Crime in Gold Coast, Australia

The Gold Coast is a great place. Been living there since birth and so far, no issues, apart from the house prices rising in central areas where I live and work at, like Southport. Apart from that, the beaches are amazing, and the public events that happen like the Gold Coast show are fun to go to. I would really recommend someone to move to the Gold Coast, and you should too.

I have traveled the world and while there are some amazing places throughout the world, no where comes close to the overall splenfdour of the Gold Coast. The Gold Coast has ideal weather, beautiful waterways and beaches that are great for surfing, theme parks, Tambourine Mountain, close to Byron Bay and the hinterland is totally underrated. The hinterland has some amazing walking trails with beautiful rain forests and waterfalls. I have lived on the Gold Coast for 21 years and never had a problem with crime, but I hardly ever go into Surfers Paradise where people go stupid. I lived in Sydney for 45 years and crime is way worse there. Traffic is only busy during school drop off and pick up or where there are road works. The Council does an amazing job of keeping the city in pristine condition. Great parks, sporting facilities and roads are excellent compared to most other places in the world.

The homelessness in the gold coast is slowly climbing and I am constantly worried about corruption in the council system the most important thing we should be focusing on is crime.

Like most places commonsense one doesn't get about at night anywhere,lock Ur homes even lock doors during the day,better safe than sorry,drugs/ALC are abused any most places but due to the 24 7 party precinct the climate & beaches,tourist attractions,the transient population bring their issues,like Bali they think surfers is a place to get messy,get wasted & do some stupid things.southport is underfunded,plenty of police there don't know what they do at night,asleep?.there's a lot of corrupt ppl with big money on the coast,go to the casino on Thur,Frid Saturday night,s it's wall to wall with dubious characters.the weather is usually good,the country side hills,beaches are beautiful,it's a bit of a rat race now,it was a country town by the beach in the late 70,s.there were some good clubs like Bombay Rock in surfers & the playroom at palm beach,hosted all the old Aussie bands,cheisl,angels,INXS,oils etc.it was great growing up here in the 80,s & early 90,s now it's a money grabbing joint, selling beach side places with rising sea levels,so every time a storm surge comes the Beach's are going.

Never mind, I hate the Gold Coast, Mr Thunder just robbed me

I love the Gold Coast, it is truly the place for my kind

I have lived on Gold Coast for some 25 years, have have had a very peaceful safe and happy times here except for of late had a man standing out side my bedroom window, for an 80year old it scared and ruffled my feathers, but I got it all under control with my safety network, I have in place, this guy was obviously out of his brain on ice, the drug problem on the Goldie must be addressed....life is for living, and to be enjoyed..It’s a choice we all have, there’s 2roads to be taken, the good and enjoyable one or the bad and destructive one, the choice is entirely yours don’t waste it, signing off, smiley on the Goldie......

mate I was walking around and surfers paradise and I saw the biggest snake ever

I'm soon to be leaving Gold Coast but never really had an issue. I've known of some people's places being walked into but only when they leave the door/gate wide open. Know of cars being stolen from suburbs like Robina. I lived around Surfers and Southport, been black out drunk the first few years. Lost my keys and phone a number of times but my own fault and never had any other issues. Surfers is more loud/obnoxious in tourist seasons than dangerous. Witnessed a handful of domestics through my time here, but they can be anywhere. Southport can feel a bit shady at times, but everybody is just trying to get by and you rarely get approached.

No fights, no theft, maybe I'm just lucky. I was thrown down some stairs by a bouncer once, that was the worst of it. I'm not tough and still no big deal (for a guy at least). Maybe being from Wollongong has changed my perception....