Mornington crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland council area
Mornington is a council area in Queensland with about 1,099 residents. It has a Crime Score 84 out of 100 (very high), 17th 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 (100th percentile), sexual offences (100th percentile), break-ins (100th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 96.
In 2025-26: violent 42,493 per 100,000 (+129% vs five years earlier); property 14,468 per 100,000 (-35% vs five years earlier); break-ins 2,548 per 100,000 (-60% vs five years earlier); theft 2,275 per 100,000 (-14% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 2nd of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Mornington council area is 6.6% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 80.3% of occupied homes (171 public and 17 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 92 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 863 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 3% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in New Zealand, England, Fiji. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 6.9% (confidence 65 of 100); social housing about 73% of homes; about 849.2 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 3.1% 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 | 42,493 | 467 | +129% |
| Property | 14,468 | 159 | -35% |
| Break-ins | 2,548 | 28 | -60% |
| Theft | 2,275 | 25 | -14% |
Street by street: the last 30 days
Queensland Police recorded 76 offences in 2 street blocks of Mornington from 2 October to 31 October 2026. The most common were assault (42), public order (8) and drugs (6). 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 Mornington safe?
Mornington recorded 42,500 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, 30.8 times the Queensland rate (1,380) and 33.2 times the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 84.3 out of 100 (very high), 17th 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 Mornington?
28 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 2,550 per 100,000 residents, 3.7 times the Queensland rate (686).
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