City · Queensland · 2025-26

Gold Coast crime rate and crime map

Gold Coast recorded 1,057 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, 23% below the Queensland rate and 17% below the national rate. Up 21% on five years earlier.

The figures cover the City of Gold Coast council area, about 691,230 residents.

Under two-thirds of the national rate
Below the national rate
Up to 1.5 times
1.5 to 2.5 times
Over 2.5 times the national rate
No published figure

Council areas shaded by violent crime rate against the national rate, 2025-26. Select a council for its full figures and Crime Score.

Gold Coast against QLD and Australia

Violent 1,057 per 100k

Gold Coast1,057QLD1,378Australia1,280

Property 4,737 per 100k

Gold Coast4,737QLD4,929Australia3,779

Break-ins 534 per 100k

Gold Coast534QLD686Australia487

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Australia: every council area with published figures.

Violent crime over ten years

Gold CoastQueensland

Gold Coast violent crime rate from 2016-17 to 2025-26: 676 to 1,057 per 100,000. Violent offences per 100,000 residents.

Street-level crime map of Gold Coast

Queensland Police recorded 3,446 offences in 1,205 street blocks of Gold Coast from 2 October to 31 October 2026. The most common were theft (1,141), drugs (753) and public order (310). Each offence is placed in a street block of roughly 30 to 60 homes, not at an address; sexual and traffic offences are not included.

See every street block in Gold Coast on the map (source: Queensland Police Service, CC BY).

Council area

Per 100,000 residents, 2025-26, highest violent crime rate first. Score: Crime Score, 0 lowest to 100 highest recorded crime.
Council	Violent	Property	Break-ins	Score
Gold Coast	1,057	4,737	534	56

Questions about crime in Gold Coast

What is the crime rate in Gold Coast?

Gold Coast recorded 1,057 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, 23% below the Queensland rate and 17% below the national rate. Property crime was 4,737 per 100,000. The figures cover the City of Gold Coast council area.

Is crime going up in Gold Coast?

Gold Coast's recorded violent crime rate went from 874 per 100,000 in 2020-21 to 1,057 in 2025-26 (+21%). Changes in reporting and police recording affect these trends as well as offending.

Where do these figures come from?

Offence counts from Queensland's official police or crime statistics agency, by council area, standardised to national offence categories, with ABS population. Figures describe recorded offences, not personal risk.

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