Hope Vale crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland council area
Hope Vale is a council area in Queensland with about 1,073 residents. It has a Crime Score 63 out of 100 (high), 107th 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 (95th percentile), break-ins (94th percentile), sexual offences (84th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 62.
In 2025-26: violent 9,786 per 100,000 (+81% vs five years earlier); property 10,065 per 100,000 (+79% vs five years earlier); break-ins 4,380 per 100,000 (+157% vs five years earlier); theft 1,025 per 100,000 (+2% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 15th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Hope Vale council area is 21.3% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 77.2% of occupied homes (129 public and 88 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 28 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 278.6 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 1.5% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in England, Fiji, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 19.6% (confidence 66 of 100); social housing about 70.2% of homes; about 274.1 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 1.5% 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 | 9,786 | 105 | +81% |
| Property | 10,065 | 108 | +79% |
| Break-ins | 4,380 | 47 | +157% |
| Theft | 1,025 | 11 | +2% |
Street by street: the last 30 days
Queensland Police recorded 36 offences in 1 street block of Hope Vale from 2 October to 31 October 2026. The most common were assault (14), property damage (10) and drugs (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 Hope Vale safe?
Hope Vale recorded 9,790 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, 7.1 times the Queensland rate (1,380) and 7.6 times the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 62.5 out of 100 (high), 107th 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 Hope Vale?
47 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 4,380 per 100,000 residents, 6.4 times the Queensland rate (686).
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