Moreton Island crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland
Moreton Island is a suburb in the Brisbane council area of Queensland (about 1,375,301 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 57 out of 100 (moderate), 138th 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 (76th percentile), robbery (89th percentile), theft (91st percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 52.
In 2025-26: violent 981 per 100,000 (+78% vs five years earlier); property 5,360 per 100,000 (+19% vs five years earlier); break-ins 708 per 100,000 (-2% vs five years earlier); theft 3,284 per 100,000 (+34% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 68th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Brisbane council area is 5% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.5% of occupied homes (13,618 public and 2,502 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 4,491 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 35 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 33.1% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in England, New Zealand, China. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.7% (confidence 86 of 100); social housing about 3.2% of homes; about 34.5 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 33.6% 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 Moreton Island are those of the Brisbane council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 981 | 13,491 | +78% |
| Property | 5,360 | 73,714 | +19% |
| Break-ins | 708 | 9,744 | -2% |
| Theft | 3,284 | 45,160 | +34% |
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Questions
Is Moreton Island safe?
Queensland publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Moreton Island is in the Brisbane council area, which recorded 981 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 29% 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.
Police news near Moreton Island
- Armed robbery, stealing, and assault charges, Brisbane · Brisbane City, 30 Oct 2026 · 57 km away
- Man charged with hate crime, Morningside · Morningside, 21 Oct 2026 · 54 km away
- Assault charges, Manly · Manly, 21 Oct 2026 · 48 km away
- Second man charged with attempted murder, Aspley · Aspley, 8 Sept 2026 · 48 km away
- Armed robbery charges, Carina · Carina, 7 Sept 2026 · 56 km away
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