Fisher crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland
Fisher 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 Fisher are those of the Mount Isa council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 10,186 | 1,893 | +175% |
| Property | 11,897 | 2,211 | -10% |
| Break-ins | 2,663 | 495 | +11% |
| Theft | 3,863 | 718 | -33% |
Mount Isa council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Nearby suburbs
Camooweal · Fielding · Gunpowder · Happy Valley · Healy · Kalkadoon · Lanskey · Mica Creek · Miles End · Mornington
australiancrimerate.com.au/suburb/qld/fisher/ · Australian Crime Map