Bayrick crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland
Bayrick is a suburb in the Blackall Tambo council area of Queensland (about 1,975 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 27 out of 100 (low), 300th 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 (45th percentile), sexual offences (54th percentile), homicide (18th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 26.
In 2025-26: violent 1,266 per 100,000 (+203% vs five years earlier); property 1,924 per 100,000 (+23% vs five years earlier); break-ins 405 per 100,000 (+55% vs five years earlier); theft 456 per 100,000 (-13% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 57th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Blackall Tambo council area is 2.4% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 6.5% of occupied homes (22 public and 27 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 6 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 31.1 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 5.1% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in New Zealand, England, India. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 2% (confidence 68 of 100); social housing about 5.9% of homes; about 30.6 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 5.2% 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 Bayrick are those of the Blackall Tambo council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,266 | 25 | +203% |
| Property | 1,924 | 38 | +23% |
| Break-ins | 405 | 8 | +55% |
| Theft | 456 | 9 | -13% |
Blackall Tambo council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 4478: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Bayrick safe?
Queensland publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Bayrick is in the Blackall Tambo council area, which recorded 1,270 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 8% lower than the Queensland rate (1,380) and close to the national rate (1,280). 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.
Nearby suburbs
Blackall · Caldervale · Lansdowne · Lumeah · MacFarlane · Minnie Downs · Mount Enniskillen · Tambo · Windeyer · Yandarlo
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