Quilpie crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland council area
Quilpie is a council area in Queensland with about 720 residents. It has a Crime Score 33 out of 100 (low), 280th 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 sexual offences (96th percentile), assault (42nd percentile), drugs (77th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 30.
In 2025-26: violent 972 per 100,000 (+14% vs five years earlier); property 2,361 per 100,000 (-17% vs five years earlier); break-ins 278 per 100,000 (-35% vs five years earlier); theft 1,250 per 100,000 (+10% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 69th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Quilpie council area is 1% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 5.4% of occupied homes (9 public and 6 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 8 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 113.8 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 6.5% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in England, New Zealand, Netherlands. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 1% (confidence 66 of 100); social housing about 4.9% of homes; about 112 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 6.6% 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 | 972 | 7 | +14% |
| Property | 2,361 | 17 | -17% |
| Break-ins | 278 | 2 | -35% |
| Theft | 1,250 | 9 | +10% |
Street by street: the last 30 days
Queensland Police recorded 2 offences in 1 street block of Quilpie from 2 October to 31 October 2026. The most common were assault (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 Quilpie safe?
Quilpie recorded 972 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 29% lower than the Queensland rate (1,380) and about 24% lower than the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 32.8 out of 100 (low), 280th 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 Quilpie?
2 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 278 per 100,000 residents, about 59% lower than the Queensland rate (686).
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Suburbs in the Quilpie council area
Postcodes in the Quilpie council area
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