Queensland Property Theft Statistics 2025
Recorded victim counts and population-adjusted rates for Queensland, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Population 5,670,203 at 30 June 2025.
Other theft
2025148,845
2,625 per 100,000 people — 25% above the national rate
-2.3% on 2024
Motor vehicle theft
202517,214
303.6 per 100,000 people — 26% above the national rate
-1.6% on 2024
Unlawful entry with intent
202540,088
707 per 100,000 people
-11.5% on 2024
How Queensland compares
Adjusted for population, Queensland records the highest rate of any Australian jurisdiction for other theft, at 2,625 victims per 100,000 people against a national 2,105.7. 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 2016 and 2025, the other-theft rate in Queensland has risen 15.3%, from 2,276.6 to 2,625 per 100,000. The rate peaked in 2023 at 2,779.7 and was at its lowest in 2020 at 2,074.
That low point coincides with the COVID-19 lockdown period, when reported theft fell sharply across Australia as more people stayed home. The rate has risen again since.
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.
| Year | Other theft | per 100k | Vehicle theft | Unlawful entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 110,307 | 2,276.6 | 10,172 | 34,321 |
| 2017 | 115,498 | 2,344.5 | 11,031 | 37,258 |
| 2018 | 127,179 | 2,540.2 | 12,678 | 38,833 |
| 2019 | 136,877 | 2,689.7 | 14,466 | 41,912 |
| 2020 | 107,134 | 2,074 | 13,758 | 37,359 |
| 2021 | 112,379 | 2,154.6 | 14,510 | 38,909 |
| 2022 | 126,394 | 2,379.9 | 18,195 | 47,277 |
| 2023 | 151,501 | 2,779.7 | 18,210 | 49,490 |
| 2024 | 152,421 | 2,735.5 | 17,493 | 45,273 |
| 2025 | 148,845 | 2,625 | 17,214 | 40,088 |
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
Method and sources
Victim counts from Australian Bureau of Statistics, Recorded Crime – Victims, 2025. Rates per 100,000 are our own calculation — the ABS does not publish victimisation rates for property offences — using ABS Estimated Resident Population for the matching year.
ABS randomly adjusts cells to protect confidentiality, so jurisdiction figures do not sum exactly to national totals. Counts include offences against organisations as well as individuals, and reported crime undercounts actual crime.
Full method and the national picture are on the theft statistics hub.
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