Cromarty crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland

Cromarty is a suburb in the Burdekin council area of Queensland (about 17,220 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 67 out of 100 (high), 86th 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 (71st percentile), break-ins (87th percentile), homicide (75th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 64.

In 2024-25: violent 1,638 per 100,000 (+76% vs five years earlier); property 3,589 per 100,000 (-5% vs five years earlier); break-ins 923 per 100,000 (+16% vs five years earlier); theft 1,551 per 100,000 (-3% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 49th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Burdekin council area is 3.4% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.4% of occupied homes (106 public and 47 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 78 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 46.3 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 9.9% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in Italy, England, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.2% (confidence 78 of 100); social housing about 2.2% of homes; about 45.5 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 10.1% 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 Cromarty are those of the Burdekin council area.

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

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