Crime Dashboard - Sapphire 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-ins432123
motor vehicle01544
violent132,90871

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-ins321385-16.7%
motor vehicle154509-69.8%
violent2,9088,243-64.7%

1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.

Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS

Between 2020-22 and 2022-24 the rate of:

  • break-ins decreased by 16.7% to 321 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • motor vehicle theft decreased by 69.8% to 154 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • violent crime decreased by 64.7% to 2,908 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
Sapphire Central1
Qld1
Australia1
break-ins321971739
motor vehicle1541,1661,036
violent2,9083,4192,829

1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.

Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS

In 2022-24:

  • the rate of break-ins in Sapphire Central was 66.9% lower than the Queensland average, and was 56.5% lower than the national average.
  • around 23% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Sapphire Central.
  • the rate of motor vehicle theft in Sapphire Central was 86.8% lower than the Queensland average, and was 85.2% lower than the national average.
  • around 4% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Sapphire Central.
  • the rate of violent crime in Sapphire Central was 14.9% lower than the Queensland average, and was 2.8% higher than the national average.
  • around 71% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Sapphire Central.