Dutton River crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland

Dutton River is a suburb in the Flinders council area of Queensland (about 1,545 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 59 out of 100 (moderate), 128th 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 (85th percentile), break-ins (85th percentile), sexual offences (52nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 44.

In 2024-25: violent 1,683 per 100,000 (+154% vs five years earlier); property 2,524 per 100,000 (+23% vs five years earlier); break-ins 841 per 100,000 (+154% vs five years earlier); theft 712 per 100,000 (-23% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 46th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Flinders council area is 2.8% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 7.5% of occupied homes (23 public and 18 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 5 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 32.8 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 6.9% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in New Zealand, England, India. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 2.2% (confidence 67 of 100); social housing about 6.8% of homes; about 32.2 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 7% 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 Dutton River are those of the Flinders council area.

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

Nearby suburbs

Calcium · Clemant · Greenvale · Hughenden · Malpas-Trenton · Nome · Pentland · Porcupine · Prairie · Ravenswood · Ross River · Savannah · Stamford · Tangorin · Torrens Creek

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