Crime Dashboard - Sandstone Point

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-ins1232724
motor vehicle892157
violent131,41632

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-ins32725627.5%
motor vehicle92160352.8%
violent1,4161,00540.9%

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 27.5% to 327 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • motor vehicle theft increased by 52.8% to 921 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • violent crime increased by 40.9% to 1,416 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
Sandstone Point1
Qld1
Australia1
break-ins327971739
motor vehicle9211,1661,036
violent1,4163,4192,829

1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.

Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS

In 2022-24:

  • the rate of break-ins in Sandstone Point was 66.3% lower than the Queensland average, and was 55.7% lower than the national average.
  • around 24% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Sandstone Point.
  • the rate of motor vehicle theft in Sandstone Point was 21.0% lower than the Queensland average, and was 11.1% lower than the national average.
  • around 57% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Sandstone Point.
  • the rate of violent crime in Sandstone Point was 58.6% lower than the Queensland average, and was 50.0% lower than the national average.
  • around 32% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Sandstone Point.