Bundaberg crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland council area
Bundaberg is a council area in Queensland with about 107,297 residents. It has a Crime Score 53 out of 100 (moderate), 152nd 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 homicide (74th percentile), assault (41st percentile), break-ins (55th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 48.
In 2025-26: violent 922 per 100,000 (+14% vs five years earlier); property 3,941 per 100,000 (+26% vs five years earlier); break-ins 500 per 100,000 (+54% vs five years earlier); theft 2,233 per 100,000 (+49% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 71st of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Bundaberg council area is 6.8% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.2% of occupied homes (998 public and 249 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 655 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 64.3 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 14% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in England, New Zealand, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 6.4% (confidence 84 of 100); social housing about 2.9% of homes; about 63.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 14.2% 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 | 922 | 989 | +14% |
| Property | 3,941 | 4,229 | +26% |
| Break-ins | 500 | 537 | +54% |
| Theft | 2,233 | 2,396 | +49% |
Street by street: the last 30 days
Queensland Police recorded 507 offences in 240 street blocks of Bundaberg from 2 October to 31 October 2026. The most common were theft (154), drugs (109) and public order (58). 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 Bundaberg safe?
Bundaberg recorded 922 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 33% lower than the Queensland rate (1,380) and about 28% lower than the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 53.4 out of 100 (moderate), 152nd 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 Bundaberg?
537 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 500 per 100,000 residents, about 27% lower than the Queensland rate (686).
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Police news near Bundaberg
- Fatal traffic crash, Bargara · Bargara, 13 Oct 2026 · 21 km away
Suburbs in the Bundaberg council area
Bargara · Boolboonda · Booyal · Bundaberg North · Cherwell · Coonarr · Fairymead · Gaeta · Gin Gin · Good Night · Goodwood · Gregory River · Horse Camp · Horton · Isis Central · Kalkie · Kolonga · Kullogum · Lake Monduran · Maroondan · Mcilwraith · Meadowvale · Miara · Moorland · North Gregory · Norville · Redridge · South Bingera · South Isis · Waterloo · Welcome Creek · Woodgate · Yandaran
Postcodes in the Bundaberg council area
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