Cassowary Coast crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland council area
Cassowary Coast is a council area in Queensland with about 30,666 residents. It has a Crime Score 60 out of 100 (high), 123rd 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 (77th percentile), break-ins (73rd percentile), homicide (59th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 58.
In 2025-26: violent 1,761 per 100,000 (+52% vs five years earlier); property 3,897 per 100,000 (+32% vs five years earlier); break-ins 571 per 100,000 (+11% vs five years earlier); theft 1,852 per 100,000 (+51% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 40th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Cassowary Coast council area is 5.4% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.3% of occupied homes (248 public and 112 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 155 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 52.4 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 16.2% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in India, England, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 5% (confidence 80 of 100); social housing about 3% of homes; about 51.6 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 16.5% born overseas. Confidence falls with distance from the last published figure, and the map's Estimates toggle shows every year back to 1994-95.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,761 | 540 | +52% |
| Property | 3,897 | 1,195 | +32% |
| Break-ins | 571 | 175 | +11% |
| Theft | 1,852 | 568 | +51% |
Street by street: the last 30 days
Queensland Police recorded 228 offences in 104 street blocks of Cassowary Coast from 2 October to 31 October 2026. The most common were drugs (75), theft (41) and assault (35). 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 on the map (source: Queensland Police Service, CC BY).
Questions
Is Cassowary Coast safe?
Cassowary Coast recorded 1,760 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 28% higher than the Queensland rate (1,380) and about 38% higher than the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 60.2 out of 100 (high), 123rd of 362 councils. 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.
How many break-ins are there in Cassowary Coast?
175 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 571 per 100,000 residents, about 17% lower than the Queensland rate (686).
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Suburbs in the Cassowary Coast council area
Bamboo Creek · Bingil Bay · Birkalla · Cardstone · Cardwell · Carmoo · Comoon Loop · Cooroo Lands · Coquette Point · Cullinane · Damper Creek · Daradgee · Daveson · Dingo Pocket · Djarawong · Djiru · Dunk · East Innisfail · El Arish · Etty Bay · Flying Fish Point · Friday Pocket · Garners Beach · Garradunga · Goolboo · Goondi · Granadilla · Hinchinbrook · Hull Heads · Jaffa · Japoonvale · Lumholtz · Maadi · Maria Creeks · Martyville · McCutcheon · Merryburn · Midgeree Bar · Mission Beach · Mourilyan · Mourilyan Harbour · Murray Upper · New Harbourline · No 4 Branch · No 5 Branch · No 6 Branch · Pin Gin Hill · Rungoo · Shell Pocket · Silkwood · Silkwood · Silky Oak · South Johnstone · South Mission Beach · Tam O'Shanter · Tully · Walter Hill · Walter Lever Estate · Wongaling Beach
Postcodes in the Cassowary Coast council area
4849 · 4852 · 4854 · 4855 · 4856 · 4857 · 4858 · 4859 · 4860
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