Georgetown crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland
Georgetown is a suburb in the Etheridge council area of Queensland (about 727 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 39 out of 100 (low), 246th 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 (47th percentile), sexual offences (61st percentile), theft (77th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 17.
In 2024-25: violent 825 per 100,000 (+202% vs five years earlier); property 3,989 per 100,000 (+82% vs five years earlier); break-ins 413 per 100,000 (+1% vs five years earlier); theft 2,476 per 100,000 (+126% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 74th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Etheridge council area is 3.3% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.2% of occupied homes (3 public and 0 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 7 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 97.5 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 8% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in New Zealand, England, United States. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3% (confidence 66 of 100); social housing about 1% of homes; about 95.9 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 8.1% 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 Georgetown are those of the Etheridge council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 825 | 6 | +202% |
| Property | 3,989 | 29 | +82% |
| Break-ins | 413 | 3 | +1% |
| Theft | 2,476 | 18 | +126% |
Etheridge council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Nearby suburbs
Conjuboy · Coralie · Croydon · Crystal Brook · Einasleigh · Esmeralda · Forsayth · Lakeland · Lyndhurst
australiancrimerate.com.au/suburb/qld/georgetown/ · Australian Crime Map