No 4 Branch crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland
No 4 Branch is a suburb in the Cassowary Coast council area of Queensland (about 30,666 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 60 out of 100 (high), 123rd 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 (77th percentile), break-ins (73rd percentile), homicide (59th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 58.
In 2025-26: violent 1,761 per 100,000 (+52% vs five years earlier); property 3,897 per 100,000 (+32% vs five years earlier); break-ins 571 per 100,000 (+11% vs five years earlier); theft 1,852 per 100,000 (+51% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 40th 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 No 4 Branch are those of the Cassowary Coast council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,761 | 540 | +52% |
| Property | 3,897 | 1,195 | +32% |
| Break-ins | 571 | 175 | +11% |
| Theft | 1,852 | 568 | +51% |
Cassowary Coast council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 4856: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is No 4 Branch safe?
Queensland publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. No 4 Branch is in the Cassowary Coast council area, which recorded 1,760 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 28% higher than the Queensland rate (1,380) and about 38% higher 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.
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