Crime Dashboard - Cook

Australian Capital Territory • Suburb • 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-ins91,14482
motor vehicle31,23472
violent97519

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-ins1,1441,01312.9%
motor vehicle1,2341,11710.4%
violent751774-3.0%

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 12.9% to 1,144 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • motor vehicle theft increased by 10.4% to 1,234 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • violent crime decreased by 3.0% to 751 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
ACT1
Australia1
break-ins1,144978739
motor vehicle1,2341,3611,036
violent7512,5742,829

1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.

Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS

In 2022-24:

  • the rate of break-ins in Cook was 16.9% higher than the Australian Capital Territory average, and was 54.9% higher than the national average.
  • around 82% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Cook.
  • the rate of motor vehicle theft in Cook was 9.4% lower than the Australian Capital Territory average, and was 19.0% higher than the national average.
  • around 72% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Cook.
  • the rate of violent crime in Cook was 70.8% lower than the Australian Capital Territory average, and was 73.5% lower than the national average.
  • around 9% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Cook.