City · Queensland · 2025-26

Toowoomba crime rate and crime map

Toowoomba recorded 1,196 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, 13% below the Queensland rate and close to the national rate. Up 68% on five years earlier.

The figures cover the Toowoomba Regional Council area, about 186,276 residents.

Under two-thirds of the national rate
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Council areas shaded by violent crime rate against the national rate, 2025-26. Select a council for its full figures and Crime Score.

Toowoomba against QLD and Australia

Violent 1,196 per 100k

Toowoomba1,196QLD1,378Australia1,280

Property 4,545 per 100k

Toowoomba4,545QLD4,929Australia3,779

Break-ins 785 per 100k

Toowoomba785QLD686Australia487

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Australia: every council area with published figures.

Violent crime over ten years

ToowoombaQueensland

Toowoomba violent crime rate from 2016-17 to 2025-26: 550 to 1,196 per 100,000. Violent offences per 100,000 residents.

Street-level crime map of Toowoomba

Queensland Police recorded 987 offences in 376 street blocks of Toowoomba from 2 October to 31 October 2026. The most common were theft (296), drugs (179) and public order (147). Each offence is placed in a street block of roughly 30 to 60 homes, not at an address; sexual and traffic offences are not included.

See every street block in Toowoomba on the map (source: Queensland Police Service, CC BY).

Council area

Per 100,000 residents, 2025-26, highest violent crime rate first. Score: Crime Score, 0 lowest to 100 highest recorded crime.
Council	Violent	Property	Break-ins	Score
Toowoomba	1,196	4,545	785	65

Questions about crime in Toowoomba

What is the crime rate in Toowoomba?

Toowoomba recorded 1,196 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, 13% below the Queensland rate and close to the national rate. Property crime was 4,545 per 100,000. The figures cover the Toowoomba Regional Council area.

Is crime going up in Toowoomba?

Toowoomba's recorded violent crime rate went from 710 per 100,000 in 2020-21 to 1,196 in 2025-26 (+68%). Changes in reporting and police recording affect these trends as well as offending.

Where do these figures come from?

Offence counts from Queensland's official police or crime statistics agency, by council area, standardised to national offence categories, with ABS population. Figures describe recorded offences, not personal risk.

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