Crime Dashboard - Sunshine Beach
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 | 10 | 702 | 61 |
| motor vehicle | 9 | 1,783 | 86 |
| violent | 9 | 1,112 | 22 |
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 | 702 | 869 | -19.1% |
| motor vehicle | 1,783 | 1,904 | -6.4% |
| violent | 1,112 | 3,786 | -70.6% |
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 19.1% to 702 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 6.4% to 1,783 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 70.6% to 1,112 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 | Sunshine Beach1 | Qld1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 702 | 971 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,783 | 1,166 | 1,036 |
| violent | 1,112 | 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 Sunshine Beach was 27.6% lower than the Queensland average, and was 4.9% lower than the national average.
- around 61% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Sunshine Beach.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Sunshine Beach was 52.9% higher than the Queensland average, and was 72.1% higher than the national average.
- around 86% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Sunshine Beach.
- the rate of violent crime in Sunshine Beach was 67.5% lower than the Queensland average, and was 60.7% lower than the national average.
- around 22% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Sunshine Beach.