Upper Warrego crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland
Upper Warrego is a suburb in the Murweh council area of Queensland (about 4,004 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 65 out of 100 (high), 98th 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 (87th percentile), sexual offences (67th percentile), break-ins (63rd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 56.
In 2025-26: violent 3,097 per 100,000 (+134% vs five years earlier); property 3,571 per 100,000 (-19% vs five years earlier); break-ins 425 per 100,000 (-66% vs five years earlier); theft 1,274 per 100,000 (-5% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 25th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Murweh council area is 3.1% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 4.3% of occupied homes (50 public and 15 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 19 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 48 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 9.6% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in Vietnam, New Zealand, England. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 2.7% (confidence 70 of 100); social housing about 3.9% of homes; about 47.2 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 9.7% 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 Upper Warrego are those of the Murweh council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 3,097 | 124 | +134% |
| Property | 3,571 | 143 | -19% |
| Break-ins | 425 | 17 | -66% |
| Theft | 1,274 | 51 | -5% |
Murweh council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 4477: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Upper Warrego safe?
Queensland publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Upper Warrego is in the Murweh council area, which recorded 3,100 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, 2.2 times the Queensland rate (1,380) and 2.4 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
Augathella · Bakers Bend · Charleville · Clara Creek · Cooladdi · Gowrie Station · Langlo · Morven · Murweh · Riversleigh
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