4861 — Babinda, Bartle Frere, East Russell
Recorded offences for Babinda police division, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. 7.8% fewer recorded offences than the 12 months before.
ABS 2021 postal area 4861 covers: Babinda, Bartle Frere, East Russell. Crime figures below are labelled with their actual postcode or wider-area level.
- Police division · last 12 months
- 272
- Nov 2025 – Oct 2026
- Prior 12 months
- 295
- −7.8%
- Per 1,000 area residents
- 88.7
- QPS area population implied by published counts/rates 3,073
The Babinda police division recorded 272 offences during Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. This is official area-level context for 4861 — Babinda, Bartle Frere, East Russell, not a suburb or postcode offence total. The rate is 88.7 offences per 1,000 area residents, calculated from QPS's published monthly rates per 100,000. It does not use 4861 — Babinda, Bartle Frere, East Russell's population. Recorded offences are not a measure of individual risk; visitor numbers, reporting practices and policing activity affect comparisons.
Five-year monthly trend
−7.8%Touch or hover to read a month
avg 22/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.
- Other120 · 44.1%
- Theft40 · 14.7%
- Drug offences40 · 14.7%
- Break-ins26 · 9.6%
- Assault20 · 7.4%
- Property damage
Compared with nearby police divisions
| police divisions | Distance | Last 12 mo | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babinda police divisionshown area4861 · Cairns Regional Council | — | 272 | 88.7 |
| Innisfail police division · Police division | 20 km | 2,636 | 240.3 |
| Gordonvale police division · Police division | 27 km | 1,215 | 110.7 |
| Malanda police division · Police division | 30 km | 337 | 79.3 |
| Yungaburra police division |
LGA context: Cairns Regional Council
35,516 offences across the entire LGA, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. 196.4 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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