City · Queensland · 2025-26

Rockhampton crime rate and crime map

Rockhampton recorded 2,895 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, 2.1 times the Queensland rate and 2.3 times the national rate. Up 103% on five years earlier.

The figures cover the Rockhampton Regional Council area, about 85,794 residents.

Under two-thirds of the national rate
Below the national rate
Up to 1.5 times
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Over 2.5 times the national rate
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Council areas shaded by violent crime rate against the national rate, 2025-26. Select a council for its full figures and Crime Score.

Rockhampton against QLD and Australia

Violent 2,895 per 100k

Rockhampton2,895QLD1,378Australia1,280

Property 8,447 per 100k

Rockhampton8,447QLD4,929Australia3,779

Break-ins 1,424 per 100k

Rockhampton1,424QLD686Australia487

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

Violent crime over ten years

RockhamptonQueensland

Rockhampton violent crime rate from 2016-17 to 2025-26: 1,108 to 2,895 per 100,000. Violent offences per 100,000 residents.

Street-level crime map of Rockhampton

Queensland Police recorded 752 offences in 305 street blocks of Rockhampton from 2 October to 31 October 2026. The most common were drugs (166), theft (164) and public order (78). 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 Rockhampton 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
Rockhampton	2,895	8,447	1,424	85

Questions about crime in Rockhampton

What is the crime rate in Rockhampton?

Rockhampton recorded 2,895 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, 2.1 times the Queensland rate and 2.3 times the national rate. Property crime was 8,447 per 100,000. The figures cover the Rockhampton Regional Council area.

Is crime going up in Rockhampton?

Rockhampton's recorded violent crime rate went from 1,424 per 100,000 in 2020-21 to 2,895 in 2025-26 (+103%). 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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