Coochin Creek crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland
Coochin Creek is a suburb in the Sunshine Coast council area of Queensland (about 381,957 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 35 out of 100 (low), 271st 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 homicide (51st percentile), theft (65th percentile), robbery (50th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 36.
In 2025-26: violent 617 per 100,000 (+33% vs five years earlier); property 2,959 per 100,000 (+20% vs five years earlier); break-ins 306 per 100,000 (-4% vs five years earlier); theft 1,753 per 100,000 (+31% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 76th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Sunshine Coast council area is 4.4% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.1% of occupied homes (2,257 public and 426 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 1,213 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 34.2 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 21.8% 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 4.1% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 1.9% of homes; about 33.6 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 22.1% born overseas. Confidence falls with distance from the last published figure, and the map's Estimates toggle shows every year back to 1994-95.
Queensland publishes crime statistics by council area, not by suburb, so the figures shown for Coochin Creek are those of the Sunshine Coast council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 617 | 2,356 | +33% |
| Property | 2,959 | 11,304 | +20% |
| Break-ins | 306 | 1,167 | -4% |
| Theft | 1,753 | 6,696 | +31% |
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Crime in postcode 4519: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Coochin Creek safe?
Queensland publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Coochin Creek is in the Sunshine Coast council area, which recorded 617 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 55% lower than the Queensland rate (1,380) and about 52% lower than the national rate (1,280). 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.
Police news near Coochin Creek
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