Julia Creek crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland
Julia Creek is a suburb in the McKinlay council area of Queensland (about 850 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 42 out of 100 (moderate), 237th of 362 councils nationally.
Modelled estimate, not police figures: Julia Creek (549 residents at the 2021 Census) is estimated to account for about 40 of the offences recorded each year in the McKinlay council area (likely 20 to 67), roughly 7,300 per 100,000 residents, including about 9 violent offences (likely 4 to 14). Ranges are 80% intervals; confidence 44 of 100. The estimate shares the council's published total (2025-26, three-year average) between its suburbs using a model trained on South Australia's suburb-level police data and ABS measures of each suburb's population and socio-economic profile.
The score blends national percentile ranks for each published offence category with fixed severity weights; here it is driven most by assault (64th percentile), sexual offences (79th percentile), vehicle theft (83rd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 18.
In 2025-26: violent 2,118 per 100,000 (+492% vs five years earlier); property 3,412 per 100,000 (+120% vs five years earlier); break-ins 471 per 100,000 (+97% vs five years earlier); theft 1,647 per 100,000 (+97% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 33rd of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the McKinlay council area is 0.9% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.4% of occupied homes (0 public and 8 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 3 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 35.6 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 5.9% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in England, New Zealand, Samoa. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 0.8% (confidence 66 of 100); social housing about 3.1% of homes; about 35 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 6% 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 Julia Creek are those of the McKinlay council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 2,118 | 18 | +492% |
| Property | 3,412 | 29 | +120% |
| Break-ins | 471 | 4 | +97% |
| Theft | 1,647 | 14 | +97% |
How suburb estimates are made, and how accurate they are.
McKinlay council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 4823: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Julia Creek safe?
Queensland publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Julia Creek is in the McKinlay council area, which recorded 2,120 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 54% higher than the Queensland rate (1,380) and about 65% higher than the national rate (1,280). A modelled estimate for Julia Creek itself is roughly 7,300 offences of all kinds per 100,000 residents a year (an estimate, not police figures). 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.
Nearby suburbs
Carpentaria · Kynuna · Mckinlay · Selwyn · Stokes · Taldora · Warburton
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