Woorabinda crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland

Woorabinda is a suburb in the Woorabinda council area of Queensland (about 1,087 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 80 out of 100 (very high), 25th 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 (98th percentile), sexual offences (98th percentile), break-ins (96th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 86.

In 2024-25: violent 21,067 per 100,000 (+298% vs five years earlier); property 10,212 per 100,000 (-48% vs five years earlier); break-ins 1,564 per 100,000 (-83% vs five years earlier); theft 1,932 per 100,000 (-49% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 5th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Woorabinda council area is 22.3% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 88.6% of occupied homes (228 public and 14 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 8 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 75.8 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 1% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%). Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 19.4% (confidence 66 of 100); social housing about 80.6% of homes; about 74.5 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 1% 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 Woorabinda are those of the Woorabinda council area.

Woorabinda council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

australiancrimerate.com.au/suburb/qld/woorabinda/ · Australian Crime Map