Crime Dashboard - Scarness

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-ins411,04980
motor vehicle121,08966
violent475,62391

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-ins1,049978 7.2%
motor vehicle1,089905 20.3%
violent5,6237,436-24.4%

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 7.2% to 1,049 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • motor vehicle theft increased by 20.3% to 1,089 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • violent crime decreased by 24.4% to 5,623 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
Scarness1
Qld1
Australia1
break-ins1,049971739
motor vehicle1,0891,1661,036
violent5,6233,4192,829

1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.

Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS

In 2022-24:

  • the rate of break-ins in Scarness was 8.0% higher than the Queensland average, and was 42.0% higher than the national average.
  • around 80% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Scarness.
  • the rate of motor vehicle theft in Scarness was 6.6% lower than the Queensland average, and was 5.1% higher than the national average.
  • around 66% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Scarness.
  • the rate of violent crime in Scarness was 64.5% higher than the Queensland average, and was 98.8% higher than the national average.
  • around 91% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Scarness.