Tablelands crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland council area
Tablelands is a council area in Queensland with about 27,902 residents. It has a Crime Score 66 out of 100 (high), 91st 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 (65th percentile), homicide (86th percentile), break-ins (83rd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 40.
In 2025-26: violent 1,509 per 100,000 (+128% vs five years earlier); property 4,982 per 100,000 (+84% vs five years earlier); break-ins 1,125 per 100,000 (+81% vs five years earlier); theft 2,183 per 100,000 (+110% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 50th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Tablelands council area is 5% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.2% of occupied homes (202 public and 117 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 139 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 51.9 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 14.7% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in England, New Zealand, Germany. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.7% (confidence 79 of 100); social housing about 2.9% of homes; about 51.1 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 15% 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 | 1,509 | 421 | +128% |
| Property | 4,982 | 1,390 | +84% |
| Break-ins | 1,125 | 314 | +81% |
| Theft | 2,183 | 609 | +110% |
Street by street: the last 30 days
Queensland Police recorded 107 offences in 63 street blocks of Tablelands from 2 October to 31 October 2026. The most common were drugs (26), public order (24) and theft (19). 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 Tablelands safe?
Tablelands recorded 1,510 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 10% higher than the Queensland rate (1,380) and about 18% higher than the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 65.9 out of 100 (high), 91st 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 Tablelands?
314 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 1,130 per 100,000 residents, about 64% higher than the Queensland rate (686).
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Police news near Tablelands
- Fatal traffic crash, Atherton Tablelands · Atherton, 21 Sept 2026 · 32 km away
Suburbs in the Tablelands council area
Atherton · Barwidgi · Beatrice · Butchers Creek · Carrington · Danbulla · Dimbulah · East Barron · Ellinjaa · Evelyn · Forty Mile · Gadgarra · Glen Allyn · Glen Ruth · Gunnawarra · Innot Hot Springs · Jaggan · Kaban · Koombooloomba · Kureen · Lake Barrine · Lake Eacham · Maalan · Malanda · Middlebrook · Millaa Millaa · Millstream · Minbun · Moregatta · Mungalli · Mutchilba · North Johnstone · Peeramon · Ravenshoe · Silver Valley · Tarzali · Tolga · Topaz · Tumoulin · Upper Barron · Wongabel · Yungaburra
Postcodes in the Tablelands council area
4872 · 4882 · 4883 · 4884 · 4885 · 4886 · 4888
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