Richmond crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland council area
Richmond is a council area in Queensland with about 788 residents. It has a Crime Score 53 out of 100 (moderate), 156th 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 (82nd percentile), sexual offences (71st percentile), robbery (75th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 37.
In 2025-26: violent 2,665 per 100,000 (+310% vs five years earlier); property 2,030 per 100,000 (+12% vs five years earlier); break-ins 254 per 100,000 (-35% vs five years earlier); theft 888 per 100,000 (+14% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 30th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Richmond council area is 1.2% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.3% of occupied homes (5 public and 3 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 3 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 38.7 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 5.2% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in England, Philippines, Scotland. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 1.1% (confidence 66 of 100); social housing about 3% of homes; about 38.1 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 5.3% 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 | 2,665 | 21 | +310% |
| Property | 2,030 | 16 | +12% |
| Break-ins | 254 | 2 | -35% |
| Theft | 888 | 7 | +14% |
Street by street: the last 30 days
Queensland Police recorded 14 offences in 2 street blocks of Richmond from 2 October to 31 October 2026. The most common were drugs (6), property damage (4) and 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 Richmond safe?
Richmond recorded 2,660 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 93% higher than the Queensland rate (1,380) and 2.1 times the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 52.7 out of 100 (moderate), 156th 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 Richmond?
2 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 254 per 100,000 residents, about 63% lower than the Queensland rate (686).
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Suburbs in the Richmond council area
Albion · Bellfield · Burleigh · Cambridge · Maxwelton · Richmond · Saxby · Victoria Vale · Woolgar
Postcodes in the Richmond council area
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