Whetstone crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland
Whetstone is a suburb in the Goondiwindi council area of Queensland (about 10,438 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 68 out of 100 (high), 82nd 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 (76th percentile), break-ins (89th percentile), robbery (95th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 54.
In 2025-26: violent 1,600 per 100,000 (+98% vs five years earlier); property 5,748 per 100,000 (+40% vs five years earlier); break-ins 1,715 per 100,000 (+70% vs five years earlier); theft 2,529 per 100,000 (+63% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 45th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Goondiwindi council area is 3.6% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.8% of occupied homes (89 public and 15 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 27 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 26 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 6.8% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in New Zealand, Philippines, England. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.3% (confidence 75 of 100); social housing about 2.5% of homes; about 25.6 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 6.9% 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 Whetstone are those of the Goondiwindi council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,600 | 167 | +98% |
| Property | 5,748 | 600 | +40% |
| Break-ins | 1,715 | 179 | +70% |
| Theft | 2,529 | 264 | +63% |
Goondiwindi council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 4387: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Whetstone safe?
Queensland publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Whetstone is in the Goondiwindi council area, which recorded 1,600 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 16% higher than the Queensland rate (1,380) and about 25% 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
Billa Billa · Brush Creek · Bungunya · Bybera · Calingunee · Callandoon · Coolmunda · Goodar · Goondiwindi · Greenup · Inglewood · Kindon · Kioma · Kurumbul · Limevale · Lundavra · Mosquito Creek · North Bungunya · North Talwood · South Talwood · Tarawera · Terrica · Toobeah · Warroo · Wondalli · Wyaga · Yagaburne · Yelarbon
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