Crime Dashboard - Cassowary Coast
Queensland • LGA • 2022-24
Crime summary
Crime rank by crime type
Percentage of equivalent geographies with a lower crime rate.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Crime statistics summary
Crime | Count | Rate1 | Percentile2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 316 | 1,015 | 81 |
| motor vehicle | 64 | 754 | 36 |
| violent | 387 | 5,596 | 95 |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
2 percentage of equivalent geographies with a lower crime rate.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Surrounding areas
Crime trends
Break-in rate
Annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Violent crime rate
Annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Motor vehicle theft rate
Annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Period comparisons
Crime | 2022-241 | 2020-221 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,015 | 682 | 48.7% |
| motor vehicle | 754 | 729 | 3.4% |
| violent | 5,596 | 6,329 | -11.6% |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Between 2020-22 and 2022-24 the rate of:
- break-ins increased by 48.7% to 1,015 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 3.4% to 754 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 11.6% to 5,596 incidents per 100,000 residents.
Area comparisons
Break-in rate
Annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Violent crime rate
Annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Motor vehicle theft rate
Annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Comparative statistics
Crime | Cassowary Coast1 | Qld1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,015 | 971 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 754 | 1,166 | 1,036 |
| violent | 5,596 | 3,419 | 2,829 |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
In 2022-24:
- the rate of break-ins in Cassowary Coast was 4.6% higher than the Queensland average, and was 37.4% higher than the national average.
- around 81% of LGAs had a lower rate of break-ins than Cassowary Coast.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Cassowary Coast was 35.3% lower than the Queensland average, and was 27.2% lower than the national average.
- around 36% of LGAs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Cassowary Coast.
- the rate of violent crime in Cassowary Coast was 63.7% higher than the Queensland average, and was 97.8% higher than the national average.
- around 95% of LGAs had a lower rate of violent crime than Cassowary Coast.