Mount Rooper crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland
Mount Rooper is a suburb in the Whitsunday council area of Queensland (about 41,374 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 65 out of 100 (high), 101st 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 (73rd percentile), homicide (85th percentile), sexual offences (60th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 43.
In 2024-25: violent 2,161 per 100,000 (+275% vs five years earlier); property 4,087 per 100,000 (+20% vs five years earlier); break-ins 614 per 100,000 (+40% vs five years earlier); theft 2,093 per 100,000 (+28% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 35th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Whitsunday council area is 4.4% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 4.1% of occupied homes (341 public and 176 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 201 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 52.3 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 18.5% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in England, New Zealand, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4% (confidence 81 of 100); social housing about 3.7% of homes; about 51.5 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 18.8% 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 Rooper are those of the Whitsunday council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 2,161 | 894 | +275% |
| Property | 4,087 | 1,691 | +20% |
| Break-ins | 614 | 254 | +40% |
| Theft | 2,093 | 866 | +28% |
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