4717 — Blackwater
Recorded offences for Blackwater police division, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. 16.3% fewer recorded offences than the 12 months before.
ABS 2021 postal area 4717 covers: Blackwater. Crime figures below are labelled with their actual postcode or wider-area level.
- Police division · last 12 months
- 882
- Nov 2025 – Oct 2026
- Prior 12 months
- 1,054
- −16.3%
- Per 1,000 area residents
- 159.8
- QPS area population implied by published counts/rates 5,531
The Blackwater police division recorded 882 offences during Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. This is official area-level context for 4717 — Blackwater, not a suburb or postcode offence total. The rate is 159.8 offences per 1,000 area residents, calculated from QPS's published monthly rates per 100,000. It does not use 4717 — Blackwater's population. Recorded offences are not a measure of individual risk; visitor numbers, reporting practices and policing activity affect comparisons.
Five-year monthly trend
−16.3%Touch or hover to read a month
avg 73/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.
- Other404 · 45.8%
- Theft131 · 14.9%
- Break-ins90 · 10.2%
- Assault89 · 10.1%
- Property damage69 · 7.8%
- Drug offences
Compared with nearby police divisions
| police divisions | Distance | Last 12 mo | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackwater police divisionshown area4717 · Central Highlands Regional Council | — | 882 | 159.8 |
| Woorabinda police division · Police division | 52 km | 767 | 702.9 |
| Duaringa police division · Police division | 58 km | 127 | 144.0 |
| Emerald police division · Police division | 88 km | 2,707 | 162.2 |
LGA context: Central Highlands Regional Council
4,289 offences across the entire LGA, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. 144.7 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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