Gold Coast crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland council area
Gold Coast is a council area in Queensland with about 691,230 residents. It has a Crime Score 56 out of 100 (moderate), 143rd of 362 councils nationally.
The score blends national percentile ranks for each published offence category with fixed severity weights; here it is driven most by assault (47th percentile), robbery (77th percentile), theft (87th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 56.
In 2025-26: violent 1,057 per 100,000 (+21% vs five years earlier); property 4,737 per 100,000 (-1% vs five years earlier); break-ins 534 per 100,000 (-18% vs five years earlier); theft 2,873 per 100,000 (+9% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 64th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Gold Coast council area is 5.4% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2% of occupied homes (3,587 public and 940 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 1,793 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 27.8 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 30.9% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in New Zealand, England, China. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 5% (confidence 86 of 100); social housing about 1.8% of homes; about 27.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 31.4% born overseas. Confidence falls with distance from the last published figure, and the map's Estimates toggle shows every year back to 1994-95.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,057 | 7,307 | +21% |
| Property | 4,737 | 32,744 | -1% |
| Break-ins | 534 | 3,694 | -18% |
| Theft | 2,873 | 19,861 | +9% |
Street by street: the last 30 days
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 on the map (source: Queensland Police Service, CC BY).
Questions
Is Gold Coast safe?
Gold Coast recorded 1,060 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 23% lower than the Queensland rate (1,380) and about 17% lower than the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 56.2 out of 100 (moderate), 143rd of 362 councils. These are offences recorded by police per resident: they describe the area as a whole, not the risk on any particular street, and places with a busy centre record more because offences are counted where they happen.
How many break-ins are there in Gold Coast?
3,694 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 534 per 100,000 residents, about 22% lower than the Queensland rate (686).
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Police news near Gold Coast
- Weapon offences, Southport · Southport, 24 Oct 2026 · 5 km away
- Fatal traffic crash, Helensvale · Helensvale, 12 Oct 2026 · 23 km away
- Serious assault charge, Coomera · Coomera, 23 Sept 2026 · 18 km away
- Two persons of interest in linked 2002 Gold Coast and Northern NSW murders · Gold Coast, 9 Sept 2026
Part of Gold Coast: Gold Coast crime rate and crime map.
Suburbs in the Gold Coast council area
Advancetown · Arundel · Ashmore · Austinville · Beechmont · Benowa · Biggera Waters · Bilinga · Binna Burra · Bonogin · Broadbeach · Broadbeach Waters · Bundall · Burleigh Heads · Burleigh Waters · Clear Island Waters · Coolangatta · Coombabah · Coomera · Currumbin · Currumbin Valley · Currumbin Waters · Elanora · Gaven · Gilberton · Gilston · Guanaba · Helensvale · Hollywell · Hope Island · Jacobs Well · Kingsholme · Labrador · Lower Beechmont · Main Beach · Maudsland · Mermaid Beach · Mermaid Waters · Merrimac · Miami · Molendinar · Mudgeeraba · Nerang · Neranwood · Norwell · Numinbah Valley · Ormeau · Ormeau Hills · Oxenford · Pacific Pines · Palm Beach · Paradise Point · Parkwood · Pimpama · Reedy Creek · Robina · Runaway Bay · South Stradbroke · Southern Lamington · Southport · Springbrook · Surfers Paradise · Tallai · Tallebudgera · Tallebudgera Valley · Tugun · Upper Coomera · Varsity Lakes · Willow Vale · Wongawallan · Worongary
Postcodes in the Gold Coast council area
4208 · 4209 · 4210 · 4211 · 4212 · 4213 · 4214 · 4215 · 4216 · 4217 · 4218 · 4219 · 4220 · 4221 · 4223 · 4224 · 4225 · 4226 · 4227 · 4228
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