Mount Isa crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland council area
Mount Isa is a council area in Queensland with about 18,585 residents. It has a Crime Score 96 out of 100 (very high), 2nd 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 (96th percentile), homicide (98th percentile), sexual offences (98th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 91.
In 2025-26: violent 10,401 per 100,000 (+156% vs five years earlier); property 9,820 per 100,000 (-13% vs five years earlier); break-ins 1,921 per 100,000 (-21% vs five years earlier); theft 3,551 per 100,000 (-16% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 14th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Mount Isa council area is 4.2% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 9.2% of occupied homes (549 public and 42 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 473 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 248.5 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 18.1% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in New Zealand, Philippines, England. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4% (confidence 79 of 100); social housing about 8.4% of homes; about 244.5 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 18.4% 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 | 10,401 | 1,933 | +156% |
| Property | 9,820 | 1,825 | -13% |
| Break-ins | 1,921 | 357 | -21% |
| Theft | 3,551 | 660 | -16% |
Street by street: the last 30 days
Queensland Police recorded 384 offences in 115 street blocks of Mount Isa from 2 October to 31 October 2026. The most common were assault (106), drugs (79) and theft (47). 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 Mount Isa safe?
Mount Isa recorded 10,400 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, 7.5 times the Queensland rate (1,380) and 8.1 times the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 95.6 out of 100 (very high), 2nd 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 Mount Isa?
357 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 1,920 per 100,000 residents, 2.8 times the Queensland rate (686).
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Suburbs in the Mount Isa council area
Camooweal · Fielding · Fisher · Gunpowder · Happy Valley · Healy · Kalkadoon · Lanskey · Mica Creek · Miles End · Mornington
Postcodes in the Mount Isa council area
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