Australian Crime Rate

Postcode · Queensland · 2025-26

Crime in postcode 4830

Postcode 4830 covers Burketown, Doomadgee, Gregory and Nicholson in Queensland. Police publish crime figures by council area, not by postcode, so this page shows the council area the postcode falls in: Doomadgee.

Suburbs in 4830

Recorded crime in the council area

93/100

Doomadgee

Very high4 of 362 nationally · 2 of 78 in QLD · 1,484 residents

Violent 27,156 per 100k

▲ +115% vs five years earlier

Property 13,612 per 100k

▼ -45% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 2,628 per 100k

▼ -70% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Burketown, Doomadgee, Gregory, Nicholson in postcode 4830.

The Crime Score (0 to 100) ranks each council's three-year offence rates against every Australian council, weighted towards serious offences; 50 is the national middle. It describes recorded crime, not personal risk. See the council rankings.

Questions about postcode 4830

What is the crime rate in postcode 4830?

Recorded crime is published for the Doomadgee council area, which covers postcode 4830. In 2025-26 it recorded 27,156 violent offences, 13,612 property offences and 2,628 break-ins per 100,000 residents.

How does postcode 4830 compare with the rest of Australia?

The Doomadgee council area's violent crime rate is 21.2 times the national rate and 19.7 times the Queensland rate (27,156 against 1,280 nationally, 2025-26). Its Crime Score of 93 ranks 4 of 362 councils nationally, where 1 is the highest recorded crime.

Which suburbs are in postcode 4830?

Burketown, Doomadgee, Gregory and Nicholson.

Where do these figures come from?

Offence counts come from Queensland's official police or crime statistics agency, standardised to national offence categories; rates use ABS estimated resident population. Figures describe recorded offences, not personal risk, and recording practices differ between states.

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