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WARNINGSouth Burnett, Queensland

SEEK SHELTER NOW - Teelah - Stretton Drive and Scott Close - fire as at 12:27pm Tuesday, 22 September 2026

Queensland Fire Department·
SEEK SHELTER NOW - Teelah - Stretton Drive and Scott Close - fire as at 12:27pm Tuesday, 22 September 2026
South Burnett, Queensland · Queensland Fire Department

Seek Shelter Now · *** There is more than one warning for this area. To see all current warnings, visit the Qld Fire website *** A very dangerous fire is burning near Stretton Drive. It is impacting Stretton Drive and Scott Close . SEEK SHELTER NOW to survive.

— Queensland Fire Department
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Crime in the South Burnett council area

South Burnett is a council area in Queensland with about 35,111 residents. It has a Crime Score 68 out of 100 (high), 81st 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), break-ins (81st percentile), robbery (91st percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 71.

Violent
1,404 per 100k
Property
4,537 per 100k
Break-ins
886 per 100k
Theft
1,894 per 100k

See the full South Burnett crime profile

2017-18: 997 per 100,0002018-19: 952 per 100,0002019-20: 932 per 100,0002020-21: 1,044 per 100,0002021-22: 1,239 per 100,0002022-23: 1,396 per 100,0002023-24: 1,612 per 100,0002024-25: 1,569 per 100,0002025-26: 1,404 per 100,0002026-27: 356 per 100,0002017-182022-232026-27
Recorded violent offences per 100,000 residents in South Burnett, 2017-18 to 2026-27 — down 64% over the period. Source: recorded crime published for Queensland.

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