Townsville crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland council area

Townsville is a council area in Queensland with about 206,260 residents. It has a Crime Score 84 out of 100 (very high), 18th 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 (89th percentile), break-ins (92nd percentile), sexual offences (80th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 77.

In 2025-26: violent 2,883 per 100,000 (+103% vs five years earlier); property 7,720 per 100,000 (+36% vs five years earlier); break-ins 1,613 per 100,000 (-7% vs five years earlier); theft 3,681 per 100,000 (+77% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 28th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Townsville council area is 5.1% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 4.3% of occupied homes (2,562 public and 409 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 884 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 44.7 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 15.1% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in England, New Zealand, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.8% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 3.9% of homes; about 44 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 15.4% born overseas. Confidence falls with distance from the last published figure, and the map's Estimates toggle shows every year back to 1994-95.

OffencesPer 100,000Count5-yr change
Violent2,8835,946+103%
Property7,72015,924+36%
Break-ins1,6133,328-7%
Theft3,6817,593+77%

Street by street: the last 30 days

Queensland Police recorded 2,222 offences in 741 street blocks of Townsville from 2 October to 31 October 2026. The most common were theft (452), drugs (440) and assault (330). 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 Townsville safe?

Townsville recorded 2,880 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, 2.1 times the Queensland rate (1,380) and 2.3 times the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 84.2 out of 100 (very high), 18th 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 Townsville?

3,328 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 1,610 per 100,000 residents, 2.4 times the Queensland rate (686).

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Police news near Townsville

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Suburbs in the Townsville council area

Aitkenvale · Alice River · Annandale · Arcadia · Belgian Gardens · Black River · Blue Hills · Bluewater · Bohle · Bohle Plains · Burdell · Bushland Beach · Cape Cleveland · Castle Hill · Cluden · Condon · Cranbrook · Currajong · Douglas · Florence Bay · Garbutt · Granite Vale · Gulliver · Gumlow · Heatley · Hermit Park · Hervey Range · Horseshoe Bay · Hyde Park · Idalia · Jensen · Kelso · Kirwan · Lynam · Mount Louisa · Mount Low · Mount Stuart · Mundingburra · Murray · Mysterton · Nelly Bay · North Ward · Oak Valley · Oonoonba · Pallarenda · Picnic Bay · Pimlico · Pinnacles · Railway Estate · Rangewood · Rasmussen · Roseneath · Rosslea · Shelly Beach · South Townsville · Stuart · Thuringowa Central · Toolakea · Town Common · Townsville City · Vincent · West Point · Wulguru

Postcodes in the Townsville council area

4810 · 4811 · 4812 · 4814 · 4815 · 4817 · 4818 · 4819

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