Cossack crime rate and Crime Score · Northern Territory

Cossack is a suburb in the Katherine council area of Northern Territory (about 11,282 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 95 out of 100 (very high), 3rd 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 (95th percentile), break-ins (98th percentile), homicide (96th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 87.

In 2024-25: violent 10,769 per 100,000 (+106% vs five years earlier); property 12,746 per 100,000 (+33% vs five years earlier); break-ins 3,670 per 100,000 (+59% vs five years earlier); theft 3,599 per 100,000 (0% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 1st of 6 Northern Territory councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Katherine council area is 3.9% (Northern Territory 5.6%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 13.4% of occupied homes (284 public and 98 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Northern Territory 13.5%). An estimated 492 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 447.9 per 10,000 residents (Northern Territory 563.6), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 17.7% of residents were born overseas (Northern Territory 23.9%), most often in Philippines, Nepal, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.6% (confidence 75 of 100); social housing about 12.3% of homes; about 440.4 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 18% born overseas. Confidence falls with distance from the last published figure, and the map's Estimates toggle shows every year back to 1994-95.

Northern Territory publishes crime statistics by council area, not by suburb, so the figures shown for Cossack are those of the Katherine council area.

Katherine council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

Nearby suburbs

Emungalan · Katherine · Katherine East · Katherine South · Lansdowne · Tindal

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