Scenic Rim crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland council area
Scenic Rim is a council area in Queensland with about 46,947 residents. It has a Crime Score 32 out of 100 (low), 285th 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 (39th percentile), assault (26th percentile), break-ins (37th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 29.
In 2025-26: violent 701 per 100,000 (+41% vs five years earlier); property 2,635 per 100,000 (+39% vs five years earlier); break-ins 358 per 100,000 (+16% vs five years earlier); theft 1,312 per 100,000 (+46% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 75th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Scenic Rim council area is 4.3% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.1% of occupied homes (125 public and 43 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 85 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 19.2 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 16.1% 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 4.1% (confidence 82 of 100); social housing about 1% of homes; about 18.9 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 16.4% 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 | 701 | 329 | +41% |
| Property | 2,635 | 1,237 | +39% |
| Break-ins | 358 | 168 | +16% |
| Theft | 1,312 | 616 | +46% |
Street by street: the last 30 days
Queensland Police recorded 123 offences in 75 street blocks of Scenic Rim from 2 October to 31 October 2026. The most common were theft (37), assault (15) and public order (14). 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 Scenic Rim safe?
Scenic Rim recorded 701 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 49% lower than the Queensland rate (1,380) and about 45% lower than the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 31.6 out of 100 (low), 285th 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 Scenic Rim?
168 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 358 per 100,000 residents, about 48% lower than the Queensland rate (686).
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Suburbs in the Scenic Rim council area
Allandale · Barney View · Benobble · Biddaddaba · Blantyre · Boyland · Bunburra · Cannon Creek · Canungra · Chinghee Creek · Coleyville · Coochin · Fassifern Valley · Ferny Glen · Flying Fox · Frenches Creek · Gleneagle · Harrisville · Hillview · Hoya · Illinbah · Josephville · Kalbar · Kents Lagoon · Kerry · Kulgun · Laravale · Milford · Moogerah · Mount Barney · Mount Edwards · Mount French · Mount Gipps · Mount Lindesay · Munbilla · Mutdapilly · Nindooinbah · O'Reilly · Obum Obum · Palen Creek · Radford · Rathdowney · Running Creek · Sarabah · Silverdale · Tabooba · Tamborine · Tamborine Mountain · Tarome · Teviotville · Veresdale Scrub · Wallaces Creek · Warrill View · Wilsons Plains · Witheren
Postcodes in the Scenic Rim council area
4270 · 4271 · 4275 · 4285 · 4287 · 4307 · 4309 · 4310
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