Moreton Bay crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland council area
Moreton Bay is a council area in Queensland with about 532,445 residents. It has a Crime Score 51 out of 100 (moderate), 173rd 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 (46th percentile), robbery (73rd percentile), homicide (59th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 52.
In 2024-25: violent 1,006 per 100,000 (+80% vs five years earlier); property 3,586 per 100,000 (-26% vs five years earlier); break-ins 402 per 100,000 (-38% vs five years earlier); theft 2,148 per 100,000 (-18% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 68th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Moreton Bay council area is 5.6% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.8% of occupied homes (4,013 public and 724 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 1,441 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 29.1 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 21.9% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in New Zealand, England, South Africa. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 5.2% (confidence 86 of 100); social housing about 2.5% of homes; about 28.6 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 22.3% 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 | 1,006 | 5,357 | +80% |
| Property | 3,586 | 19,096 | -26% |
| Break-ins | 402 | 2,141 | -38% |
| Theft | 2,148 | 11,436 | -18% |
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Suburbs in the Moreton Bay council area
Albany Creek · Armstrong Creek · Banksia Beach · Beachmere · Bellara · Bellmere · Bellthorpe · Bongaree · Bracalba · Bray Park · Brendale · Bribie Island North · Bridgeman Downs · Bunya · Burpengary · Burpengary East · Caboolture · Caboolture South · Campbells Pocket · Cashmere · Cedar Creek · Cedarton · Clear Mountain · Clontarf · Closeburn · Commissioners Flat · Dakabin · Dayboro · Deception Bay · Delaneys Creek · Donnybrook · Eatons Hill · Elimbah · Ferny Grove · Ferny Hills · Godwin Beach · Griffin · Highvale · Jollys Lookout · Joyner · Kallangur · King Scrub · Kippa-Ring · Kobble Creek · Kurwongbah · Laceys Creek · Lawnton · Mango Hill · Margate · Meldale · Moodlu · Moorina · Morayfield · Mount Delaney · Mount Mee · Mount Pleasant · Murrumba Downs · Narangba · Neurum · Newport · Ningi · North Lakes · Ocean View · Petrie · Redcliffe · Rocksberg · Rothwell · Rush Creek · Samford Valley · Samford Village · Samsonvale · Sandstone Point · Scarborough · Stanmore · Stony Creek · Strathpine · Toorbul · Upper Caboolture · Upper Kedron · Wamuran · Wamuran Basin · Warner · Welsby · Westvale · White Patch · Whiteside · Wights Mountain · Woodford · Woody Point · Woorim
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