Maria Creeks crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland
Maria Creeks is a suburb in the Cassowary Coast council area of Queensland (about 30,666 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 65 out of 100 (high), 102nd 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 (80th percentile), homicide (82nd percentile), break-ins (77th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 54.
In 2024-25: violent 1,934 per 100,000 (+122% vs five years earlier); property 3,613 per 100,000 (-14% vs five years earlier); break-ins 714 per 100,000 (-7% vs five years earlier); theft 1,516 per 100,000 (-12% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 39th 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.
Queensland publishes crime statistics by council area, not by suburb, so the figures shown for Maria Creeks are those of the Cassowary Coast council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,934 | 593 | +122% |
| Property | 3,613 | 1,108 | -14% |
| Break-ins | 714 | 219 | -7% |
| Theft | 1,516 | 465 | -12% |
Cassowary Coast council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
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