Somerset crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland
Somerset 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 72 out of 100 (high), 57th 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 (94th percentile), sexual offences (82nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 68.
In 2025-26: violent 3,906 per 100,000 (+63% vs five years earlier); property 7,507 per 100,000 (+17% vs five years earlier); break-ins 2,615 per 100,000 (+22% vs five years earlier); theft 1,766 per 100,000 (-18% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 22nd 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 13.1% (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 Somerset are those of the Northern Peninsula Area council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 3,906 | 115 | +63% |
| Property | 7,507 | 221 | +17% |
| Break-ins | 2,615 | 77 | +22% |
| Theft | 1,766 | 52 | -18% |
Northern Peninsula Area council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 4876: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Somerset safe?
Queensland publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Somerset is in the Northern Peninsula Area council area, which recorded 3,910 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, 2.8 times the Queensland rate (1,380) and 3.1 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.
Police news near Somerset
- Fatal traffic crash, Somerset · Somerset, 12 Sept 2026
Nearby suburbs
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