Gaven crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland
Gaven is a suburb in the Gold Coast council area of Queensland (about 691,230 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 57 out of 100 (moderate), 141st 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 (48th percentile), break-ins (61st percentile), robbery (72nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 55.
In 2024-25: violent 1,149 per 100,000 (+52% vs five years earlier); property 4,735 per 100,000 (-14% vs five years earlier); break-ins 553 per 100,000 (-18% vs five years earlier); theft 2,825 per 100,000 (-11% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 63rd 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.
Queensland publishes crime statistics by council area, not by suburb, so the figures shown for Gaven are those of the Gold Coast council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,149 | 7,941 | +52% |
| Property | 4,735 | 32,733 | -14% |
| Break-ins | 553 | 3,824 | -18% |
| Theft | 2,825 | 19,528 | -11% |
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