Carpentaria crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland

Carpentaria is a suburb in the McKinlay council area of Queensland (about 850 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 30 out of 100 (low), 295th 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 (60th percentile), theft (60th percentile), sexual offences (34th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 21.

In 2024-25: violent 1,412 per 100,000 (+134% vs five years earlier); property 2,235 per 100,000 (+68% vs five years earlier); break-ins 0 per 100,000 (-100% vs five years earlier); theft 1,765 per 100,000 (+83% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 53rd of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the McKinlay council area is 0.9% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.4% of occupied homes (0 public and 8 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 3 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 35.6 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 5.9% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in England, New Zealand, Samoa. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 0.8% (confidence 66 of 100); social housing about 3.1% of homes; about 35 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 6% 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 Carpentaria are those of the McKinlay council area.

McKinlay council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

Nearby suburbs

Julia Creek · Kynuna · Mckinlay · Selwyn · Stokes · Taldora · Warburton

australiancrimerate.com.au/suburb/qld/carpentaria/ · Australian Crime Map