Seventeen Mile crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland
Seventeen Mile is a suburb in the Lockyer Valley council area of Queensland (about 46,058 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 53 out of 100 (moderate), 157th 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 (58th percentile), homicide (74th percentile), sexual offences (52nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 50.
In 2024-25: violent 1,305 per 100,000 (+117% vs five years earlier); property 4,234 per 100,000 (+27% vs five years earlier); break-ins 740 per 100,000 (+36% vs five years earlier); theft 2,182 per 100,000 (+35% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 56th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Lockyer Valley council area is 5.3% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.1% of occupied homes (119 public and 34 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 152 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 35.7 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 15.1% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in England, New Zealand, India. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 5% (confidence 82 of 100); social housing about 1% of homes; about 35.1 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 15.4% 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 Seventeen Mile are those of the Lockyer Valley council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,305 | 601 | +117% |
| Property | 4,234 | 1,950 | +27% |
| Break-ins | 740 | 341 | +36% |
| Theft | 2,182 | 1,005 | +35% |
Lockyer Valley council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
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