Crime Dashboard - West Rockhampton
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 | 19 | 1,322 | 87 |
| motor vehicle | 16 | 2,758 | 96 |
| violent | 22 | 4,057 | 83 |
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 | 1,322 | 636 | 108.0% |
| motor vehicle | 2,758 | 2,917 | -5.4% |
| violent | 4,057 | 2,084 | 94.7% |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Between 2020-22 and 2022-24 the rate of:
- break-ins increased by 108.0% to 1,322 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 5.4% to 2,758 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 94.7% to 4,057 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 | West Rockhampton1 | Qld1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,322 | 971 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 2,758 | 1,166 | 1,036 |
| violent | 4,057 | 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 West Rockhampton was 36.2% higher than the Queensland average, and was 79.0% higher than the national average.
- around 87% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than West Rockhampton.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in West Rockhampton was 136.5% higher than the Queensland average, and was 166.1% higher than the national average.
- around 96% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than West Rockhampton.
- the rate of violent crime in West Rockhampton was 18.7% higher than the Queensland average, and was 43.4% higher than the national average.
- around 83% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than West Rockhampton.