Woowoonga crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland
Woowoonga is a suburb in the North Burnett council area of Queensland (about 10,562 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 39 out of 100 (low), 251st 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 (44th percentile), break-ins (53rd percentile), sexual offences (52nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 32.
In 2025-26: violent 1,041 per 100,000 (+103% vs five years earlier); property 2,537 per 100,000 (+19% vs five years earlier); break-ins 615 per 100,000 (+69% vs five years earlier); theft 1,060 per 100,000 (+6% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 65th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the North Burnett council area is 5% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.7% of occupied homes (70 public and 34 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 60 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 58.9 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 11.6% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in England, New Zealand, Nepal. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.7% (confidence 75 of 100); social housing about 2.4% of homes; about 57.9 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 11.8% 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 Woowoonga are those of the North Burnett council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,041 | 110 | +103% |
| Property | 2,537 | 268 | +19% |
| Break-ins | 615 | 65 | +69% |
| Theft | 1,060 | 112 | +6% |
North Burnett council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 4621: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Woowoonga safe?
Queensland publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Woowoonga is in the North Burnett council area, which recorded 1,040 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 24% lower than the Queensland rate (1,380) and about 19% lower 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.
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