Cooktown
Recorded offences for Cooktown police division, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. 7.4% fewer recorded offences than the 12 months before.
- Police division · last 12 months
- 700
- Nov 2025 – Oct 2026
- Prior 12 months
- 756
- −7.4%
- Per 1,000 area residents
- 206.7
- QPS area population implied by published counts/rates 3,393
The Cooktown police division recorded 700 offences during Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. This is official area-level context for Cooktown, not a suburb or postcode offence total. The rate is 206.7 offences per 1,000 area residents, calculated from QPS's published monthly rates per 100,000. It does not use Cooktown's population. Recorded offences are not a measure of individual risk; visitor numbers, reporting practices and policing activity affect comparisons.
Five-year monthly trend
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avg 60/mo
Dashed green line marks the average over displayed months. The orange dot is the latest month.
What was recorded
Offence categories, last 12 months.
- Other383 · 54.7%
- Assault119 · 17.0%
- Property damage64 · 9.1%
- Drug offences57 · 8.1%
- Theft46 · 6.6%
- Break-ins
Compared with nearby police divisions
| police divisions | Distance | Last 12 mo | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooktown police divisionshown area4895 · Cook Shire Council | — | 700 | 206.7 |
| Wujal Wujal police division · Police division | 37 km | 192 | 292.9 |
| Mossman police division · Police division | 66 km | 976 | 135.9 |
| Mount Molloy police division · Police division | 98 km | 138 | 90.0 |
LGA context: Cook Shire Council
1,222 offences across the entire LGA, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. 248.5 per 1,000 LGA residents, using QPS area populations. This is separate wider-area context, not additional offences to add to the figures above. Periods can differ.
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