Crime Dashboard - Whitfield (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-ins | 101 | 3,006 | 99 |
| motor vehicle | 16 | 1,886 | 88 |
| violent | 25 | 2,769 | 68 |
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 | 3,006 | 2,467 | 21.8% |
| motor vehicle | 1,886 | 2,804 | -32.7% |
| violent | 2,769 | 3,316 | -16.5% |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Between 2020-22 and 2022-24 the rate of:
- break-ins increased by 21.8% to 3,006 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 32.7% to 1,886 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 16.5% to 2,769 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 | Whitfield (Qld)1 | Qld1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 3,006 | 971 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,886 | 1,166 | 1,036 |
| violent | 2,769 | 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 Whitfield (Qld) was 209.7% higher than the Queensland average, and was 306.9% higher than the national average.
- around 99% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Whitfield (Qld).
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Whitfield (Qld) was 61.8% higher than the Queensland average, and was 82.0% higher than the national average.
- around 88% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Whitfield (Qld).
- the rate of violent crime in Whitfield (Qld) was 19.0% lower than the Queensland average, and was 2.1% lower than the national average.
- around 68% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Whitfield (Qld).