What is the crime rate in Brisbane?

Brisbane recorded 143,926 reported offences in the 12 months to Jul 2026 — a rate of 10,370 offences per 100,000 residents, the 70th highest of 258 areas nationally.

What are the most common offences in Brisbane?

Over the last 12 months Brisbane recorded 9,593 break-ins (unlawful entries), 4,955 motor vehicle thefts, 42,954 other thefts, 9,909 assaults and 7,717 property-damage offences, plus 55,934 other offences (drugs, traffic and public-order matters).

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Crime in Brisbane

Reported offences in the Brisbane council area, from Queensland Police data. Showing the 12 months to Jul 2026 and the trend since 2001.

143,926

offences (last 12 mo)

10,370

per 100k residents

#70

of areas ranked

Monthly offences over time

Total reported offences per month — the long-run trend for Brisbane.

Showing all crime — tap an offence type below to plot it over time.

Breakdown — last 12 months

Every reported offence by type. These add up to the 143,926 total. Tap any type to chart it.

School catchments in BrisbaneBrowse the most in-demand school zones in this council.

Suburbs in Brisbane

Flood and bushfire exposure, crime, school catchments and zoning for each suburb in this council area.

Brisbane City South Brisbane Fortitude Valley Coorparoo West End Chermside Capalaba Nundah Toowong New Farm Indooroopilly Kangaroo Point Forest Lake Wynnum Woolloongabba Hamilton Spring Hill Calamvale Newstead Annerley Carindale Clayfield Sunnybank Hills Morningside Eight Mile Plains The Gap Greenslopes St Lucia Bracken Ridge Ashgrove Aspley Upper Mount Gravatt Birkdale Moorooka Alexandra Hills Inala Carina Mount Gravatt East Runcorn Paddington Taringa Wynnum West Camp Hill Bowen Hills Kelvin Grove Windsor Kedron Everton Park Wellington Point Manly West Oxley Acacia Ridge Tarragindi Bulimba Bridgeman Downs Mitchelton Bardon Zillmere East Brisbane Ascot Wavell Heights Carseldine Stafford Sunnybank Kenmore Brighton Tingalpa Boondall Yeronga Teneriffe Parkinson Wishart Rochedale Sinnamon Park Auchenflower Durack Lutwyche Chapel Hill Taigum Coopers Plains Holland Park Sherwood Highgate Hill Milton Alderley Cannon Hill Algester Carina Heights Norman Park Mansfield Albion Mcdowall Richlands Keperra Wakerley Salisbury Banyo Holland Park West Northgate Red Hill Pallara Fitzgibbon Bald Hills Newmarket Geebung Kuraby Doolandella Chermside West Murarrie Enoggera Corinda Darra Stafford Heights Sandgate Hawthorne Hendra Wooloowin Macgregor Stones Corner Gordon Park Graceville Manly Rocklea Balmoral Ferny Grove Jindalee Upper Kedron Mount Gravatt Moggill Grange Robertson Thorneside Deagon Wilston Gaythorne Bellbowrie Hemmant Nudgee Heathwood Fairfield Ellen Grove Karana Downs Belmont Stretton Virginia Fig Tree Pocket Riverhills Westlake Lota Middle Park Chelmer Drewvale Dutton Park Yeerongpilly Seventeen Mile Rocks Herston Seven Hills Brookfield Mount Ommaney Jamboree Heights Pullenvale Wacol Kalinga Tennyson Pinkenba Shorncliffe Kenmore Hills Archerfield Petrie Terrace Sheldon Sumner Eagle Farm Mackenzie Mount Crosby Gumdale Brisbane Airport Chandler Anstead Burbank Willawong Amity Nathan Upper Brookfield Karawatha Pinjarra Hills Lytton Kholo Nudgee Beach Kooringal Ransome Port Of Brisbane Larapinta Bulwer Mount Coot-Tha Cowan Cowan Moreton Island

Reported offences reflect police-recorded crime, not all crime; reporting rates vary by area and offence type. Counts are for the whole council area, not any specific suburb or address — indicative only. Source: Queensland Police Service crime statistics (CC BY 4.0).