Whitsunday crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland council area
Whitsunday is a council area in Queensland with about 41,374 residents. It has a Crime Score 64 out of 100 (high), 104th 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 (74th percentile), sexual offences (61st percentile), break-ins (57th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 47.
In 2025-26: violent 1,798 per 100,000 (+95% vs five years earlier); property 4,551 per 100,000 (+41% vs five years earlier); break-ins 604 per 100,000 (+13% vs five years earlier); theft 2,219 per 100,000 (+47% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 39th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Whitsunday council area is 4.4% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 4.1% of occupied homes (341 public and 176 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 201 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 52.3 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 18.5% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in England, New Zealand, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.1% (confidence 81 of 100); social housing about 3.7% of homes; about 51.5 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 18.8% 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 | 1,798 | 744 | +95% |
| Property | 4,551 | 1,883 | +41% |
| Break-ins | 604 | 250 | +13% |
| Theft | 2,219 | 918 | +47% |
Street by street: the last 30 days
Queensland Police recorded 315 offences in 112 street blocks of Whitsunday from 2 October to 31 October 2026. The most common were drugs (102), theft (60) and public order (43). 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 Whitsunday safe?
Whitsunday recorded 1,800 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 31% higher than the Queensland rate (1,380) and about 40% higher than the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 63.7 out of 100 (high), 104th 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 Whitsunday?
250 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 604 per 100,000 residents, about 12% lower than the Queensland rate (686).
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Suburbs in the Whitsunday council area
Airlie Beach · Breadalbane · Cannonvale · Cape Gloucester · Collinsville · Conway · Flametree · Glen Isla · Gunyarra · Jubilee Pocket · Lake Proserpine · Mandalay · Mount Coolon · Mount Pluto · Mount Rooper · Mount Wyatt · Newlands · Preston · Scottville · Shute Harbour · Silver Creek · Springlands · Thoopara · Whitsundays · Whitsundays · Whitsundays · Woodwark
Postcodes in the Whitsunday council area
4800 · 4801 · 4802 · 4803 · 4804
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