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 78 out of 100 (high), 34th 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 (89th percentile), sexual offences (100th percentile), break-ins (94th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 77.
In 2024-25: violent 4,060 per 100,000 (+10% vs five years earlier); property 9,223 per 100,000 (-9% vs five years earlier); break-ins 2,320 per 100,000 (-13% vs five years earlier); theft 2,784 per 100,000 (-22% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 21st 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 6.5% (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 | 4,060 | 70 | +10% |
| Property | 9,223 | 159 | -9% |
| Break-ins | 2,320 | 40 | -13% |
| Theft | 2,784 | 48 | -22% |
Paroo council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Nearby suburbs
Barringun · Cunnamulla · Cuttaburra · Eulo · Humeburn · Jobs Gate · Linden · Noorama · Paroo · Widgeegoara · Wyandra · Yowah
australiancrimerate.com.au/suburb/qld/tuen/ · Australian Crime Map