Manumbar crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland
Manumbar is a suburb in the Gympie council area of Queensland (about 58,487 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 55 out of 100 (moderate), 145th 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 (85th percentile), break-ins (59th percentile), assault (36th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 49.
In 2025-26: violent 992 per 100,000 (+28% vs five years earlier); property 4,333 per 100,000 (+70% vs five years earlier); break-ins 597 per 100,000 (+58% vs five years earlier); theft 2,481 per 100,000 (+98% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 67th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Gympie council area is 5.9% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.8% of occupied homes (271 public and 106 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 365 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 66.4 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 12.5% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in England, New Zealand, South Africa. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 5.5% (confidence 82 of 100); social housing about 1.7% of homes; about 65.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 12.7% 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 Manumbar are those of the Gympie council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 992 | 580 | +28% |
| Property | 4,333 | 2,534 | +70% |
| Break-ins | 597 | 349 | +58% |
| Theft | 2,481 | 1,451 | +98% |
Gympie council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 4601: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Manumbar safe?
Queensland publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Manumbar is in the Gympie council area, which recorded 992 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 28% lower than the Queensland rate (1,380) and about 23% 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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