Bulloo crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland council area
Bulloo is a council area in Queensland with about 347 residents. It has a Crime Score 24 out of 100 (low), 316th 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 (52nd percentile), sexual offences (39th percentile), drugs (94th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 28.
In 2025-26: violent 865 per 100,000 (+48% vs five years earlier); property 576 per 100,000 (-75% vs five years earlier); break-ins 0 per 100,000 (-100% vs five years earlier); theft 576 per 100,000 (-61% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 72nd of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Bulloo council area is 0.9% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 7.6% of occupied homes (6 public and 3 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 4 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 116.6 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 6.6% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in China, New Zealand, England. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 1.7% (confidence 65 of 100); social housing about 6.9% of homes; about 114.7 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 6.7% 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 | 865 | 3 | +48% |
| Property | 576 | 2 | -75% |
| Break-ins | 0 | 0 | -100% |
| Theft | 576 | 2 | -61% |
Questions
Is Bulloo safe?
Bulloo recorded 865 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 37% lower than the Queensland rate (1,380) and about 32% lower than the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 23.8 out of 100 (low), 316th 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 Bulloo?
0 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 0 per 100,000 residents, about 100% lower than the Queensland rate (686).
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Suburbs in the Bulloo council area
Bullawarra · Bulloo Downs · Dynevor · Hungerford · Nockatunga · Norley · Thargomindah
Postcodes in the Bulloo council area
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