Mount MacArthur crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland
Mount MacArthur is a suburb in the Central Highlands council area of Queensland (about 29,481 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 60 out of 100 (moderate), 128th 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 (74th percentile), sexual offences (70th percentile), break-ins (58th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 43.
In 2025-26: violent 1,913 per 100,000 (+163% vs five years earlier); property 4,874 per 100,000 (+106% vs five years earlier); break-ins 885 per 100,000 (+134% vs five years earlier); theft 2,222 per 100,000 (+137% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 36th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Central Highlands council area is 3.3% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.6% of occupied homes (282 public and 48 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 192 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 67.4 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 13.2% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in New Zealand, Philippines, England. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.1% (confidence 81 of 100); social housing about 3.2% of homes; about 66.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 13.5% 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 MacArthur are those of the Central Highlands council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,913 | 564 | +163% |
| Property | 4,874 | 1,437 | +106% |
| Break-ins | 885 | 261 | +134% |
| Theft | 2,222 | 655 | +137% |
Central Highlands council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 4723: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Mount MacArthur safe?
Queensland publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Mount MacArthur is in the Central Highlands council area, which recorded 1,910 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 39% higher than the Queensland rate (1,380) and about 49% 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.
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