Mount Gipps crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland
Mount Gipps is a suburb in the Scenic Rim council area of Queensland (about 46,947 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 32 out of 100 (low), 285th 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 (39th percentile), assault (26th percentile), break-ins (37th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 29.
In 2025-26: violent 701 per 100,000 (+41% vs five years earlier); property 2,635 per 100,000 (+39% vs five years earlier); break-ins 358 per 100,000 (+16% vs five years earlier); theft 1,312 per 100,000 (+46% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 75th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Scenic Rim council area is 4.3% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.1% of occupied homes (125 public and 43 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 85 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 19.2 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 16.1% 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 4.1% (confidence 82 of 100); social housing about 1% of homes; about 18.9 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 16.4% 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 Gipps are those of the Scenic Rim council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 701 | 329 | +41% |
| Property | 2,635 | 1,237 | +39% |
| Break-ins | 358 | 168 | +16% |
| Theft | 1,312 | 616 | +46% |
Scenic Rim council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 4285: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Mount Gipps safe?
Queensland publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Mount Gipps is in the Scenic Rim council area, which recorded 701 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 49% lower than the Queensland rate (1,380) and about 45% 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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