Mount Coot-Tha crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland
Mount Coot-Tha is a suburb in the Brisbane council area of Queensland (about 1,375,301 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 57 out of 100 (moderate), 138th 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 break-ins (76th percentile), robbery (89th percentile), theft (91st percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 52.
In 2025-26: violent 981 per 100,000 (+78% vs five years earlier); property 5,360 per 100,000 (+19% vs five years earlier); break-ins 708 per 100,000 (-2% vs five years earlier); theft 3,284 per 100,000 (+34% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 68th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Brisbane council area is 5% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.5% of occupied homes (13,618 public and 2,502 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 4,491 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 35 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 33.1% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in England, New Zealand, China. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.7% (confidence 86 of 100); social housing about 3.2% of homes; about 34.5 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 33.6% born overseas. Confidence falls with distance from the last published figure, and the map's Estimates toggle shows every year back to 1994-95.
Queensland publishes crime statistics by council area, not by suburb, so the figures shown for Mount Coot-Tha are those of the Brisbane council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 981 | 13,491 | +78% |
| Property | 5,360 | 73,714 | +19% |
| Break-ins | 708 | 9,744 | -2% |
| Theft | 3,284 | 45,160 | +34% |
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Questions
Is Mount Coot-Tha safe?
Queensland publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Mount Coot-Tha is in the Brisbane council area, which recorded 981 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 29% lower than the Queensland rate (1,380) and about 23% 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 Mount Coot-Tha
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- Man charged with hate crime, Morningside · Morningside, 21 Oct 2026 · 8 km away
- Man charged with grooming and indecent assault, Brisbane · Brisbane City, 9 Oct 2026 · 3 km away
- Fatal traffic crash, Coorparoo · Coorparoo, 24 Sept 2026 · 7 km away
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