Vergemont crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland
Vergemont is a suburb in the Longreach council area of Queensland (about 3,741 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 48 out of 100 (moderate), 190th 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 (73rd percentile), break-ins (56th percentile), sexual offences (41st percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 38.
In 2025-26: violent 1,443 per 100,000 (-8% vs five years earlier); property 2,673 per 100,000 (+2% vs five years earlier); break-ins 454 per 100,000 (+68% vs five years earlier); theft 1,203 per 100,000 (+11% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 52nd of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Longreach council area is 1.7% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 5.6% of occupied homes (64 public and 11 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 29 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 78 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 8.8% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in New Zealand, England, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 1.7% (confidence 71 of 100); social housing about 5.1% of homes; about 76.7 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 8.9% 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 Vergemont are those of the Longreach council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,443 | 54 | -8% |
| Property | 2,673 | 100 | +2% |
| Break-ins | 454 | 17 | +68% |
| Theft | 1,203 | 45 | +11% |
Longreach council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 4730: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Vergemont safe?
Queensland publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Vergemont is in the Longreach council area, which recorded 1,440 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, close to the Queensland rate (1,380) and about 13% higher 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
Camoola · Chorregon · Ernestina · Ilfracombe · Isisford · Longreach · Maneroo · Morella · Stonehenge · Tocal
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