Napranum crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland council area
Napranum is a council area in Queensland with about 952 residents. It has a Crime Score 64 out of 100 (high), 101st 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 (97th percentile), break-ins (91st percentile), robbery (65th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 56.
In 2025-26: violent 14,391 per 100,000 (+226% vs five years earlier); property 5,882 per 100,000 (+67% vs five years earlier); break-ins 945 per 100,000 (+71% vs five years earlier); theft 840 per 100,000 (+90% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 11th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Napranum council area is 16.6% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 87.4% of occupied homes (160 public and 14 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 26 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 287.3 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 2.5% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in Fiji. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 14.9% (confidence 65 of 100); social housing about 79.5% of homes; about 282.7 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 2.5% 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 | 14,391 | 137 | +226% |
| Property | 5,882 | 56 | +67% |
| Break-ins | 945 | 9 | +71% |
| Theft | 840 | 8 | +90% |
Street by street: the last 30 days
Queensland Police recorded 16 offences in 1 street block of Napranum from 2 October to 31 October 2026. The most common were assault (7), liquor (excl. drunkenness) (3) and arson (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 Napranum safe?
Napranum recorded 14,400 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, 10.4 times the Queensland rate (1,380) and 11.2 times the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 64.2 out of 100 (high), 101st 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 Napranum?
9 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 945 per 100,000 residents, about 38% higher than the Queensland rate (686).
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