Porcupine crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland
Porcupine is a suburb in the Flinders council area of Queensland (about 1,545 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 51 out of 100 (moderate), 169th 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 (84th percentile), break-ins (84th percentile), sexual offences (40th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 41.
In 2025-26: violent 2,006 per 100,000 (+205% vs five years earlier); property 1,877 per 100,000 (-55% vs five years earlier); break-ins 324 per 100,000 (-79% vs five years earlier); theft 841 per 100,000 (-15% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 35th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Flinders council area is 2.8% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 7.5% of occupied homes (23 public and 18 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 5 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 32.8 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 6.9% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in New Zealand, England, India. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 2.2% (confidence 67 of 100); social housing about 6.8% of homes; about 32.2 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 7% 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 Porcupine are those of the Flinders council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 2,006 | 31 | +205% |
| Property | 1,877 | 29 | -55% |
| Break-ins | 324 | 5 | -79% |
| Theft | 841 | 13 | -15% |
Flinders council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 4821: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Porcupine safe?
Queensland publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Porcupine is in the Flinders council area, which recorded 2,010 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 46% higher than the Queensland rate (1,380) and about 57% 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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