Gladstone crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland council area
Gladstone is a council area in Queensland with about 69,046 residents. It has a Crime Score 63 out of 100 (high), 106th 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 (70th percentile), break-ins (69th percentile), homicide (56th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 54.
In 2025-26: violent 1,639 per 100,000 (+75% vs five years earlier); property 4,013 per 100,000 (+28% vs five years earlier); break-ins 555 per 100,000 (+7% vs five years earlier); theft 2,004 per 100,000 (+51% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 43rd of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Gladstone council area is 7.4% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.6% of occupied homes (660 public and 185 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 301 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 46.1 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 14.3% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in New Zealand, England, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 6.9% (confidence 83 of 100); social housing about 3.3% of homes; about 45.4 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 14.5% 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 | 1,639 | 1,132 | +75% |
| Property | 4,013 | 2,771 | +28% |
| Break-ins | 555 | 383 | +7% |
| Theft | 2,004 | 1,384 | +51% |
Street by street: the last 30 days
Queensland Police recorded 415 offences in 195 street blocks of Gladstone from 2 October to 31 October 2026. The most common were theft (94), drugs (92) and assault (57). 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 Gladstone safe?
Gladstone recorded 1,640 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 19% higher than the Queensland rate (1,380) and about 28% higher than the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 62.8 out of 100 (high), 106th 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 Gladstone?
383 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 555 per 100,000 residents, about 19% lower than the Queensland rate (686).
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Police news near Gladstone
- Fatal traffic crash, Captain Creek · Captain Creek, 20 Sept 2026 · 26 km away
Suburbs in the Gladstone council area
Agnes Water · Aldoga · Ambrose · Baffle Creek · Beecher · Benaraby · Berajondo · Bororen · Boyne Island · Boyne Valley · Bracewell · Callemondah · Calliope · Captain Creek · Clinton · Colosseum · Darts Creek · Deepwater · Diglum · East End · Euleilah · Eurimbula · Foreshores · Gindoran · Gladstone Central · Glen Eden · Lowmead · Machine Creek · Miriam Vale · Mount Larcom · Mount Maria · Mount Tom · Oyster Creek · Raglan · Rodds Bay · Rosedale · Round Hill · Rules Beach · Seventeen Seventy · Targinnie · Taunton · The Narrows · Turkey Beach · Yarwun
Postcodes in the Gladstone council area
4674 · 4676 · 4677 · 4678 · 4680 · 4694 · 4695 · 4697
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