Yarrabah crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland council area
Yarrabah is a council area in Queensland with about 2,669 residents. It has a Crime Score 67 out of 100 (high), 87th 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 (97th percentile), sexual offences (98th percentile), break-ins (90th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 71.
In 2025-26: violent 11,390 per 100,000 (+294% vs five years earlier); property 7,306 per 100,000 (+32% vs five years earlier); break-ins 1,574 per 100,000 (-15% vs five years earlier); theft 862 per 100,000 (-17% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 12th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Yarrabah council area is 37.2% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 76.7% of occupied homes (60 public and 313 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 375 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 1,432.9 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 0.3% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%). Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 34.8% (confidence 67 of 100); social housing about 69.8% of homes; about 1,409.9 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 0.3% 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 | 11,390 | 304 | +294% |
| Property | 7,306 | 195 | +32% |
| Break-ins | 1,574 | 42 | -15% |
| Theft | 862 | 23 | -17% |
Street by street: the last 30 days
Queensland Police recorded 39 offences in 3 street blocks of Yarrabah from 2 October to 31 October 2026. The most common were assault (17), liquor (excl. drunkenness) (9) and break-in (unlawful entry) (2). 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 Yarrabah safe?
Yarrabah recorded 11,400 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, 8.3 times the Queensland rate (1,380) and 8.9 times the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 66.5 out of 100 (high), 87th 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 Yarrabah?
42 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 1,570 per 100,000 residents, 2.3 times the Queensland rate (686).
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