Tanbar crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland
Tanbar is a suburb in the Barcoo council area of Queensland (about 321 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 18 out of 100 (very low), 344th 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 (18th percentile), vehicle theft (44th percentile), break-ins (23rd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 27.
In 2025-26: violent 312 per 100,000 (-51% vs five years earlier); property 623 per 100,000 (-76% vs five years earlier); break-ins 0 per 100,000 (-100% vs five years earlier); theft 312 per 100,000 (-76% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 78th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Barcoo council area is 1.7% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.5% of occupied homes (4 public and 0 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 3 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 95.8 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 3% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in New Zealand, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 2.1% (confidence 65 of 100); social housing about 3.2% of homes; about 94.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 3.1% 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 Tanbar are those of the Barcoo council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 312 | 1 | -51% |
| Property | 623 | 2 | -76% |
| Break-ins | 0 | 0 | -100% |
| Theft | 312 | 1 | -76% |
Barcoo council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 4481: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Tanbar safe?
Queensland publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Tanbar is in the Barcoo council area, which recorded 312 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 77% lower than the Queensland rate (1,380) and about 76% lower 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.
Nearby suburbs
Farrars Creek · Jundah · Windorah
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