Atherton crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland
Atherton is a suburb in the Tablelands council area of Queensland (about 27,902 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 64 out of 100 (high), 105th 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 (68th percentile), homicide (90th percentile), break-ins (81st percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 41.
In 2024-25: violent 1,401 per 100,000 (+200% vs five years earlier); property 4,125 per 100,000 (+29% vs five years earlier); break-ins 1,079 per 100,000 (+73% vs five years earlier); theft 1,588 per 100,000 (+18% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 54th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Tablelands council area is 5% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.2% of occupied homes (202 public and 117 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 139 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 51.9 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 14.7% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in England, New Zealand, Germany. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.6% (confidence 79 of 100); social housing about 2.9% of homes; about 51.1 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 15% born overseas. Confidence falls with distance from the last published figure, and the map's Estimates toggle shows every year back to 1994-95.
Queensland publishes crime statistics by council area, not by suburb, so the figures shown for Atherton are those of the Tablelands council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,401 | 391 | +200% |
| Property | 4,125 | 1,151 | +29% |
| Break-ins | 1,079 | 301 | +73% |
| Theft | 1,588 | 443 | +18% |
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