Horseshoe Bay crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland
Horseshoe Bay is a suburb in the Townsville council area of Queensland (about 206,260 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 84 out of 100 (very high), 17th 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 (89th percentile), break-ins (93rd percentile), robbery (94th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 75.
In 2024-25: violent 3,334 per 100,000 (+166% vs five years earlier); property 7,859 per 100,000 (+19% vs five years earlier); break-ins 1,790 per 100,000 (+7% vs five years earlier); theft 3,538 per 100,000 (+21% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 23rd of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Townsville council area is 5.1% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 4.3% of occupied homes (2,562 public and 409 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 884 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 44.7 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 15.1% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in England, New Zealand, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.7% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 3.9% of homes; about 44 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 15.4% 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 Horseshoe Bay are those of the Townsville council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 3,334 | 6,876 | +166% |
| Property | 7,859 | 16,211 | +19% |
| Break-ins | 1,790 | 3,692 | +7% |
| Theft | 3,538 | 7,298 | +21% |
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