Gympie crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland council area
Gympie is a council area in Queensland with about 58,487 residents. It has a Crime Score 55 out of 100 (moderate), 145th 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 homicide (85th percentile), break-ins (59th percentile), assault (36th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 49.
In 2025-26: violent 992 per 100,000 (+28% vs five years earlier); property 4,333 per 100,000 (+70% vs five years earlier); break-ins 597 per 100,000 (+58% vs five years earlier); theft 2,481 per 100,000 (+98% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 67th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Gympie council area is 5.9% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.8% of occupied homes (271 public and 106 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 365 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 66.4 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 12.5% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in England, New Zealand, South Africa. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 5.5% (confidence 82 of 100); social housing about 1.7% of homes; about 65.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 12.7% 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 | 992 | 580 | +28% |
| Property | 4,333 | 2,534 | +70% |
| Break-ins | 597 | 349 | +58% |
| Theft | 2,481 | 1,451 | +98% |
Street by street: the last 30 days
Queensland Police recorded 272 offences in 131 street blocks of Gympie from 2 October to 31 October 2026. The most common were theft (73), drugs (57) and property damage (30). 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 Gympie safe?
Gympie recorded 992 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 28% lower than the Queensland rate (1,380) and about 23% lower than the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 55.2 out of 100 (moderate), 145th 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 Gympie?
349 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 597 per 100,000 residents, about 13% lower than the Queensland rate (686).
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Suburbs in the Gympie council area
Barambah · Black Snake · Boonara · Booubyjan · Cinnabar · Coles Creek · Cooloola · Cooloola Cove · Corella · Curra · Dagun · Downsfield · East Deep Creek · Fishermans Pocket · Glenwood · Goomeri · Goomeribong · Greens Creek · Gunalda · Kilkivan · Kinbombi · Manumbar · Mudlo · Oakview · Tansey · Tin Can Bay · Wrattens Forest
Postcodes in the Gympie council area
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