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Which Greater Brisbane suburbs report the least crime?

Ranked by total Queensland Police Service reported offences per 100,000 residents over the last 12 months, lowest first. Crime figures are reported by QPS police Division, not by individual suburb — suburbs sharing a Division show the same rate. See the methodology below for the Division-to-suburb mapping used.

At a glance

Top 15 by reported offences, placed on the real value scale — lowest at left, lowest is #1.

  1. 01Bridgeman Downs3,888 /100k
  2. 02McDowall3,888 /100k
  3. 03Albany Creek3,888 /100k
  4. 04Eatons Hill3,888 /100k
  5. 05The Hills District3,888 /100k
  6. 06Boonah7,592 /100k
  7. 07Bribie Island8,352 /100k
  8. 08Boronia Heights - Park Ridge11,382 /100k
  9. 09Browns Plains11,382 /100k
  10. 10Hillcrest11,382 /100k
  11. 11Regents Park - Heritage Park11,382 /100k
  12. 12Kuraby12,640 /100k
  13. 13Runcorn12,640 /100k
  14. 14Sunnybank Hills12,640 /100k
  15. 15Annerley13,449 /100k

The top 30

of 32 ranked
  1. 01Bridgeman Downs3,888 /100k
  2. 02McDowall3,888 /100k
  3. 03Albany Creek3,888 /100k
  4. 04Eatons Hill3,888 /100k
  5. 05The Hills District3,888 /100k
  6. 06Boonah7,592 /100k
  7. 07Bribie Island8,352 /100k
  8. 08Boronia Heights - Park Ridge11,382 /100k
  9. 09Browns Plains11,382 /100k
  10. 10Hillcrest11,382 /100k
  11. 11Regents Park - Heritage Park11,382 /100k
  12. 12Kuraby12,640 /100k
  13. 13Runcorn12,640 /100k
  14. 14Sunnybank Hills12,640 /100k
  15. 15Annerley13,449 /100k
  16. 16Fairfield - Dutton Park13,449 /100k
  17. 17Yeronga13,449 /100k
  18. 18Beenleigh21,031 /100k
  19. 19Eagleby21,031 /100k
  20. 20Edens Landing - Holmview21,031 /100k
  21. 21Mount Warren Park21,031 /100k
  22. 22Wolffdene - Bahrs Scrub21,031 /100k
  23. 23Bethania - Waterford21,031 /100k
  24. 24Chermside23,751 /100k
  25. 25Geebung23,751 /100k
  26. 26Boondall23,751 /100k
  27. 27Zillmere23,751 /100k
  28. 28Spring Hill53,365 /100k
  29. 29Kelvin Grove - Herston53,365 /100k
  30. 30Red Hill (Qld)53,365 /100k

Bridgeman Downs tops Greater Brisbane's safest suburbs at 3,888 /100k, followed by McDowall (3,888 /100k) and Albany Creek (3,888 /100k).

Show the top 30 as a table
RankSuburbReported offences
1Bridgeman Downs3,888 /100k
2McDowall3,888 /100k
3Albany Creek3,888 /100k
4Eatons Hill3,888 /100k
5The Hills District3,888 /100k
6Boonah7,592 /100k
7Bribie Island8,352 /100k
8Boronia Heights - Park Ridge11,382 /100k
9Browns Plains11,382 /100k
10Hillcrest11,382 /100k
11Regents Park - Heritage Park11,382 /100k
12Kuraby12,640 /100k
13Runcorn12,640 /100k
14Sunnybank Hills12,640 /100k
15Annerley13,449 /100k
16Fairfield - Dutton Park13,449 /100k
17Yeronga13,449 /100k
18Beenleigh21,031 /100k
19Eagleby21,031 /100k
20Edens Landing - Holmview21,031 /100k
21Mount Warren Park21,031 /100k
22Wolffdene - Bahrs Scrub21,031 /100k
23Bethania - Waterford21,031 /100k
24Chermside23,751 /100k
25Geebung23,751 /100k
26Boondall23,751 /100k
27Zillmere23,751 /100k
28Spring Hill53,365 /100k
29Kelvin Grove - Herston53,365 /100k
30Red Hill (Qld)53,365 /100k

Methodology

  • Crime figures are reported by Queensland Police Service Division, not by individual suburb — suburbs sharing a Division show the same rate. Suburbs are matched to their Division using our own division-to-SA2 mapping table, not an official QPS-to-suburb correspondence.
  • Metric: total reported offences per 100,000 residents (QPS's own published rate, not a raw count), summed across every top-level offence category QPS publishes for the last 12 months of data — one composite figure, not a category breakdown.
  • Suburbs with fewer than 500 usual residents at the 2021 Census are excluded, to avoid noisy rates at either extreme from a tiny sample — the same population floor used on our Census-gated rankings.
  • Reporting period: a rolling 12 months of QPS data, to July 2026.

See the About page for how every dataset on the site is sourced.

Crime data © Queensland Police Service, reported by police division and mapped to suburbs using Live in Brisbane's own division-to-SA2 mapping — see methodology for detail. Live in Brisbane is an independent project, not affiliated with the Queensland Police Service.

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