Boonarga crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland
Boonarga is a suburb in the Western Downs council area of Queensland (about 35,452 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 77 out of 100 (high), 34th 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 (93rd percentile), sexual offences (86th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 62.
In 2025-26: violent 1,565 per 100,000 (+73% vs five years earlier); property 4,479 per 100,000 (+2% vs five years earlier); break-ins 657 per 100,000 (-11% vs five years earlier); theft 2,324 per 100,000 (+49% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 47th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Western Downs council area is 4.6% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.4% of occupied homes (184 public and 106 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 115 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 33.3 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 8.8% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in Philippines, New Zealand, England. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.3% (confidence 81 of 100); social housing about 2.2% of homes; about 32.8 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 9% 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 Boonarga are those of the Western Downs council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,565 | 555 | +73% |
| Property | 4,479 | 1,588 | +2% |
| Break-ins | 657 | 233 | -11% |
| Theft | 2,324 | 824 | +49% |
Western Downs council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 4413: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Boonarga safe?
Queensland publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Boonarga is in the Western Downs council area, which recorded 1,570 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 14% higher than the Queensland rate (1,380) and about 22% higher than 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.
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