Winton crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland council area
Winton is a council area in Queensland with about 1,152 residents. It has a Crime Score 41 out of 100 (moderate), 243rd 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 (58th percentile), sexual offences (72nd percentile), drugs (90th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 35.
In 2025-26: violent 1,215 per 100,000 (+6% vs five years earlier); property 2,344 per 100,000 (-11% vs five years earlier); break-ins 260 per 100,000 (-41% vs five years earlier); theft 1,128 per 100,000 (+7% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 61st of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Winton council area is 1.4% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 6.6% of occupied homes (17 public and 12 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 11 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 97.3 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 6.2% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in England, Germany, Bangladesh. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 0.8% (confidence 67 of 100); social housing about 6% of homes; about 95.7 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 6.3% 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 | 1,215 | 14 | +6% |
| Property | 2,344 | 27 | -11% |
| Break-ins | 260 | 3 | -41% |
| Theft | 1,128 | 13 | +7% |
Street by street: the last 30 days
Queensland Police recorded 22 offences in 7 street blocks of Winton from 2 October to 31 October 2026. The most common were drugs (10), weapons (6) and assault (4). 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 Winton safe?
Winton recorded 1,220 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 12% lower than the Queensland rate (1,380) and about 5% lower than the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 40.7 out of 100 (moderate), 243rd 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 Winton?
3 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 260 per 100,000 residents, about 62% lower than the Queensland rate (686).
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Suburbs in the Winton council area
Corfield · Diamantina Lakes · Middleton · Opalton · Winton
Postcodes in the Winton council area
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