Banana crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland council area
Banana is a council area in Queensland with about 15,144 residents. It has a Crime Score 48 out of 100 (moderate), 187th 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 (61st percentile), break-ins (67th percentile), sexual offences (48th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 36.
In 2025-26: violent 1,446 per 100,000 (+100% vs five years earlier); property 3,691 per 100,000 (+28% vs five years earlier); break-ins 858 per 100,000 (+75% vs five years earlier); theft 1,512 per 100,000 (+25% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 51st of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Banana council area is 2.8% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 4.3% of occupied homes (191 public and 24 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 36 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 24.4 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 9% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in New Zealand, England, China. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 2.6% (confidence 77 of 100); social housing about 3.9% of homes; about 24 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 9.1% 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 | 1,446 | 219 | +100% |
| Property | 3,691 | 559 | +28% |
| Break-ins | 858 | 130 | +75% |
| Theft | 1,512 | 229 | +25% |
Street by street: the last 30 days
Queensland Police recorded 55 offences in 35 street blocks of Banana from 2 October to 31 October 2026. The most common were theft (9), assault (8) and property damage (8). 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 Banana safe?
Banana recorded 1,450 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, close to the Queensland rate (1,380) and about 13% higher than the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 47.7 out of 100 (moderate), 187th 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 Banana?
130 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 858 per 100,000 residents, about 25% higher than the Queensland rate (686).
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Suburbs in the Banana council area
Bauhinia · Biloela · Broadmere · Callide · Camboon · Castle Creek · Coorada · Cracow · Dakenba · Dromedary · Dumgree · Ghinghinda · Glenhaughton · Glenmoral · Greycliffe · Gwambegwine · Isla · Kianga · Lawgi Dawes · Lonesome Creek · Mount Murchison · Moura · Mungabunda · Oombabeer · Orange Creek · Prospect · Rhydding · Roundstone · Spring Creek · Taroom · Thangool · Theodore · Valentine Plains · Warnoah
Postcodes in the Banana council area
4420 · 4715 · 4716 · 4718 · 4719
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