillcrest (Qld)1
Qld1
Australia1
break-ins1,215971739
motor vehicle2,0091,1661,036
violent2,8203,4192,829

1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.

Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS

In 2022-24:

  • the rate of break-ins in Hillcrest (Qld) was 25.2% higher than the Queensland average, and was 64.5% higher than the national average.
  • around 85% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Hillcrest (Qld).
  • the rate of motor vehicle theft in Hillcrest (Qld) was 72.3% higher than the Queensland average, and was 93.9% higher than the national average.
  • around 90% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Hillcrest (Qld).
  • the rate of violent crime in Hillcrest (Qld) was 17.5% lower than the Queensland average, and was 0.3% lower than the national average.
  • around 69% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Hillcrest (Qld).