Fielding crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland

Fielding is a suburb in the Mount Isa council area of Queensland (about 18,585 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 96 out of 100 (very high), 2nd 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 (95th percentile), homicide (100th percentile), sexual offences (96th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 90.

In 2024-25: violent 10,186 per 100,000 (+175% vs five years earlier); property 11,897 per 100,000 (-10% vs five years earlier); break-ins 2,663 per 100,000 (+11% vs five years earlier); theft 3,863 per 100,000 (-33% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 12th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Mount Isa council area is 4.2% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 9.2% of occupied homes (549 public and 42 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 473 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 248.5 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 18.1% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in New Zealand, Philippines, England. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4% (confidence 79 of 100); social housing about 8.4% of homes; about 244.5 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 18.4% 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 Fielding are those of the Mount Isa council area.

Mount Isa council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

Nearby suburbs

Camooweal · Fisher · Gunpowder · Happy Valley · Healy · Kalkadoon · Lanskey · Mica Creek · Miles End · Mornington

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