New Mapoon crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland
New Mapoon is a suburb in the Northern Peninsula Area council area of Queensland (about 2,944 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 68 out of 100 (high), 76th 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 (92nd percentile), break-ins (92nd percentile), sexual offences (80th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 66.
In 2024-25: violent 4,857 per 100,000 (+61% vs five years earlier); property 8,050 per 100,000 (+85% vs five years earlier); break-ins 1,970 per 100,000 (+24% vs five years earlier); theft 2,004 per 100,000 (+57% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 19th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Northern Peninsula Area council area is 14% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 79.5% of occupied homes (481 public and 58 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 46 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 159.2 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 2.6% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Fiji. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 13% (confidence 68 of 100); social housing about 72.3% of homes; about 156.6 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 2.6% 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 New Mapoon are those of the Northern Peninsula Area council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 4,857 | 143 | +61% |
| Property | 8,050 | 237 | +85% |
| Break-ins | 1,970 | 58 | +24% |
| Theft | 2,004 | 59 | +57% |
Northern Peninsula Area council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Nearby suburbs
Bamaga · Injinoo · Punsand · Seisia · Somerset · Umagico
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