Beerwah crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland
Beerwah is a suburb in the Sunshine Coast council area of Queensland (about 381,957 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 36 out of 100 (low), 265th 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 theft (67th percentile), homicide (44th percentile), robbery (47th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 37.
In 2024-25: violent 701 per 100,000 (+93% vs five years earlier); property 3,258 per 100,000 (+4% vs five years earlier); break-ins 392 per 100,000 (-7% vs five years earlier); theft 1,891 per 100,000 (+7% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 76th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Sunshine Coast council area is 4.4% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.1% of occupied homes (2,257 public and 426 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 1,213 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 34.2 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 21.8% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in England, New Zealand, South Africa. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.1% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 1.9% of homes; about 33.6 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 22.1% 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 Beerwah are those of the Sunshine Coast council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 701 | 2,679 | +93% |
| Property | 3,258 | 12,443 | +4% |
| Break-ins | 392 | 1,499 | -7% |
| Theft | 1,891 | 7,221 | +7% |
Sunshine Coast council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
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