Wandal crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland
Wandal is a suburb in the Rockhampton council area of Queensland (about 85,794 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 86 out of 100 (very high), 12th 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 (86th percentile), break-ins (90th percentile), homicide (81st percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 79.
In 2024-25: violent 2,804 per 100,000 (+117% vs five years earlier); property 7,920 per 100,000 (+6% vs five years earlier); break-ins 1,375 per 100,000 (+10% vs five years earlier); theft 3,771 per 100,000 (+4% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 29th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Rockhampton council area is 5.7% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 4.5% of occupied homes (1,046 public and 313 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 449 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 53.8 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 10.8% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in New Zealand, England, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 5.3% (confidence 84 of 100); social housing about 4.1% of homes; about 52.9 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 11% 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 Wandal are those of the Rockhampton council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 2,804 | 2,406 | +117% |
| Property | 7,920 | 6,795 | +6% |
| Break-ins | 1,375 | 1,180 | +10% |
| Theft | 3,771 | 3,235 | +4% |
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