Noosa crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland council area
Noosa is a council area in Queensland with about 59,551 residents. It has a Crime Score 31 out of 100 (low), 287th 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 homicide (60th percentile), theft (53rd percentile), sexual offences (28th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 31.
In 2025-26: violent 534 per 100,000 (+3% vs five years earlier); property 2,583 per 100,000 (+3% vs five years earlier); break-ins 280 per 100,000 (-7% vs five years earlier); theft 1,453 per 100,000 (+7% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 77th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Noosa council area is 4.5% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.6% of occupied homes (324 public and 22 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 170 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 29.8 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 24.5% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in England, New Zealand, South Africa. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.2% (confidence 82 of 100); social housing about 1.4% of homes; about 29.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 24.9% 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 | 534 | 318 | +3% |
| Property | 2,583 | 1,538 | +3% |
| Break-ins | 280 | 167 | -7% |
| Theft | 1,453 | 865 | +7% |
Street by street: the last 30 days
Queensland Police recorded 152 offences in 89 street blocks of Noosa from 2 October to 31 October 2026. The most common were theft (50), drugs (28) and public order (16). 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 Noosa safe?
Noosa recorded 534 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 61% lower than the Queensland rate (1,380) and about 58% lower than the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 31.2 out of 100 (low), 287th 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 Noosa?
167 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 280 per 100,000 residents, about 59% lower than the Queensland rate (686).
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Suburbs in the Noosa council area
Black Mountain · Boreen Point · Carters Ridge · Castaways Beach · Como · Cooran · Cooroibah · Cooroy · Cooroy Mountain · Cootharaba · Federal · Kin Kin · Lake MacDonald · Noosa Heads · Noosa North Shore · Noosaville · Pinbarren · Pomona · Ridgewood · Ringtail Creek · Sunrise Beach · Sunshine Beach · Tewantin · Tinbeerwah
Postcodes in the Noosa council area
4563 · 4565 · 4566 · 4567 · 4568 · 4569 · 4571
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