Crime · Brisbane City

Brisbane crime by suburb: reported offences per 1,000 residents

Every Brisbane City suburb, with the offences police recorded there over 12 months and the rate per 1,000 residents. The same figures appear in the crime section of the free PropertyCheck report.

Last updated 31 October 2026. Data period and sources are given under each table.

Short answer. Across Brisbane City, the Queensland Police Service crime map recorded 90.2 offences per 1,000 residents in the 12 months 18 Oct 2025 – 17 Oct 2026. Among the 158 suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, 45 are above that rate. The highest per-resident rates are in Brisbane City (1,070), Fortitude Valley (787), South Brisbane (201), centres where many visitors and workers are not residents, so the rate overstates what residents meet. Outside those centres the highest rates were Chermside (312), Herston (307), Spring Hill (289), Upper Mount Gravatt (278), Woolloongabba (252); the lowest were Moggill (10), Wakerley (10), Upper Kedron (11), Chapel Hill (11), Karana Downs (11). These are counts of offences recorded by police at general locations, divided by residents; they do not rate a street or a home.

Every Brisbane suburb with at least 2,000 residents

Sorted from the highest rate. Click a column heading to sort. × Brisbane rate compares the suburb with the whole city (90.2 per 1,000). Rows marked * have a note: Visitor centre — many visitors and workers are not residents, so a per-resident rate overstates what residents meet; Population +N% since 2021 — the ABS estimates the population grew that much since the 2021 Census, so the true rate is lower than shown.

