Goodwood crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland
Goodwood is a suburb in the Bundaberg council area of Queensland (about 107,297 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 53 out of 100 (moderate), 152nd 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 homicide (74th percentile), assault (41st percentile), break-ins (55th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 48.
In 2025-26: violent 922 per 100,000 (+14% vs five years earlier); property 3,941 per 100,000 (+26% vs five years earlier); break-ins 500 per 100,000 (+54% vs five years earlier); theft 2,233 per 100,000 (+49% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 71st of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Bundaberg council area is 6.8% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.2% of occupied homes (998 public and 249 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 655 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 64.3 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 14% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in England, New Zealand, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 6.4% (confidence 84 of 100); social housing about 2.9% of homes; about 63.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 14.2% 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 Goodwood are those of the Bundaberg council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 922 | 989 | +14% |
| Property | 3,941 | 4,229 | +26% |
| Break-ins | 500 | 537 | +54% |
| Theft | 2,233 | 2,396 | +49% |
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Questions
Is Goodwood safe?
Queensland publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Goodwood is in the Bundaberg council area, which recorded 922 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 33% lower than the Queensland rate (1,380) and about 28% 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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