Australian University Safety Rankings 2026
Universities are ranked in two separate pools by data type: point-level police records within 3 km of campus, and area-level official counts where no point-level data is published. The two pools use different methodologies and are never mixed. Area-level scores use a fixed absolute scale per data source (red = above twice that source's typical area rate), so they are not comparable across sources or countries. This country is covered by more than one data source whose publication definitions differ, so cross-source comparisons are indicative only. How scores work →
Point-level data rankings
Ranked by weighted crime density within 3 km of campus (12 months of official records).
| # | University | City | Score | Grade | Records (12 mo) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Cook University | Townsville | 100 | A | 164 |
| 2 | University of the Sunshine Coast | Sunshine Coast | 88 | A | 791 |
| 3 | Southern Cross University | Gold Coast | 75 | B | 1389 |
| 4 | University of Southern Queensland | Toowoomba | 62 | B | 2516 |
| 5 | Bond University | Gold Coast | 50 | C | 2939 |
| 6 | Griffith University | Brisbane | 38 | D | 3413 |
| 7 | The University of Queensland | Brisbane | 25 | D | 11244 |
| 8 | TAFE Queensland | Brisbane | 12 | D | 24537 |
| 9 | Queensland University of Technology | Brisbane | 0 | D | 31220 |
Area-statistics rankings
Ranked by weighted incidents per 100,000 residents across the whole administrative area (local government area in Australia, census metropolitan area in Canada, police agency jurisdiction in the US, district / Landkreis in Germany, commune in France, ward/city in Tokyo, metropolitan province in South Korea). This is a separate statistical pool — its scores are not comparable with point-level scores.
| # | University | City | Score | Grade | Records (12 mo) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australian Catholic University | Sydney | 89 | A | – |
| 2 | Swinburne University of Technology | Melbourne | 77 | B | – |
| 3 | Deakin University | Melbourne | 75 | B | – |
| 4 | Macquarie University | Sydney | 84 | A | – |
| 5 | Monash University | Melbourne | 72 | B | – |
| 6 | The University of Sydney | Sydney | 76 | B | – |
| 7 | University of New South Wales | Sydney | 73 | B | – |
| 8 | La Trobe University | Melbourne | 59 | C | – |
| 9 | Holmesglen Institute | Melbourne | 52 | C | – |
| 10 | Federation University Australia | Ballarat | 51 | C | – |
| 11 | Western Sydney University | Sydney | 62 | B | – |
| 12 | Victoria University | Melbourne | 47 | C | – |
| 13 | University of Wollongong | Wollongong | 62 | B | – |
| 14 | Charles Sturt University | Bathurst | 61 | B | – |
| 15 | University of New England | Armidale | 48 | C | – |
| 16 | University of Newcastle | Newcastle | 48 | C | – |
| 17 | Kaplan Business School | Melbourne | 29 | D | – |
| 18 | RMIT University | Melbourne | 29 | D | – |
| 19 | The University of Melbourne | Melbourne | 29 | D | – |
| 20 | University of Technology Sydney | Sydney | 33 | D | – |
| 21 | TAFE NSW | Sydney | 33 | D | – |
| 22 | University of Notre Dame Australia | Sydney | 33 | D | – |