Sherwood crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland
Sherwood is a suburb in the Brisbane council area of Queensland (about 1,375,301 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 58 out of 100 (moderate), 135th 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 break-ins (79th percentile), robbery (88th percentile), homicide (61st percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 51.
In 2024-25: violent 957 per 100,000 (+102% vs five years earlier); property 5,250 per 100,000 (-4% vs five years earlier); break-ins 842 per 100,000 (-1% vs five years earlier); theft 3,092 per 100,000 (+3% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 70th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Brisbane council area is 5% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.5% of occupied homes (13,618 public and 2,502 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 4,491 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 35 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 33.1% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in England, New Zealand, China. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.6% (confidence 86 of 100); social housing about 3.2% of homes; about 34.5 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 33.6% 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 Sherwood are those of the Brisbane council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 957 | 13,155 | +102% |
| Property | 5,250 | 72,198 | -4% |
| Break-ins | 842 | 11,576 | -1% |
| Theft | 3,092 | 42,525 | +3% |
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