🚔 The 10 Safest LGAs in Queensland

Ranking the 10 Queensland Local Government Areas with the lowest weighted crime rate in 2025, based on QPS recorded incidents per 100,000 residents.

Published 19 May 2026 · Queensland Police Service, calendar year 2025

This ranking covers all 39 Queensland LGAs with at least 5,000 residents and reliable QPS rate data for calendar year 2025. The safety score sums 14 personal-safety offence groups (rates per 100,000) weighted by severity — full weights at the bottom of the page.

Queensland's safest LGAs are dominated by the south-east Queensland commuter belt — Noosa, Sunshine Coast, Redland, Scenic Rim and Moreton Bay — where suburban affluence, low pedestrian flow in commercial centres and low rates of stranger violence keep recorded crime well below state averages.

Noosa 56,298 residents

Safety score 7377 (weighted sum of offence rates per 100k — lower is safer)

Break & enter (dwelling)

212.7 /100k

Down 39.2%

Motor vehicle theft

144.5 /100k

Down 34.1%

Non-FV assault

360.5 /100k

Down 21.2%

Robbery (unarmed)

6.6 /100k

Down 51.5%

Steal from vehicle

262.5 /100k

Stable

Biggest score drivers: Sexual offences 194/100k Serious / common assault 361/100k Unlawful entry (dwelling) 213/100k

Sunshine Coast 342,541 residents

Safety score 8220 (weighted sum of offence rates per 100k — lower is safer)

Break & enter (dwelling)

329.4 /100k

Down 17.9%

Motor vehicle theft

167.5 /100k

Down 17.0%

Non-FV assault

473.3 /100k

Stable

Robbery (unarmed)

13.8 /100k

Down 20.0%

Steal from vehicle

314.6 /100k

Down 18.3%

Biggest score drivers: Serious / common assault 473/100k Sexual offences 129/100k Unlawful entry (dwelling) 329/100k

Redland 159,222 residents

Safety score 8637 (weighted sum of offence rates per 100k — lower is safer)

Break & enter (dwelling)

299.3 /100k

Down 41.3%

Motor vehicle theft

157.1 /100k

Stable

Non-FV assault

637.8 /100k

Stable

Robbery (unarmed)

13.8 /100k

Down 45.1%

Steal from vehicle

341.4 /100k

Down 18.7%

Biggest score drivers: Serious / common assault 638/100k Sexual offences 143/100k Unlawful entry (dwelling) 299/100k

Scenic Rim 42,984 residents

Safety score 8785 (weighted sum of offence rates per 100k — lower is safer)

Break & enter (dwelling)

320.2 /100k

Up 15.0%

Motor vehicle theft

179.3 /100k

Stable

Non-FV assault

523 /100k

Stable

Robbery (unarmed)

6.4 /100k

Down 27.6%

Steal from vehicle

277.5 /100k

Up 29.5%

Biggest score drivers: Sexual offences 201/100k Serious / common assault 523/100k Unlawful entry (dwelling) 320/100k

Moreton Bay 476,340 residents

Safety score 10712 (weighted sum of offence rates per 100k — lower is safer)

Break & enter (dwelling)

402.8 /100k

Down 28.9%

Motor vehicle theft

187.2 /100k

Down 17.8%

Non-FV assault

687.9 /100k

Down 19.0%

Robbery (unarmed)

16.3 /100k

Down 27.3%

Steal from vehicle

409.4 /100k

Down 13.9%

Biggest score drivers: Serious / common assault 688/100k Sexual offences 193/100k Unlawful entry (dwelling) 403/100k

Bundaberg 99,215 residents

Safety score 10999 (weighted sum of offence rates per 100k — lower is safer)

Break & enter (dwelling)

490 /100k

Stable

Motor vehicle theft

238.5 /100k

Stable

Non-FV assault

670.3 /100k

Down 26.5%

Robbery (unarmed)

8.3 /100k

Down 21.2%

Steal from vehicle

364.3 /100k

Down 25.6%

Biggest score drivers: Serious / common assault 670/100k Sexual offences 145/100k Unlawful entry (dwelling) 490/100k

Livingstone 39,398 residents

Safety score 11119 (weighted sum of offence rates per 100k — lower is safer)

Break & enter (dwelling)

479.3 /100k

Down 48.2%

Motor vehicle theft

152.9 /100k

Down 53.2%

Non-FV assault

942.5 /100k

Up 23.4%

Robbery (unarmed)

