Tuen crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland
Tuen is a suburb in the Paroo council area of Queensland (about 1,724 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 79 out of 100 (high), 26th 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 (90th percentile), sexual offences (100th percentile), break-ins (95th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 78.
In 2025-26: violent 4,582 per 100,000 (+33% vs five years earlier); property 7,309 per 100,000 (+1% vs five years earlier); break-ins 2,320 per 100,000 (+4% vs five years earlier); theft 2,262 per 100,000 (-18% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 19th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Paroo council area is 7% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 12.8% of occupied homes (72 public and 17 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 19 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 111.1 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 5.5% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in New Zealand, England, Germany. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 6.6% (confidence 67 of 100); social housing about 11.7% of homes; about 109.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 5.6% 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 Tuen are those of the Paroo council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 4,582 | 79 | +33% |
| Property | 7,309 | 126 | +1% |
| Break-ins | 2,320 | 40 | +4% |
| Theft | 2,262 | 39 | -18% |
Paroo council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 4490: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Tuen safe?
Queensland publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Tuen is in the Paroo council area, which recorded 4,580 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, 3.3 times the Queensland rate (1,380) and 3.6 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.
Nearby suburbs
Barringun · Cunnamulla · Cuttaburra · Eulo · Humeburn · Jobs Gate · Linden · Noorama · Paroo · Widgeegoara · Wyandra · Yowah
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