Palm Island crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland council area
Palm Island is a council area in Queensland with about 2,335 residents. It has a Crime Score 86 out of 100 (very high), 9th 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 (99th percentile), sexual offences (96th percentile), homicide (95th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 82.
In 2025-26: violent 18,544 per 100,000 (+55% vs five years earlier); property 6,467 per 100,000 (-67% vs five years earlier); break-ins 1,713 per 100,000 (-69% vs five years earlier); theft 985 per 100,000 (-66% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 5th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Palm Island council area is 11% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 88.2% of occupied homes (420 public and 13 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 140 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 638.7 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 1.3% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in New Zealand, United States, England. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 9.2% (confidence 66 of 100); social housing about 80.2% of homes; about 628.4 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 1.3% 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 | 18,544 | 433 | +55% |
| Property | 6,467 | 151 | -67% |
| Break-ins | 1,713 | 40 | -69% |
| Theft | 985 | 23 | -66% |
Street by street: the last 30 days
Queensland Police recorded 42 offences in 1 street block of Palm Island from 2 October to 31 October 2026. The most common were assault (18), property damage (6) and public order (5). 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 Palm Island safe?
Palm Island recorded 18,500 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, 13.5 times the Queensland rate (1,380) and 14.5 times the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 85.5 out of 100 (very high), 9th 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 Palm Island?
40 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 1,710 per 100,000 residents, 2.5 times the Queensland rate (686).
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