13.7 /100k

Up 91.2%

Steal from vehicle

241.9 /100k

Down 20.2%

Biggest score drivers: Serious / common assault 943/100k Sexual offences 139/100k Unlawful entry (dwelling) 479/100k

Maranoa 12,825 residents

Safety score 11408 (weighted sum of offence rates per 100k — lower is safer)

Break & enter (dwelling)

385.5 /100k

Down 68.5%

Motor vehicle theft

118.6 /100k

Down 80.4%

Non-FV assault

985.9 /100k

Down 17.8%

Robbery (unarmed)

0 /100k

Down 100.0%

Steal from vehicle

170.5 /100k

Down 70.3%

Biggest score drivers: Serious / common assault 986/100k Sexual offences 163/100k Unlawful entry (dwelling) 385/100k

Isaac 22,046 residents

Safety score 11560 (weighted sum of offence rates per 100k — lower is safer)

Break & enter (dwelling)

453.5 /100k

Up 37.4%

Motor vehicle theft

265.2 /100k

Stable

Non-FV assault

1,005.4 /100k

Stable

Robbery (unarmed)

8.6 /100k

Up 97.0%

Steal from vehicle

350.8 /100k

Stable

Biggest score drivers: Serious / common assault 1005/100k Unlawful entry (dwelling) 453/100k Sexual offences 120/100k

#10

North Burnett 10,068 residents

Safety score 11853 (weighted sum of offence rates per 100k — lower is safer)

Break & enter (dwelling)

508.8 /100k

Down 32.5%

Motor vehicle theft

216.7 /100k

Up 24.6%

Non-FV assault

942.2 /100k

Up 10.8%

Robbery (unarmed)

9.4 /100k

Down 51.2%

Steal from vehicle

207.3 /100k

Down 23.4%

Biggest score drivers: Serious / common assault 942/100k Sexual offences 188/100k Unlawful entry (dwelling) 509/100k

📊 How the safety score works

For each Queensland Local Government Area we take the QPS recorded incident rates (per 100,000 residents) for 14 offence groups that materially affect personal safety, multiply each by a severity weight, and sum the result. Lower scores rank as safer. The model is the same one used for the NSW and Victoria rankings, mapped from BOCSAR/ANZSOC categories to QPS offence columns.

QPS publishes monthly data going back to 2001. We sum the 12 monthly rates within each calendar year to get an annual rate per 100,000. Two- and ten-year trends are the percent change from 2023 and 2016 respectively, bucketed as Stable (<10%), Up, or Down.

LGAs with fewer than 5,000 residents (most Aboriginal Shire Councils and a few far-western shires) are excluded because small populations make rates statistically noisy and not comparable to urban LGAs.

This is an ordinal ranking, not a victimisation estimate. Recorded police incidents understate some offences (sexual assault, family violence) and overstate others where reporting culture or police presence varies between LGAs.

Show offence weights

Offence group	QPS columns	Weight
Homicide	Homicide (Murder), Other Homicide, Attempted Murder, Manslaughter (excl. by driving), Manslaughter Unlawful Striking Causing Death	100
Sexual offences	Rape and Attempted Rape, Other Sexual Offences	15
Armed robbery	Armed Robbery	12
Unarmed robbery	Unarmed Robbery	8
Serious / common assault	Grievous Assault, Serious Assault, Serious Assault (Other), Common Assault'	5
Unlawful entry (dwelling)	Unlawful Entry With Intent - Dwelling, Unlawful Entry Without Violence - Dwelling, Unlawful Entry With Violence - Dwelling	4
Stalking, coercive control, extortion	Stalking, Coercive Control, Extortion, Kidnapping & Abduction etc.	3
Motor vehicle theft	Unlawful Use of Motor Vehicle	3
Stealing from dwellings	Stealing from Dwellings	2
Arson	Arson	2
Weapons offences	Unlawful Possess Concealable Firearm, Unlawful Possess Firearm - Other, Bomb Possess and/or use of, Possess and/or use other weapons; restricted items	2
Unlawful entry (shop/other)	Unlawful Entry With Intent - Shop, Unlawful Entry With Intent - Other	1
Steal from vehicle	Vehicles (steal from/enter with intent)	1
Property damage	Other Property Damage	1

Source: Queensland Police Service via data.qld.gov.au