REVEALED: Ipswich suburbs least affected by crime in 2022
Ipswich is home to some of the safest areas in South East Queensland, with new police data revealing 10 suburbs have seen no crime whatsoever in the past three months. SEE THE LIST
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While a number of Ipswich suburbs have seen a spike in crime this year, others have cemented themselves as some of the safest places to live in the South East.
New police data has revealed the city is home to 10 suburbs that have had no crime whatsoever in the past three months: Ashwell, Calvert, Goolman, Lanefield, Mount Forbes, Mount Mort, Mount Walker West, North Tivoli, Peak Crossing, and Woolshed.
It is worth noting that of those 10 suburbs, only four have populations in the triple digits.
According to the most recent 2016 Census data, Ashwell has a population of 85, Goolman of 42, Mount Mort of 91, Mount Walker West of 19, North Tivoli of 96, and Woolshed of just five.
The Queensland Times has broken down the police data to reveal the 10 least crime-affected suburbs of the past three months, taking only those with at least three-digit populations into consideration.
10. MARBURG, IPSWICH — 3 offences
Between November 17 last year and Wednesday February 16 this year, the rural town of Marburg recorded only three offences: an unlawful use of motor vehicle offence, a theft excluding unlawful entry, and a traffic and related offence.
Home to 873 people, the percentage of crime by population is just 0.34 per cent.
Queensland Police information stated one offence took place on a Tuesday, one on a Thursday, and one on a Friday. All offences over the past three months occurred in January.
According to realestate.com.au, Marburg residents are mostly older couples and families (27.1 per cent), established couples and families (14.9 per cent), and older independents (12.8 per cent).
9. EBENEZER — 1 offence
A rural locality in Ipswich, Ebenezer has a population of 315 according to Census data — 75 per cent of which are older, established, and elderly couples and families.
It is also the suburb in which a controversial resource recovery and recycling precinct, Wanless Recycling Park, is proposed to be developed.
With only one offence recorded at Ebenezer in the past three months, the percentage of crime by population is 0.32 per cent.
Recent police data stated the one offence to have occurred in recent months was a property damage offence.
It took place late at night on November 28 last year.
8. MOORES POCKET — 2 offences
In the past three months, the Ipswich suburb of Moores Pocket recorded just two offences: an assault and a traffic and related offence.
Police data revealed the traffic and related offence occurred on November 19 last year, while the assault occurred on January 9.
Moores Pocket had a population of 736 people in 2016, meaning crime by population is about 0.27 per cent.
According to realestate.com.au, most of the people who live in the area are elderly couples (28.9 per cent), elderly singles (26.9 per cent), and independent youth (9.3 per cent).
7. BARELLAN POINT — 3 offences
Barellan Point has remained relatively crime-free through November and December last year, and in 2022.
The popular Ipswich suburb is home to 1159 people, yet only recorded three offences: unlawful entry, theft, and an offence against a person.
According to the police data, the theft took place on November 25 last year, the unlawful entry offence on December 11, and the other offence against a person on February 7.
Realestate.com.au data indicated most Barellan Point residents are older couples and families (34.3 per cent), established couples and families (27.9 per cent), and elderly couples (10.5 per cent).
Crime by population worked out to be about 0.26 per cent.
6. COALFALLS — 1 offence
Residential Ipswich suburb Coalfalls, bounded on its north and west by the Bremer River, recorded just one offence in the past three months despite its population of 943.
Crime by population is just 0.11 per cent, making it one of the city’s safest suburbs to live in.
The area’s demographic is largely comprised of established couples and families (28.4 per cent), older couples and families (15 per cent), and elderly singles (9.7 per cent), according to realestate.com.au.
The single offence recorded in the past three months was an assault, taking place late at night on December 10 last year.
5. THAGOONA — 1 offences
Located between Rosewood and Walloon, Thagoona is a family-friendly suburb comprised mostly of older couples and families (30.8 per cent), established couples and families (18.4 per cent), and maturing couples and families (11.7 per cent), according to realestate.com.au.
Despite being 13.2km2 in size and home to 1025 people as at 2016, Thagoona only recorded one offence in the three months to Wednesday — a traffic and related offence.
Crime by population is therefore about 0.1 per cent.
Police data revealed the one offence occurred on January 4 this year between 6am and 2pm.
4. LANEFIELD — 0 offences
Despite having a small population of just 107 people, Lanefield is an impressively crime-free suburb of Ipswich.
Not only did it record zero offences in the past three months, police data revealed it recorded zero offences in the past year.
Similar to other safe Ipswich suburbs, residents are mostly older couples and families (26.9 per cent), established couples and families (23.1 per cent), and elderly couples (19.2 per cent), according to realestate.com.au data.
Crime by population is 0 per cent.
3. MOUNT FORBES — 0 offences
Mount Forbes, a rural locality split between Ipswich and the Scenic Rim with 263 residents as at 2016, recorded zero offences in the past three months.
Its crime by population is therefore 0 per cent.
Most of the area is comprised of maturing couples and families (29 per cent), older couples and families (25.8 per cent), and elderly families (16.1 per cent), according to realestate.com.au.
There are no schools in the suburb, with Mutdapilly State School and Rosewood State School the nearest government primary schools and Rosewood State High the nearest government secondary college.
2. CALVERT — 0 offences
Another Ipswich suburb with a population in the triple digits to record zero offences in the past three months is Calvert, a rural town largely used for agriculture.
The area only recorded two offences in the past six months — both of them trespassing and vagrancy offences which occurred in September 2021.
Crime by population for the past three months is 0 per cent.
Realestate.com.au data indicated residents are mostly older couples and families (28.3 per cent), established couples and families (21.7 per cent), and elderly families (15.2 per cent).
1. PEAK CROSSING — 0 offences
Despite its population of a not-insubstantial 965 people, Peak Crossing recorded zero offences in the last quarter.
The locality is split between Ipswich and the Scenic Rim and is surrounded by farming land. There are also a number of parks within the suburb that are used for bushwalking, horse riding, mountain bike riding, and camping.
Realestate.com.au identified the dominant demographic of residents is established couples and families (24 per cent), followed by older couples and families (22.4 per cent), then maturing couples and families (18 per cent).
Peak Crossing’s crime by population is 0 per cent which, coupled with its significant population, makes it the safest suburb to live in at Ipswich in 2022.
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