Charters Towers crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland council area
Charters Towers is a council area in Queensland with about 12,088 residents. It has a Crime Score 71 out of 100 (high), 62nd 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 (86th percentile), break-ins (68th percentile), robbery (81st percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 49.
In 2025-26: violent 2,647 per 100,000 (+161% vs five years earlier); property 5,344 per 100,000 (+128% vs five years earlier); break-ins 587 per 100,000 (+32% vs five years earlier); theft 1,729 per 100,000 (+70% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 32nd of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Charters Towers council area is 5.4% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 4.2% of occupied homes (129 public and 43 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 36 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 30.1 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 7.2% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in New Zealand, England, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 5.1% (confidence 75 of 100); social housing about 3.8% of homes; about 29.6 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 7.3% 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 | 2,647 | 320 | +161% |
| Property | 5,344 | 646 | +128% |
| Break-ins | 587 | 71 | +32% |
| Theft | 1,729 | 209 | +70% |
Street by street: the last 30 days
Queensland Police recorded 64 offences in 42 street blocks of Charters Towers from 2 October to 31 October 2026. The most common were drugs (18), assault (11) and theft (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 Charters Towers safe?
Charters Towers recorded 2,650 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 92% higher than the Queensland rate (1,380) and 2.1 times the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 71.2 out of 100 (high), 62nd 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 Charters Towers?
71 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 587 per 100,000 residents, about 14% lower than the Queensland rate (686).
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Suburbs in the Charters Towers council area
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Postcodes in the Charters Towers council area
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