Suburb	Per 1,000 residents	× Brisbane rate	Offences (12 months)	Residents (2021)	Note
Brisbane City	1,070	11.9	12,979	12,128	Visitor centre; Population +28% since 2021
Fortitude Valley	787	8.7	7,617	9,673	Visitor centre; Population +21% since 2021
Chermside	312	3.5	3,846	12,337
Herston	307	3.4	653	2,129	Population +21% since 2021
Spring Hill	289	3.2	1,989	6,874	Population +33% since 2021
Upper Mount Gravatt	278	3.1	2,890	10,398
Woolloongabba	252	2.8	2,171	8,608	Population +18% since 2021
Bowen Hills	246	2.7	1,209	4,907	Population +16% since 2021
Stones Corner	243	2.7	610	2,509
Milton	228	2.5	696	3,047
Wacol	214	2.4	913	4,263
Virginia	207	2.3	474	2,295
South Brisbane	201	2.2	2,867	14,234	Visitor centre; Population +20% since 2021
Richlands	172	1.9	889	5,183
Acacia Ridge	167	1.9	1,183	7,085
Darra	161	1.8	658	4,095
Sunnybank	150	1.7	1,405	9,371	Population +15% since 2021
East Brisbane	148	1.6	954	6,436
Albion	147	1.6	533	3,615
Inala	142	1.6	2,241	15,748
Mount Gravatt	139	1.5	537	3,856
Stafford	134	1.5	926	6,932
Mount Ommaney	128	1.4	321	2,500
Kangaroo Point	125	1.4	1,222	9,755	Population +23% since 2021
Annerley	121	1.3	1,446	11,931
Coopers Plains	120	1.3	735	6,104
New Farm	120	1.3	1,494	12,445
Lutwyche	118	1.3	520	4,396
Mitchelton	118	1.3	1,100	9,324
Hamilton	118	1.3	904	7,666
Cannon Hill	113	1.2	781	6,937
Indooroopilly	111	1.2	1,378	12,364
Oxley	111	1.2	993	8,939
Murarrie	110	1.2	527	4,775
Windsor	107	1.2	852	7,977
Northgate	103	1.1	495	4,787
West End	102	1.1	1,530	14,948	Population +17% since 2021
Macgregor	102	1.1	610	5,985
Banyo	100	1.1	610	6,111
Zillmere	97	1.1	901	9,327
Ellen Grove	96	1.1	346	3,612
Moorooka	95	1.0	1,025	10,836
Manly	94	1.0	392	4,175
Sandgate	94	1.0	462	4,924
Newstead	92	1.0	683	7,406	Population +17% since 2021
Geebung	90	1.0	352	3,916
Newmarket	89	1.0	452	5,088
Kedron	87	1.0	923	10,600
Toowong	87	1.0	1,067	12,304
Yeerongpilly	85	0.9	183	2,144
Nundah	84	0.9	1,122	13,301
Mackenzie	84	0.9	189	2,248	Population +23% since 2021
Morningside	84	0.9	973	11,629
Ascot	83	0.9	537	6,461
Greenslopes	82	0.9	657	8,025
Kelvin Grove	80	0.9	647	8,046	Population +21% since 2021
Gaythorne	80	0.9	253	3,160
Alderley	80	0.9	526	6,580
Tingalpa	79	0.9	665	8,459
Fairfield	78	0.9	244	3,113
Deagon	76	0.8	285	3,771
Wynnum	74	0.8	1,021	13,883
Jindalee	73	0.8	390	5,320
Pallara	72	0.8	254	3,514	Population +59% since 2021
Boondall	71	0.8	685	9,619
Salisbury	71	0.8	454	6,381
Carindale	71	0.8	1,167	16,525
Yeronga	70	0.8	487	6,952
Hendra	68	0.8	338	4,955
Hemmant	67	0.7	204	3,060
Aspley	66	0.7	826	12,598
Sunnybank Hills	65	0.7	1,184	18,082
Enoggera	63	0.7	376	5,944
Keperra	63	0.7	415	6,624
Rochedale	62	0.7	471	7,622	Population +23% since 2021
Taigum	62	0.7	481	7,818
Mount Gravatt East	61	0.7	738	12,129
Robertson	60	0.7	270	4,532	Population +16% since 2021
Wynnum West	59	0.7	749	12,596
Bulimba	55	0.6	410	7,406
Bald Hills	54	0.6	378	6,972
Belmont	54	0.6	251	4,648
Heathwood	53	0.6	265	4,984	Population +59% since 2021
Stretton	52	0.6	245	4,676
Holland Park West	52	0.6	358	6,892
Highgate Hill	52	0.6	331	6,378
Stafford Heights	51	0.6	367	7,142
Clayfield	51	0.6	538	10,529
Everton Park	50	0.6	528	10,579
Coorparoo	49	0.5	880	17,815
Doolandella	49	0.5	321	6,558
Eight Mile Plains	49	0.5	764	15,712
Mansfield	48	0.5	424	8,846
Durack	48	0.5	377	7,878
Wooloowin	48	0.5	192	4,018
Teneriffe	47	0.5	260	5,532	Population +16% since 2021
Hawthorne	46	0.5	238	5,137
Calamvale	45	0.5	811	17,836
Forest Lake	45	0.5	1,045	23,035
Corinda	45	0.5	237	5,325
Drewvale	43	0.5	205	4,782
Holland Park	43	0.5	380	8,874
Bracken Ridge	43	0.5	749	17,509
Gumdale	41	0.4	83	2,045
Manly West	40	0.4	498	12,406
Sinnamon Park	39	0.4	260	6,589
Paddington	39	0.4	356	9,151
Wilston	38	0.4	153	4,045
Red Hill	38	0.4	214	5,699
Ferny Grove	37	0.4	217	5,871
Kuraby	36	0.4	304	8,494
Seventeen Mile Rocks	36	0.4	106	2,962
Tarragindi	36	0.4	389	10,938
Taringa	34	0.4	313	9,082
Ashgrove	34	0.4	473	13,739
Carina	34	0.4	407	11,823
Seven Hills	34	0.4	92	2,690
Nudgee	34	0.4	147	4,372
Norman Park	33	0.4	218	6,537
Brighton	33	0.4	317	9,652
Wavell Heights	33	0.4	339	10,337
Sherwood	33	0.4	211	6,446
Algester	32	0.4	292	9,009
Wishart	32	0.4	362	11,438
Runcorn	31	0.3	439	14,050
Camp Hill	31	0.3	373	12,136
Graceville	30	0.3	137	4,521
Carina Heights	30	0.3	207	6,885
Chelmer	29	0.3	98	3,323
Riverhills	29	0.3	119	4,117
Parkinson	29	0.3	327	11,316
Carseldine	29	0.3	292	10,190
Balmoral	28	0.3	129	4,549
Grange	26	0.3	122	4,616
Lota	26	0.3	92	3,532
Chermside West	25	0.3	163	6,615
Auchenflower	24	0.3	149	6,150
Kalinga	24	0.3	54	2,284
St Lucia	22	0.2	283	12,865	Population +24% since 2021
Gordon Park	22	0.2	96	4,397
Fitzgibbon	21	0.2	133	6,289
Bridgeman Downs	20	0.2	216	10,712
Kenmore	20	0.2	201	10,093
Jamboree Heights	20	0.2	62	3,144
The Gap	18	0.2	306	17,099
Bellbowrie	17	0.2	96	5,498
Bardon	17	0.2	181	10,631
Pullenvale	16	0.2	54	3,297
Middle Park	16	0.2	64	3,956
Fig Tree Pocket	16	0.2	68	4,348
Westlake	14	0.2	62	4,439
Brookfield	12	0.1	45	3,636
McDowall	12	0.1	88	7,626
Karana Downs	11	0.1	43	3,826
Chapel Hill	11	0.1	115	10,733
Upper Kedron	11	0.1	62	5,808
Wakerley	10	0.1	91	8,718
Moggill	10	0.1	48	5,031

Offences: Queensland Police Service Online Crime Map, each suburb read separately, 18 Oct 2025 – 17 Oct 2026 (read 2026-10-18). QPS: not official statistics; locations are general areas, not exact addresses. CC BY 4.0. Residents: ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Population change: ABS estimated resident population 2021 and 2025 by Statistical Area Level 2 (CC BY 4.0). Rates and comparisons calculated by AQL PropertyCheck.

