Brooweena crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland
Brooweena is a suburb in the Fraser Coast council area of Queensland (about 122,924 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 62 out of 100 (high), 115th 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 homicide (79th percentile), assault (52nd percentile), robbery (79th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 58.
In 2025-26: violent 1,254 per 100,000 (+41% vs five years earlier); property 4,366 per 100,000 (+19% vs five years earlier); break-ins 561 per 100,000 (-5% vs five years earlier); theft 2,303 per 100,000 (+31% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 59th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Fraser Coast council area is 8.5% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.6% of occupied homes (924 public and 237 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 610 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 53.2 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 16.1% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in England, New Zealand, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 8% (confidence 84 of 100); social housing about 2.4% of homes; about 52.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 16.4% 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 Brooweena are those of the Fraser Coast council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,254 | 1,541 | +41% |
| Property | 4,366 | 5,367 | +19% |
| Break-ins | 561 | 690 | -5% |
| Theft | 2,303 | 2,831 | +31% |
Fraser Coast council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 4620: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Brooweena safe?
Queensland publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Brooweena is in the Fraser Coast council area, which recorded 1,250 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 9% 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.
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