Crime Dashboard - Cook

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-ins581,70197
motor vehicle1480340
violent17615,337100

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-ins1,7011,166 45.9%
motor vehicle8031,028-21.9%
violent15,33719,324-20.6%

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 45.9% to 1,701 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • motor vehicle theft decreased by 21.9% to 803 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • violent crime decreased by 20.6% to 15,337 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
Cook1
Qld1
Australia1
break-ins1,701971739
motor vehicle8031,1661,036
violent15,3373,4192,829

1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.

Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS

In 2022-24:

  • the rate of break-ins in Cook was 75.3% higher than the Queensland average, and was 130.3% higher than the national average.
  • around 97% of LGAs had a lower rate of break-ins than Cook.
  • the rate of motor vehicle theft in Cook was 31.1% lower than the Queensland average, and was 22.5% lower than the national average.
  • around 40% of LGAs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Cook.
  • the rate of violent crime in Cook was 348.6% higher than the Queensland average, and was 442.1% higher than the national average.
  • around 100% of LGAs had a lower rate of violent crime than Cook.