Bunya Creek crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland
Bunya Creek is a suburb in the Fraser Coast council area of Queensland (about 122,924 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 63 out of 100 (high), 109th 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 (82nd percentile), assault (55th percentile), break-ins (72nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 55.
In 2024-25: violent 1,247 per 100,000 (+73% vs five years earlier); property 4,335 per 100,000 (+1% vs five years earlier); break-ins 584 per 100,000 (-18% vs five years earlier); theft 2,376 per 100,000 (+12% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 60th 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 7.9% (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 Bunya Creek are those of the Fraser Coast council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,247 | 1,533 | +73% |
| Property | 4,335 | 5,329 | +1% |
| Break-ins | 584 | 718 | -18% |
| Theft | 2,376 | 2,921 | +12% |
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