Mapoon crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland council area
Mapoon is a council area in Queensland with about 494 residents. It has a Crime Score 59 out of 100 (moderate), 131st 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 (92nd percentile), sexual offences (93rd percentile), robbery (90th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 38.
In 2025-26: violent 5,061 per 100,000 (+220% vs five years earlier); property 2,834 per 100,000 (+109% vs five years earlier); break-ins 1,012 per 100,000 (+15% vs five years earlier); theft 202 per 100,000 (-70% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 16th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Mapoon council area is 25.2% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 77.7% of occupied homes (66 public and 7 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 12 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 263.2 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 1.9% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in England. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 25.3% (confidence 65 of 100); social housing about 70.6% of homes; about 258.9 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 1.9% 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 | 5,061 | 25 | +220% |
| Property | 2,834 | 14 | +109% |
| Break-ins | 1,012 | 5 | +15% |
| Theft | 202 | 1 | -70% |
Street by street: the last 30 days
Queensland Police recorded 2 offences in 1 street block of Mapoon from 1 October to 30 October 2026. The most common were assault (2). 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 Mapoon safe?
Mapoon recorded 5,060 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, 3.7 times the Queensland rate (1,380) and 4 times the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 58.9 out of 100 (moderate), 131st 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 Mapoon?
5 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 1,010 per 100,000 residents, about 48% higher than the Queensland rate (686).
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