Burke crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland council area
Burke is a council area in Queensland with about 449 residents. It has a Crime Score 64 out of 100 (high), 103rd 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 (91st percentile), sexual offences (95th percentile), robbery (91st percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 70.
In 2025-26: violent 4,677 per 100,000 (+101% vs five years earlier); property 4,677 per 100,000 (+26% vs five years earlier); break-ins 0 per 100,000 (-100% vs five years earlier); theft 3,341 per 100,000 (+105% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 18th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Burke council area is 3% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 16.5% of occupied homes (17 public and 3 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 38 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 879.6 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 7.9% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in Bangladesh, France, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 1.9% (confidence 65 of 100); social housing about 15% of homes; about 865.5 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 8% 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 | 4,677 | 21 | +101% |
| Property | 4,677 | 21 | +26% |
| Break-ins | 0 | 0 | -100% |
| Theft | 3,341 | 15 | +105% |
Street by street: the last 30 days
Queensland Police recorded 2 offences in 1 street block of Burke from 2 October to 31 October 2026. The most common were assault (2). 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 Burke safe?
Burke recorded 4,680 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, 3.4 times the Queensland rate (1,380) and 3.7 times the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 63.9 out of 100 (high), 103rd 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 Burke?
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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