Smaller suburbs (fewer than 2,000 residents)

Not ranked: a handful of offences moves a small population's rate a long way, and several of these are industrial areas, the airport, bushland or islands with few residents. A rate is shown where there are at least 500 residents, as in the report.

Suburb	Per 1,000 residents	Offences (12 months)	Residents (2021)	Note
Rocklea	361	603	1,671
Dutton Park	297	564	1,899
Brisbane Airport	–	557	–
Karawatha	–	303	337
Archerfield	550	301	547
Eagle Farm	322	295	916	Population +30% since 2021
Willawong	–	284	494	Population +59% since 2021
Petrie Terrace	209	245	1,172	Population +28% since 2021
Pinkenba	–	214	243	Population +30% since 2021
Sumner	297	179	602
Chandler	98	143	1,464
Larapinta	–	115	–	Population +59% since 2021
Shorncliffe	56	107	1,897
Nathan	85	100	1,171
Burbank	58	66	1,144	Population +23% since 2021
Lytton	–	43	–
Kenmore Hills	20	39	1,968
Nudgee Beach	–	33	310
Tennyson	25	28	1,103
Port Of Brisbane	–	25	–
Ransome	45	24	528
Mount Crosby	12	22	1,821
Pinjarra Hills	19	15	809
Anstead	9	14	1,568
Kholo	–	13	374
Upper Brookfield	17	13	753
Moreton Island	–	11	309
Enoggera Reservoir	–	9	–
Chuwar	–	5	269
Kooringal	–	3	–
Lake Manchester	–	2	–
England Creek	–	1	–
Banks Creek	–	0	–
Bulwer	–	0	–
Cowan Cowan	–	0	–
Moreton Bay	–	0	–

How the numbers are made, and what they cannot tell you

Offences are what police recorded on the QPS Online Crime Map for each suburb over 12 months (18 Oct 2025 – 17 Oct 2026). QPS describes the map as not official statistics; each offence is placed at a general location, not an exact address.
Per 1,000 residents divides those offences by the residents counted in the 2021 Census. Where the population has grown fast since 2021 the true rate is lower than shown; those rows carry a note.
Busy centres. Shopping centres, nightlife, beaches, stadiums and transport hubs record offences against visitors and businesses too. Per-resident rates in those suburbs say more about how many people pass through than about what a resident meets. The rows marked as centres (Brisbane City, Fortitude Valley, South Brisbane) are our judgement of the clearest cases; other suburbs with a large shopping centre are affected too.
Not a rating of a street or a home. A suburb average hides big differences between streets. The free address check shows where the recorded offences around one address were, within 250 m and 500 m.
The Brisbane rate (90.2) is the one the report uses; it covers offences recorded across the city, so it differs slightly from adding up the suburbs.

Questions people ask

Which Brisbane suburbs have the highest reported offence rates?

In 18 Oct 2025 – 17 Oct 2026, among suburbs with at least 2,000 residents and outside the visitor centres Brisbane City, Fortitude Valley, South Brisbane, the highest rates per 1,000 residents were Chermside (312), Herston (307), Spring Hill (289), Upper Mount Gravatt (278), Woolloongabba (252) (QPS Online Crime Map; ABS Census 2021 residents).

Which Brisbane suburbs have the lowest reported offence rates?

In 18 Oct 2025 – 17 Oct 2026, among suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, the lowest rates per 1,000 residents were Moggill (10), Wakerley (10), Upper Kedron (11), Chapel Hill (11), Karana Downs (11).

Why are the rates so high in Brisbane City and Fortitude Valley?

The rate divides all offences recorded in the suburb by the people who live there. Centres with nightlife, shops, offices or tourism record offences involving many visitors and workers who are not residents, so the per-resident rate overstates what a resident meets.

Where does this data come from?

Offence counts are from the Queensland Police Service Online Crime Map (CC BY 4.0), read for each suburb for 18 Oct 2025 – 17 Oct 2026. Residents are from the ABS Census 2021. AQL PropertyCheck calculates the rates. QPS states the map is not official statistics.

Does a suburb rate tell me about one street or house?

No. A suburb average hides big differences between streets. The free PropertyCheck address check shows the recorded offences around one address within 250 m and 500 m, with the same source.

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