4891 — Karumba
Recorded offences for Karumba police division, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. 52.5% fewer recorded offences than the 12 months before.
ABS 2021 postal area 4891 covers: Karumba. Crime figures below are labelled with their actual postcode or wider-area level.
- Police division · last 12 months
- 38
- Nov 2025 – Oct 2026
- Prior 12 months
- 80
- −52.5%
- Per 1,000 area residents
- 62.0
- QPS area population implied by published counts/rates 615
The Karumba police division recorded 38 offences during Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. This is official area-level context for 4891 — Karumba, not a suburb or postcode offence total. The rate is 62.0 offences per 1,000 area residents, calculated from QPS's published monthly rates per 100,000. It does not use 4891 — Karumba'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 6/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.
- Other19 · 50.0%
- Theft4 · 10.5%
- Assault4 · 10.5%
- Drug offences4 · 10.5%
- Break-ins2 · 5.3%
- Property damage
Compared with nearby police divisions
| police divisions | Distance | Last 12 mo | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karumba police divisionshown area4891 · Carpentaria Shire Council | — | 38 | 62.0 |
| Normanton police division · Police division | 111 km | 1,163 | 711.3 |
| Mornington Island police division · Police division | 178 km | 1,536 | 1,383.2 |
| Croydon police division · Police division | 190 km | 59 | 205.9 |
LGA context: Carpentaria Shire Council
1,201 offences across the entire LGA, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. 529.1 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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