Mount McEuen crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland
Mount McEuen is a suburb in the South Burnett council area of Queensland (about 35,111 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 68 out of 100 (high), 81st 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 (65th percentile), break-ins (81st percentile), robbery (91st percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 71.
In 2025-26: violent 1,404 per 100,000 (+34% vs five years earlier); property 4,537 per 100,000 (+27% vs five years earlier); break-ins 886 per 100,000 (+19% vs five years earlier); theft 1,894 per 100,000 (+48% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 53rd of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the South Burnett council area is 5.6% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2% of occupied homes (185 public and 69 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 155 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 45.9 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 10.7% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in England, New Zealand, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 5.3% (confidence 80 of 100); social housing about 1.8% of homes; about 45.2 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 10.9% 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 McEuen are those of the South Burnett council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,404 | 493 | +34% |
| Property | 4,537 | 1,593 | +27% |
| Break-ins | 886 | 311 | +19% |
| Theft | 1,894 | 665 | +48% |
South Burnett council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 4606: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Mount McEuen safe?
Queensland publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Mount McEuen is in the South Burnett council area, which recorded 1,400 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, close to the Queensland rate (1,380) and about 10% 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 Mount McEuen
- Stolen vehicle and armed robbery, South Burnett Region · South Burnett, 14 Oct 2026 · 7 km away
- SEEK SHELTER NOW - Teelah - Stretton Drive and Scott Close - fire as at 12:27pm Tuesday, 22 September 2026 · South Burnett, 22 Sept 2026 · 7 km away
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