Malpas-Trenton crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland
Malpas-Trenton is a suburb in the Flinders council area of Queensland (about 1,545 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 51 out of 100 (moderate), 169th 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 (84th percentile), break-ins (84th percentile), sexual offences (40th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 41.
In 2025-26: violent 2,006 per 100,000 (+205% vs five years earlier); property 1,877 per 100,000 (-55% vs five years earlier); break-ins 324 per 100,000 (-79% vs five years earlier); theft 841 per 100,000 (-15% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 35th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Flinders council area is 2.8% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 7.5% of occupied homes (23 public and 18 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 5 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 32.8 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 6.9% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in New Zealand, England, India. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 2.2% (confidence 67 of 100); social housing about 6.8% of homes; about 32.2 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 7% 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 Malpas-Trenton are those of the Flinders council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 2,006 | 31 | +205% |
| Property | 1,877 | 29 | -55% |
| Break-ins | 324 | 5 | -79% |
| Theft | 841 | 13 | -15% |
Flinders council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 4816: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Malpas-Trenton safe?
Queensland publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Malpas-Trenton is in the Flinders council area, which recorded 2,010 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 46% higher than the Queensland rate (1,380) and about 57% higher 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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