Western Creek crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland
Western Creek is a suburb in the Toowoomba council area of Queensland (about 186,276 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 67 out of 100 (high), 80th 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 break-ins (82nd percentile), assault (54th percentile), homicide (75th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 56.
In 2024-25: violent 1,276 per 100,000 (+102% vs five years earlier); property 4,406 per 100,000 (-6% vs five years earlier); break-ins 857 per 100,000 (-5% vs five years earlier); theft 1,983 per 100,000 (-11% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 58th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Toowoomba council area is 5% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.5% of occupied homes (1,337 public and 284 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 870 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 48.8 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 14.7% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in England, New Zealand, Iraq. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.6% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 2.3% of homes; about 48 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 14.9% 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 Western Creek are those of the Toowoomba council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,276 | 2,376 | +102% |
| Property | 4,406 | 8,207 | -6% |
| Break-ins | 857 | 1,596 | -5% |
| Theft | 1,983 | 3,694 | -11% |
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