Queensland Property Theft Statistics 2024

Recorded victim counts and population-adjusted rates for Queensland, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Population 5,571,890 at 30 June 2024.

How Queensland compares

Adjusted for population, Queensland records the 3rd highest rate of 8 jurisdictions for other theft, at 2,735.5 victims per 100,000 people against a national 2,190.4. For motor vehicle theft it records the 3rd highest rate of 8 jurisdictions.

Comparing raw counts between jurisdictions is misleading — the largest states record the most offences largely because more people live in them. Rates per 100,000 are the only fair basis for comparison, and they frequently reverse the ranking that raw counts suggest.

The last decade

Between 2015 and 2024, the other-theft rate in Queensland has risen 32.2%, from 2,069.1 to 2,735.5 per 100,000. The rate peaked in 2023 at 2,779.7 and was at its lowest in 2015 at 2,069.1.

Ten-year trend

Other theft victims per 100,000 people in Queensland. Each year uses its own population, so the trend reflects crime rather than population growth.

Vehicle theft and unlawful entry columns are aligned by year where published; a dash means the ABS did not publish a figure for that offence and year.

More detailed Queensland data

The ABS figures above are annual and national in scope. For finer detail — usually by suburb or local government area, and more often than once a year — Queensland publishes its own statistics through Queensland Police Service open data.

Monthly reported offence numbers and rates per 100,000 by local government area, with a Queensland-wide series running back to July 1997.

Note that jurisdictions define offences and reference periods differently, so figures from a state agency will not always match the ABS figures on this page. The ABS applies one national classification across all jurisdictions, which is why we use it for comparison.

Compare with other states and territories

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