Crime Dashboard - Cooktown
Queensland • 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-ins | 37 | 1,859 | 95 |
| motor vehicle | 5 | 509 | 29 |
| violent | 67 | 10,621 | 98 |
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 | 1,859 | 1,280 | 45.2% |
| motor vehicle | 509 | 888 | -42.7% |
| violent | 10,621 | 15,969 | -33.5% |
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 45.2% to 1,859 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 42.7% to 509 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 33.5% to 10,621 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 | Cooktown1 | Qld1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,859 | 971 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 509 | 1,166 | 1,036 |
| violent | 10,621 | 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 Cooktown was 91.5% higher than the Queensland average, and was 151.7% higher than the national average.
- around 95% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Cooktown.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Cooktown was 56.4% lower than the Queensland average, and was 50.9% lower than the national average.
- around 29% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Cooktown.
- the rate of violent crime in Cooktown was 210.7% higher than the Queensland average, and was 275.4% higher than the national average.
- around 98% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Cooktown.