Nicholson crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland
Nicholson is a suburb in the Doomadgee council area of Queensland (about 1,484 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 93 out of 100 (very high), 4th 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 (99th percentile), homicide (100th percentile), sexual offences (99th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 85.
In 2025-26: violent 27,156 per 100,000 (+115% vs five years earlier); property 13,612 per 100,000 (-45% vs five years earlier); break-ins 2,628 per 100,000 (-70% vs five years earlier); theft 1,954 per 100,000 (-63% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 4th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Doomadgee council area is 17.5% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 82.1% of occupied homes (155 public and 79 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 124 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 861.1 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 2.8% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in India, South Africa, Zimbabwe. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 16.5% (confidence 66 of 100); social housing about 74.6% of homes; about 847.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 2.8% 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 Nicholson are those of the Doomadgee council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 27,156 | 403 | +115% |
| Property | 13,612 | 202 | -45% |
| Break-ins | 2,628 | 39 | -70% |
| Theft | 1,954 | 29 | -63% |
Doomadgee council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 4830: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Nicholson safe?
Queensland publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Nicholson is in the Doomadgee council area, which recorded 27,200 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, 19.7 times the Queensland rate (1,380) and 21.2 times 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.
Nearby suburbs
Burketown · Doomadgee · Gregory
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