Woolgar crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland
Woolgar is a suburb in the Richmond council area of Queensland (about 788 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 53 out of 100 (moderate), 156th 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 (82nd percentile), sexual offences (71st percentile), robbery (75th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 37.
In 2025-26: violent 2,665 per 100,000 (+310% vs five years earlier); property 2,030 per 100,000 (+12% vs five years earlier); break-ins 254 per 100,000 (-35% vs five years earlier); theft 888 per 100,000 (+14% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 30th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Richmond council area is 1.2% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.3% of occupied homes (5 public and 3 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 3 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 38.7 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 5.2% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in England, Philippines, Scotland. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 1.1% (confidence 66 of 100); social housing about 3% of homes; about 38.1 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 5.3% 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 Woolgar are those of the Richmond council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 2,665 | 21 | +310% |
| Property | 2,030 | 16 | +12% |
| Break-ins | 254 | 2 | -35% |
| Theft | 888 | 7 | +14% |
Richmond council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 4822: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Woolgar safe?
Queensland publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Woolgar is in the Richmond council area, which recorded 2,660 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 93% higher than the Queensland rate (1,380) and 2.1 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
Albion · Bellfield · Burleigh · Cambridge · Maxwelton · Richmond · Saxby · Victoria Vale
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