Aurukun crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland council area
Aurukun is a council area in Queensland with about 1,165 residents. It has a Crime Score 86 out of 100 (very high), 10th 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 (100th percentile), break-ins (98th percentile), sexual offences (86th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 95.
In 2025-26: violent 47,725 per 100,000 (+106% vs five years earlier); property 29,013 per 100,000 (-3% vs five years earlier); break-ins 7,468 per 100,000 (+59% vs five years earlier); theft 4,549 per 100,000 (+90% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 1st of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Aurukun council area is 16.5% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 86% of occupied homes (180 public and 23 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 110 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 981.3 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 1.6% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in England, Indonesia, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 16.1% (confidence 65 of 100); social housing about 78.2% of homes; about 965.5 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 1.7% born overseas. Confidence falls with distance from the last published figure, and the map's Estimates toggle shows every year back to 1994-95.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 47,725 | 556 | +106% |
| Property | 29,013 | 338 | -3% |
| Break-ins | 7,468 | 87 | +59% |
| Theft | 4,549 | 53 | +90% |
Street by street: the last 30 days
Queensland Police recorded 90 offences in 2 street blocks of Aurukun from 2 October to 31 October 2026. The most common were assault (40), public order (25) and property damage (12). 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 on the map (source: Queensland Police Service, CC BY).
Questions
Is Aurukun safe?
Aurukun recorded 47,700 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, 34.6 times the Queensland rate (1,380) and 37.3 times the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 85.5 out of 100 (very high), 10th of 362 councils. 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.
How many break-ins are there in Aurukun?
87 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 7,470 per 100,000 residents, 10.9 times the Queensland rate (686).
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