Douglas crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland council area
Douglas is a council area in Queensland with about 13,169 residents. It has a Crime Score 53 out of 100 (moderate), 155th 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 (79th percentile), break-ins (77th percentile), theft (62nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 61.
In 2025-26: violent 1,898 per 100,000 (+36% vs five years earlier); property 3,774 per 100,000 (-5% vs five years earlier); break-ins 706 per 100,000 (+13% vs five years earlier); theft 1,633 per 100,000 (+32% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 37th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Douglas council area is 4.1% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.7% of occupied homes (126 public and 44 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 102 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 80.7 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 24.4% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in England, New Zealand, Germany. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.9% (confidence 76 of 100); social housing about 3.4% of homes; about 79.4 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 24.8% 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 | 1,898 | 250 | +36% |
| Property | 3,774 | 497 | -5% |
| Break-ins | 706 | 93 | +13% |
| Theft | 1,633 | 215 | +32% |
Street by street: the last 30 days
Queensland Police recorded 65 offences in 37 street blocks of Douglas from 2 October to 31 October 2026. The most common were assault (17), drugs (16) and public order (10). 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 Douglas safe?
Douglas recorded 1,900 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 38% higher than the Queensland rate (1,380) and about 48% higher than the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 52.8 out of 100 (moderate), 155th 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 Douglas?
93 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 706 per 100,000 residents, close to the Queensland rate (686).
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Suburbs in the Douglas council area
Craiglie · Dagmar · Daintree · Diwan · Killaloe · Kimberley · Low Isles · Mossman · Mossman Gorge · Mowbray · Oak Beach · Port Douglas · Spurgeon · Stewart Creek Valley · Upper Daintree · Wangetti
Postcodes in the Douglas council area
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