Crime Dashboard - Longreach (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-ins | 17 | 487 | 42 |
| motor vehicle | 5 | 467 | 26 |
| violent | 41 | 4,806 | 87 |
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 | 487 | 263 | 85.3% |
| motor vehicle | 467 | 398 | 17.3% |
| violent | 4,806 | 6,819 | -29.5% |
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 85.3% to 487 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 17.3% to 467 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 29.5% to 4,806 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 | Longreach (Qld)1 | Qld1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 487 | 971 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 467 | 1,166 | 1,036 |
| violent | 4,806 | 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 Longreach (Qld) was 49.8% lower than the Queensland average, and was 34.0% lower than the national average.
- around 42% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Longreach (Qld).
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Longreach (Qld) was 60.0% lower than the Queensland average, and was 55.0% lower than the national average.
- around 26% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Longreach (Qld).
- the rate of violent crime in Longreach (Qld) was 40.6% higher than the Queensland average, and was 69.9% higher than the national average.
- around 87% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Longreach (Qld).