Mount Forbes crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland
Mount Forbes is a suburb in the Ipswich council area of Queensland (about 268,272 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 66 out of 100 (high), 87th 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 (75th percentile), robbery (87th percentile), homicide (63rd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 59.
In 2024-25: violent 1,798 per 100,000 (+171% vs five years earlier); property 4,866 per 100,000 (-12% vs five years earlier); break-ins 554 per 100,000 (-28% vs five years earlier); theft 2,796 per 100,000 (-8% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 42nd 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 6.2% (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 Mount Forbes are those of the Ipswich council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,798 | 4,823 | +171% |
| Property | 4,866 | 13,055 | -12% |
| Break-ins | 554 | 1,487 | -28% |
| Theft | 2,796 | 7,500 | -8% |
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