Blackwater crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland
Blackwater is a suburb in the Central Highlands council area of Queensland (about 29,481 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 60 out of 100 (moderate), 126th 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 (74th percentile), homicide (61st percentile), sexual offences (53rd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 42.
In 2024-25: violent 1,781 per 100,000 (+176% vs five years earlier); property 3,731 per 100,000 (+20% vs five years earlier); break-ins 509 per 100,000 (-22% vs five years earlier); theft 1,855 per 100,000 (+58% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 43rd of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Central Highlands council area is 3.3% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.6% of occupied homes (282 public and 48 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 192 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 67.4 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 13.2% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in New Zealand, Philippines, England. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.1% (confidence 81 of 100); social housing about 3.2% of homes; about 66.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 13.5% 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 Blackwater are those of the Central Highlands council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,781 | 525 | +176% |
| Property | 3,731 | 1,100 | +20% |
| Break-ins | 509 | 150 | -22% |
| Theft | 1,855 | 547 | +58% |
Central Highlands council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
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