Burdekin crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland council area
Burdekin is a council area in Queensland with about 17,220 residents. It has a Crime Score 60 out of 100 (high), 124th 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 (68th percentile), break-ins (83rd percentile), homicide (56th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 62.
In 2025-26: violent 1,260 per 100,000 (+42% vs five years earlier); property 3,310 per 100,000 (+9% vs five years earlier); break-ins 738 per 100,000 (+2% vs five years earlier); theft 1,278 per 100,000 (+8% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 58th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Burdekin council area is 3.4% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.4% of occupied homes (106 public and 47 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 78 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 46.3 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 9.9% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in Italy, England, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.2% (confidence 78 of 100); social housing about 2.2% of homes; about 45.5 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 10.1% 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 | 1,260 | 217 | +42% |
| Property | 3,310 | 570 | +9% |
| Break-ins | 738 | 127 | +2% |
| Theft | 1,278 | 220 | +8% |
Street by street: the last 30 days
Queensland Police recorded 89 offences in 49 street blocks of Burdekin from 2 October to 31 October 2026. The most common were drugs (31), public order (17) and theft (14). 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 Burdekin safe?
Burdekin recorded 1,260 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 9% lower than the Queensland rate (1,380) and close to the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 60.1 out of 100 (high), 124th 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 Burdekin?
127 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 738 per 100,000 residents, about 8% higher than the Queensland rate (686).
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Suburbs in the Burdekin council area
Airdmillan · Ayr · Barratta · Brandon · Carstairs · Clare · Colevale · Cromarty · Dalbeg · Eight Mile Creek · Fredericksfield · Giru · Home Hill · Horseshoe Lagoon · Inkerman · Jarvisfield · Jerona · Kirknie · Mcdesme · Millaroo · Mount Kelly · Mount Surround · Osborne · Rangemore · Shirbourne · Swans Lagoon · Upper Haughton · Wangaratta · Wunjunga
Postcodes in the Burdekin council area
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