Malling crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland
Malling is a suburb in the Toowoomba council area of Queensland (about 186,276 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 65 out of 100 (high), 96th 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 break-ins (77th percentile), assault (50th percentile), homicide (72nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 56.
In 2025-26: violent 1,196 per 100,000 (+68% vs five years earlier); property 4,545 per 100,000 (+21% vs five years earlier); break-ins 785 per 100,000 (+12% vs five years earlier); theft 2,410 per 100,000 (+37% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 63rd of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Toowoomba council area is 5% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.5% of occupied homes (1,337 public and 284 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 870 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 48.8 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 14.7% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in England, New Zealand, Iraq. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.7% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 2.3% of homes; about 48 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 14.9% 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 Malling are those of the Toowoomba council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,196 | 2,228 | +68% |
| Property | 4,545 | 8,466 | +21% |
| Break-ins | 785 | 1,463 | +12% |
| Theft | 2,410 | 4,490 | +37% |
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Questions
Is Malling safe?
Queensland publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Malling is in the Toowoomba council area, which recorded 1,200 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 13% lower than the Queensland rate (1,380) and about 7% 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.
Police news near Malling
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