Eromanga crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland
Eromanga is a suburb in the Quilpie council area of Queensland (about 720 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 33 out of 100 (low), 280th 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 sexual offences (96th percentile), assault (42nd percentile), drugs (77th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 30.
In 2025-26: violent 972 per 100,000 (+14% vs five years earlier); property 2,361 per 100,000 (-17% vs five years earlier); break-ins 278 per 100,000 (-35% vs five years earlier); theft 1,250 per 100,000 (+10% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 69th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Quilpie council area is 1% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 5.4% of occupied homes (9 public and 6 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 8 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 113.8 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 6.5% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in England, New Zealand, Netherlands. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 1% (confidence 66 of 100); social housing about 4.9% of homes; about 112 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 6.6% 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 Eromanga are those of the Quilpie council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 972 | 7 | +14% |
| Property | 2,361 | 17 | -17% |
| Break-ins | 278 | 2 | -35% |
| Theft | 1,250 | 9 | +10% |
Quilpie council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 4480: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Eromanga safe?
Queensland publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Eromanga is in the Quilpie council area, which recorded 972 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 29% lower than the Queensland rate (1,380) and about 24% lower 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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australiancrimerate.com.au/suburb/qld/eromanga/ · Australian Crime Map