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Safer Together Rockhampton

Being safer together in Rockhampton

Welcome to the Queensland Police Service (QPS) Safer Together Rockhampton pilot initiative.

The Safer Together Rockhampton pilot initiative aims to help reduce fear of crime and increase feelings of safety by directly responding to the needs and priorities of residents, including opportunities to:

  • connect with the QPS and access news about Rockhampton
  • utilise crime prevention support and resources in Rockhampton
  • participate in crime prevention and community safety activities
  • access crime data about Rockhampton and
  • report something to the relevant channel.

Safer Together Rockhampton activities and resources are designed in collaboration with residents like you. The activities and resources aim to promote community safety, resilience, and connections with a focus on home, property and vehicle security.

By working together we can build a safer and more resilient Rockhampton.

For more information, click on the links below:

Safer Together Rockhampton

Key activities implemented as part of the Safer Together Rockhampton initiative include:

Crime Prevention and Community Safety Resources:

Residents have enhanced access to valuable new crime prevention and community safety resources including a new social media campaign to raise awareness of effective ways to reduce the risk of home and vehicle theft. This includes insights into how opportunistic thieves operate and some everyday ways community can help to protect their property and stay safer together.

View the Safer Together campaign videos

Community Safety Champions Program:

The Community Safety Champions pilot program builds the capacity of local organisations and their members by empowering them with the knowledge and tools to help raise awareness and engage community in conversations around crime and community safety.

Community Engagement Activities:

District Crime Prevention Co-ordinators (DCPCs), Police Liaison Officers (PLOs), ViPs and other local officers deliver a range of of crime prevention and community safety engagements.

Crime Prevention Tips

We all have the right to feel and be safe. While it is important you are aware of and exercise this right, be mindful that you also have responsibility for your own safety. Adopting practical safety strategies can help reduce the risk of victimisation and assist you to respond effectively if your safety is threatened. To help you feel and be safe, the QPS provides education, advice, and resources, including:

Crime prevention and community safety information sheets:
Quick links to QPS crime prevention and community safety web pages:
The QPS Stolen Vehicle Portal:
The CCTV Community Camera Alliance:
  • You can join the CCTV Community Camera Alliance to register your closed circuit television (CCTV) system with the QPS. This initiative is an opportunity for you to assist the QPS via the registration of your CCTV systems to prevent crime and make the community safer.
Bring the Beat:
  • You can request a Mobile Police Beat to be deployed in the Capricornia area as part of a new ‘Bring the Beat’ police engagement program.
Volunteer with Crime Stoppers Rockhampton
Crime Prevention Support and Early Intervention

There are several opportunities to access QPS crime prevention and community safety support in Rockhampton, including:

Connecting with your District Crime Prevention Co-ordinator (DCPC)

DCPC's can be contacted to help provide crime prevention and community safety support such as:

  • Booking a home security assessment;
  • Attending a 'Coffee with a Cop' chat;
  • Requesting a crime prevention and community safety workshop and
  • Requesting anti-theft screws for your vehicle registration plates.
Meeting a Volunteer in Policing (ViP)

ViP's are based with police working to address customer service, community safety and crime prevention needs in the community, such as:

  • Providing support to and assisting victims of crime;
  • Offering referrals to other agencies;
  • Liaising with community groups and participating in community-based activities;
  • Conducting home security assessments and property identification;
  • Managing key holders index for businesses;
  • Participating in crime prevention initiatives;
  • Assisting police with customer service and
  • Assisting with school-based crime prevention projects.
Connecting with your School Based Police Officer:

The overall purpose of the Policing in Schools capability is to support primary and secondary school aged youth within the school environment to reduce harm, offending behaviours and/or are at risk of educational disengagement. This is achieved through engagement activities, program delivery and referrals, including –

  • School Based Police Officers;
  • School Support Officers, and
  • Adopt-a-Cop opportunities.
Connecting with your Police Liaison Officer (PLO):

Police Liaison Officers (PLOs) are employed by the QPS to establish and maintain a positive rapport between culturally specific communities and the QPS. The role of PLOs is to promote trust and understanding by assisting the community and police to:

  • Reduce and prevent crime;
  • Divert people from the criminal justice system;
  • Advise and educate police officers on culture and cultural issues and
  • Improve community knowledge of law and order issues and policing services.
Access early intervention and family support:
  • Get involved or attend PCYC Rockhampton who specialise in youth programs and currently run Youth Support Services, Get Set for Work, Drop Ins, Learner Licence Workshops and Braking the Cycle. PCYC Queensland is a charity providing youth and community programs, services and facilities, including outside school hours care, gym and fitness for everyone. Working alongside the QPS to meet community needs across Queensland, together we are building safer, healthier communities through youth development.
  • Refer a young person to Project Booyah in Rockhampton
    Project Booyah is a Queensland Police, Youth Mentoring Program that utilises adventure based learning, leadership skills, decision making/problem solving exercises, resilience training, policing strategies and family inclusive principles to help young people aged 14-17 years make better life choices! Rockhampton Booyah covers from Yeppoon to Rockhampton to Gracemere to Mount Morgan and everywhere in between and will look to give an opportunity to any youth who wants to change and be the best they can be.
Stay Connected with QPS Crime News and Statistics

There are several ways to stay connected and access QPS crime news and statistics about Rockhampton, including:

Tips on Reporting Crime or Safety Concerns

The following information is intended to help you identify the official channels to report a crime or safety concern.

Call Triple Zero (000):

  • If a crime is happening now, call Triple Zero (000), or
  • If your life or property is in immediate danger, or
  • If the event is time-critical, for example a fire. 

Report something to Policelink:

  • Think first: If the crime is not happening now, is not life-threatening or there is no likelihood of the suspected offenders still being in the area – report online to Policelink.
  • If you cannot find a relevant form online, and it is a police matter, call Policelink on 131 444.

Policelink is a QPS channel available 24/7 and provides Queenslanders with an additional method to report a range of matters or seek policing advice.

You can read more about Policelink non-urgent reporting and enquiries.

Report something to Crime Stoppers Queensland:

Crime Stoppers Queensland is a registered charity and volunteer community organisation who work closely with police, media, and the community. Crime Stoppers Queensland exists to help solve, reduce, and prevent crime by collecting information and passing on those details to police and other law enforcement agencies to help keep communities and families safe.

Community Support Organisations

Police officers use every engagement with community members and victims of crime to identify support needs and offer referrals to external service providers. Referrals can be made for a broad range of social and lifestyle issues, including those that can increase the likelihood of either becoming a victim of crime or perpetrating crime.

For your convenience, we have compiled a list of other organisations that provide various types support.

Community Support Organisations

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Last updated: 10/04/2025