Mareeba crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland council area
Mareeba is a council area in Queensland with about 24,205 residents. It has a Crime Score 79 out of 100 (high), 29th 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 (89th percentile), break-ins (90th percentile), homicide (77th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 65.
In 2025-26: violent 3,086 per 100,000 (+146% vs five years earlier); property 6,515 per 100,000 (+44% vs five years earlier); break-ins 1,653 per 100,000 (+81% vs five years earlier); theft 2,652 per 100,000 (+100% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 26th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Mareeba council area is 6% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 4.4% of occupied homes (243 public and 101 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 303 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 129.9 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 19% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in England, Italy, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 5.6% (confidence 79 of 100); social housing about 4% of homes; about 127.8 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 19.3% 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 | 3,086 | 747 | +146% |
| Property | 6,515 | 1,577 | +44% |
| Break-ins | 1,653 | 400 | +81% |
| Theft | 2,652 | 642 | +100% |
Street by street: the last 30 days
Queensland Police recorded 162 offences in 78 street blocks of Mareeba from 2 October to 31 October 2026. The most common were drugs (54), assault (24) and theft (24). 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 Mareeba safe?
Mareeba recorded 3,090 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, 2.2 times the Queensland rate (1,380) and 2.4 times the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 78.6 out of 100 (high), 29th 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 Mareeba?
400 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 1,650 per 100,000 residents, 2.4 times the Queensland rate (686).
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Suburbs in the Mareeba council area
Arriga · Biboohra · Chewko · Glen Russell · Herberton · Irvinebank · Kalunga · Koah · Kuranda · Mareeba · Mona Mona · Moomin · Paddys Green · Speewah · Watsonville · Wondecla
Postcodes in the Mareeba council area
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