Priestdale crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland
Priestdale is a suburb in the Logan council area of Queensland (about 403,515 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 70 out of 100 (high), 66th 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 (70th percentile), robbery (92nd percentile), break-ins (77th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 65.
In 2025-26: violent 1,560 per 100,000 (+55% vs five years earlier); property 6,589 per 100,000 (+23% vs five years earlier); break-ins 801 per 100,000 (+4% vs five years earlier); theft 3,870 per 100,000 (+43% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 48th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Logan council area is 7% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.7% of occupied homes (3,725 public and 397 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 1,704 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 47 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 29.8% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in New Zealand, England, India. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 6.6% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 3.3% of homes; about 46.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 30.3% 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 Priestdale are those of the Logan council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,560 | 6,293 | +55% |
| Property | 6,589 | 26,587 | +23% |
| Break-ins | 801 | 3,231 | +4% |
| Theft | 3,870 | 15,615 | +43% |
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Questions
Is Priestdale safe?
Queensland publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Priestdale is in the Logan council area, which recorded 1,560 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 13% higher than the Queensland rate (1,380) and about 22% higher than the national rate (1,280). 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.
Police news near Priestdale
- Homicide investigation, Loganholme · Loganholme, 29 Oct 2026 · 8 km away
- Shooting incident, Loganholme · Loganholme, 24 Oct 2026 · 8 km away
- Fatal traffic crash, Rochdale South · Priestdale, 13 Oct 2026
- Murder charge, Woodridge · Woodridge, 7 Oct 2026 · 4 km away
- Armed robbery, Springwood · Springwood, 28 Sept 2026
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