4171 — Balmoral, Bulimba, Hawthorne
Recorded offences for Morningside police division, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. 6.3% more recorded offences than the 12 months before.
ABS 2021 postal area 4171 covers: Balmoral, Bulimba, Hawthorne. Crime figures below are labelled with their actual postcode or wider-area level.
- Police division · last 12 months
- 4,408
- Nov 2025 – Oct 2026
- Prior 12 months
- 4,146
- +6.3%
- Per 1,000 area residents
- 78.4
- QPS area population implied by published counts/rates 56,319
The Morningside police division recorded 4,408 offences during Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. This is official area-level context for 4171 — Balmoral, Bulimba, Hawthorne, not a suburb or postcode offence total. The rate is 78.4 offences per 1,000 area residents, calculated from QPS's published monthly rates per 100,000. It does not use 4171 — Balmoral, Bulimba, Hawthorne's population. Recorded offences are not a measure of individual risk; visitor numbers, reporting practices and policing activity affect comparisons.
Five-year monthly trend
+6.3%Touch or hover to read a month
avg 343/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.
- Theft1,458 · 33.1%
- Other1,013 · 23.0%
- Drug offences537 · 12.2%
- Break-ins384 · 8.7%
- Assault331 · 7.5%
- Property damage
Compared with nearby police divisions
| police divisions | Distance | Last 12 mo | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morningside police divisionshown area4171 · Brisbane City Council | — | 4,408 | 78.4 |
| Fortitude Valley police division · Police division | 4.4 km | 13,966 | 274.5 |
| Carina police division · Police division | 4.6 km | 2,878 | 56.3 |
| Coorparoo police division · Police division | 4.8 km | 2,640 | 84.6 |
LGA context: Brisbane City Council
143,956 offences across the entire LGA, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. 103.3 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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