Ballard
Recorded offences for Helidon police division, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. Roughly level with the 12 months before.
- Police division · last 12 months
- 616
- Nov 2025 – Oct 2026
- Prior 12 months
- 605
- +1.8%
- Per 1,000 area residents
- 70.2
- QPS area population implied by published counts/rates 8,800
The Helidon police division recorded 616 offences during Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. This is official area-level context for Ballard, not a suburb or postcode offence total. The rate is 70.2 offences per 1,000 area residents, calculated from QPS's published monthly rates per 100,000. It does not use Ballard's population. Recorded offences are not a measure of individual risk; visitor numbers, reporting practices and policing activity affect comparisons.
Five-year monthly trend
+1.8%Touch or hover to read a month
avg 51/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.
- Other262 · 42.5%
- Theft110 · 17.9%
- Drug offences92 · 14.9%
- Assault50 · 8.1%
- Property damage44 · 7.1%
- Break-ins
Compared with nearby police divisions
| police divisions | Distance | Last 12 mo | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helidon police divisionshown area4352 · Lockyer Valley Regional Council | — | 616 | 70.2 |
| Toowoomba police division · Police division | 16 km | 17,589 | 164.9 |
| Highfields police division · Police division | 19 km | 555 | 30.5 |
| Gatton police division · Police division | 21 km | 2,988 | 210.2 |
LGA context: Lockyer Valley Regional Council
6,092 offences across the entire LGA, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. 129.7 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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