Te Kowai crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland
Te Kowai is a suburb in the Mackay council area of Queensland (about 129,253 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 67 out of 100 (high), 83rd 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 (68th percentile), break-ins (76th percentile), homicide (70th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 59.
In 2024-25: violent 1,656 per 100,000 (+109% vs five years earlier); property 4,866 per 100,000 (-8% vs five years earlier); break-ins 782 per 100,000 (-13% vs five years earlier); theft 2,464 per 100,000 (-6% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 48th of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Mackay council area is 4% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.4% of occupied homes (1,221 public and 258 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 460 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 36.9 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 13.1% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in New Zealand, England, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.7% (confidence 84 of 100); social housing about 3.1% of homes; about 36.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 13.3% 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 Te Kowai are those of the Mackay council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,656 | 2,140 | +109% |
| Property | 4,866 | 6,289 | -8% |
| Break-ins | 782 | 1,011 | -13% |
| Theft | 2,464 | 3,185 | -6% |
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