Merryvale crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland
Merryvale is a suburb in the Ipswich council area of Queensland (about 268,272 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 64 out of 100 (high), 99th 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 (73rd percentile), robbery (85th percentile), homicide (60th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 60.
In 2025-26: violent 1,687 per 100,000 (+90% vs five years earlier); property 4,898 per 100,000 (+13% vs five years earlier); break-ins 478 per 100,000 (-19% vs five years earlier); theft 2,803 per 100,000 (+24% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 41st of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Ipswich council area is 6.7% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.3% of occupied homes (2,117 public and 427 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 988 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 40.8 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 23% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in New Zealand, England, India. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 6.3% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 3% of homes; about 40.2 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 23.3% 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 Merryvale are those of the Ipswich council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,687 | 4,527 | +90% |
| Property | 4,898 | 13,140 | +13% |
| Break-ins | 478 | 1,281 | -19% |
| Theft | 2,803 | 7,520 | +24% |
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Crime in postcode 4340: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Merryvale safe?
Queensland publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Merryvale is in the Ipswich council area, which recorded 1,690 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 22% higher than the Queensland rate (1,380) and about 32% 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.
Police news near Merryvale
- Robbery and extortion charges, Ipswich · Ipswich, 14 Oct 2026 · 29 km away
- Armed robbery charges, Ipswich · Ipswich, 6 Oct 2026 · 29 km away
- Update 1: Homicide investigation, Fernvale · Ipswich, 28 Sept 2026 · 29 km away
- Homicide investigation, Fernvale · Ipswich, 28 Sept 2026 · 29 km away
- Fatal traffic crash, Brookwater · Brookwater, 26 Sept 2026 · 42 km away
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