Crime Dashboard - Surfers Paradise
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 | 333 | 1,230 | 85 |
| motor vehicle | 156 | 1,808 | 87 |
| violent | 500 | 7,058 | 94 |
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 | 1,230 | 1,875 | -34.4% |
| motor vehicle | 1,808 | 2,940 | -38.5% |
| violent | 7,058 | 10,779 | -34.5% |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Between 2020-22 and 2022-24 the rate of:
- break-ins decreased by 34.4% to 1,230 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 38.5% to 1,808 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 34.5% to 7,058 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 | Surfers Paradise1 | Qld1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,230 | 971 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,808 | 1,166 | 1,036 |
| violent | 7,058 | 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 Surfers Paradise was 26.7% higher than the Queensland average, and was 66.6% higher than the national average.
- around 85% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Surfers Paradise.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Surfers Paradise was 55.0% higher than the Queensland average, and was 74.4% higher than the national average.
- around 87% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Surfers Paradise.
- the rate of violent crime in Surfers Paradise was 106.4% higher than the Queensland average, and was 149.5% higher than the national average.
- around 94% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Surfers Paradise.