Tambo crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland
Tambo is a suburb in the Blackall Tambo council area of Queensland (about 1,975 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 22 out of 100 (low), 325th 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 (42nd percentile), sexual offences (29th percentile), homicide (18th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 32.
In 2024-25: violent 1,114 per 100,000 (+138% vs five years earlier); property 1,165 per 100,000 (+2% vs five years earlier); break-ins 152 per 100,000 (-42% vs five years earlier); theft 709 per 100,000 (+24% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 66th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Blackall Tambo council area is 2.4% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 6.5% of occupied homes (22 public and 27 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 6 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 31.1 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 5.1% 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% (confidence 68 of 100); social housing about 5.9% of homes; about 30.6 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 5.2% 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 Tambo are those of the Blackall Tambo council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,114 | 22 | +138% |
| Property | 1,165 | 23 | +2% |
| Break-ins | 152 | 3 | -42% |
| Theft | 709 | 14 | +24% |
Blackall Tambo council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Nearby suburbs
Bayrick · Blackall · Caldervale · Lansdowne · Lumeah · MacFarlane · Minnie Downs · Mount Enniskillen · Windeyer · Yandarlo
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