Crime Dashboard - Tennyson (Qld)

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-ins61,16283
motor vehicle21,13668
violent13612

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-ins1,16263682.5%
motor vehicle1,1361,123 1.2%
violent36126735.2%

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 82.5% to 1,162 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • motor vehicle theft increased by 1.2% to 1,136 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • violent crime increased by 35.2% to 361 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
Tennyson (Qld)1
Qld1
Australia1
break-ins1,162971739
motor vehicle1,1361,1661,036
violent3613,4192,829

1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.

Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS

In 2022-24:

  • the rate of break-ins in Tennyson (Qld) was 19.7% higher than the Queensland average, and was 57.3% higher than the national average.
  • around 83% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Tennyson (Qld).
  • the rate of motor vehicle theft in Tennyson (Qld) was 2.6% lower than the Queensland average, and was 9.6% higher than the national average.
  • around 68% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Tennyson (Qld).
  • the rate of violent crime in Tennyson (Qld) was 89.4% lower than the Queensland average, and was 87.2% lower than the national average.
  • around 2% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Tennyson (Qld).