City · Queensland · 2025-26

Mackay crime rate and crime map

Mackay recorded 1,666 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, 21% above the Queensland rate and 30% above the national rate. Up 102% on five years earlier.

The figures cover the Mackay Regional Council area, about 129,253 residents.

Under two-thirds of the national rate
Below the national rate
Up to 1.5 times
1.5 to 2.5 times
Over 2.5 times the national rate
No published figure

Council areas shaded by violent crime rate against the national rate, 2025-26. Select a council for its full figures and Crime Score.

Mackay against QLD and Australia

Violent 1,666 per 100k

Mackay1,666QLD1,378Australia1,280

Property 4,918 per 100k

Mackay4,918QLD4,929Australia3,779

Break-ins 710 per 100k

Mackay710QLD686Australia487

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Australia: every council area with published figures.

Violent crime over ten years

MackayQueensland

Mackay violent crime rate from 2016-17 to 2025-26: 586 to 1,666 per 100,000. Violent offences per 100,000 residents.

Street-level crime map of Mackay

Queensland Police recorded 702 offences in 305 street blocks of Mackay from 2 October to 31 October 2026. The most common were theft (185), drugs (142) and public order (103). Each offence is placed in a street block of roughly 30 to 60 homes, not at an address; sexual and traffic offences are not included.

See every street block in Mackay on the map (source: Queensland Police Service, CC BY).

Council area

Per 100,000 residents, 2025-26, highest violent crime rate first. Score: Crime Score, 0 lowest to 100 highest recorded crime.
Council	Violent	Property	Break-ins	Score
Mackay	1,666	4,918	710	68

Questions about crime in Mackay

What is the crime rate in Mackay?

Mackay recorded 1,666 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, 21% above the Queensland rate and 30% above the national rate. Property crime was 4,918 per 100,000. The figures cover the Mackay Regional Council area.

Is crime going up in Mackay?

Mackay's recorded violent crime rate went from 825 per 100,000 in 2020-21 to 1,666 in 2025-26 (+102%). Changes in reporting and police recording affect these trends as well as offending.

Where do these figures come from?

Offence counts from Queensland's official police or crime statistics agency, by council area, standardised to national offence categories, with ABS population. Figures describe recorded offences, not personal risk.

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