Burketown
Recorded offences for Burketown police division, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. 39.7% more recorded offences than the 12 months before.
- Police division · last 12 months
- 81
- Nov 2025 – Oct 2026
- Prior 12 months
- 58
- +39.7%
- Per 1,000 area residents
- 240.1
- QPS area population implied by published counts/rates 337
The Burketown police division recorded 81 offences during Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. This is official area-level context for Burketown, not a suburb or postcode offence total. The rate is 240.1 offences per 1,000 area residents, calculated from QPS's published monthly rates per 100,000. It does not use Burketown'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.
- Other45 · 55.6%
- Assault16 · 19.8%
- Theft9 · 11.1%
- Property damage5 · 6.2%
- Drug offences3 · 3.7%
- Vehicle theft
Compared with nearby police divisions
| police divisions | Distance | Last 12 mo | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burketown police divisionshown area4830 · Burke Shire Council | — | 81 | 240.1 |
| Doomadgee police division · Police division | 132 km | 1,492 | 928.3 |
| Normanton police division · Police division | 171 km | 1,163 | 711.3 |
| Camooweal police division · Police division | 181 km | 153 | 579.1 |
LGA context: Burke Shire Council
88 offences across the entire LGA, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. 194.3 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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