Crime Dashboard - Whitsundays
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 | 1 | 45 | 2 |
| motor vehicle | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| violent | 4 | 930 | 15 |
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 | 45 | 127 | -64.6% |
| motor vehicle | 0 | 0 | na |
| violent | 930 | 1,411 | -34.1% |
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 64.6% to 45 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by na to 0 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 34.1% to 930 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 | Whitsundays1 | Qld1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 45 | 971 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 0 | 1,166 | 1,036 |
| violent | 930 | 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 Whitsundays was 95.3% lower than the Queensland average, and was 93.9% lower than the national average.
- around 2% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Whitsundays.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Whitsundays was 100.0% lower than the Queensland average, and was 100.0% lower than the national average.
- around 1% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Whitsundays.
- the rate of violent crime in Whitsundays was 72.8% lower than the Queensland average, and was 67.1% lower than the national average.
- around 15% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Whitsundays.