Diglum crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland
Diglum is a suburb in the Gladstone council area of Queensland (about 69,046 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 63 out of 100 (high), 106th 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 (70th percentile), break-ins (69th percentile), homicide (56th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 54.
In 2025-26: violent 1,639 per 100,000 (+75% vs five years earlier); property 4,013 per 100,000 (+28% vs five years earlier); break-ins 555 per 100,000 (+7% vs five years earlier); theft 2,004 per 100,000 (+51% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 43rd of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Gladstone council area is 7.4% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.6% of occupied homes (660 public and 185 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 301 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 46.1 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 14.3% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in New Zealand, England, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 6.9% (confidence 83 of 100); social housing about 3.3% of homes; about 45.4 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 14.5% 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 Diglum are those of the Gladstone council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,639 | 1,132 | +75% |
| Property | 4,013 | 2,771 | +28% |
| Break-ins | 555 | 383 | +7% |
| Theft | 2,004 | 1,384 | +51% |
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Questions
Is Diglum safe?
Queensland publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Diglum is in the Gladstone council area, which recorded 1,640 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 19% higher than the Queensland rate (1,380) and about 28% 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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