Cook crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland council area
Cook is a council area in Queensland with about 4,876 residents. It has a Crime Score 66 out of 100 (high), 92nd 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 (92nd percentile), break-ins (84th percentile), sexual offences (62nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 73.
In 2025-26: violent 4,820 per 100,000 (+83% vs five years earlier); property 4,963 per 100,000 (+13% vs five years earlier); break-ins 574 per 100,000 (+11% vs five years earlier); theft 1,846 per 100,000 (+28% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 17th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Cook council area is 5.7% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 10.8% of occupied homes (129 public and 33 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 130 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 278.1 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 17.3% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in England, New Zealand, South Africa. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 5.2% (confidence 70 of 100); social housing about 9.8% of homes; about 273.6 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 17.6% 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 | 4,820 | 235 | +83% |
| Property | 4,963 | 242 | +13% |
| Break-ins | 574 | 28 | +11% |
| Theft | 1,846 | 90 | +28% |
Street by street: the last 30 days
Queensland Police recorded 54 offences in 25 street blocks of Cook from 2 October to 31 October 2026. The most common were assault (18), liquor (excl. drunkenness) (9) and public order (8). 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 Cook safe?
Cook recorded 4,820 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, 3.5 times the Queensland rate (1,380) and 3.8 times the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 65.9 out of 100 (high), 92nd 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 Cook?
28 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 574 per 100,000 residents, about 16% lower than the Queensland rate (686).
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