Mermaid Beach
Recorded offences for Broadbeach police division, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. Roughly level with the 12 months before.
- Police division · last 12 months
- 9,385
- Nov 2025 – Oct 2026
- Prior 12 months
- 9,329
- +0.6%
- Per 1,000 area residents
- 117.1
- QPS area population implied by published counts/rates 80,376
The Broadbeach police division recorded 9,385 offences during Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. This is official area-level context for Mermaid Beach, not a suburb or postcode offence total. The rate is 117.1 offences per 1,000 area residents, calculated from QPS's published monthly rates per 100,000. It does not use Mermaid Beach's population. Recorded offences are not a measure of individual risk; visitor numbers, reporting practices and policing activity affect comparisons.
Five-year monthly trend
+0.6%Touch or hover to read a month
avg 751/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.
- Theft3,008 · 32.1%
- Drug offences2,184 · 23.3%
- Other2,181 · 23.2%
- Break-ins504 · 5.4%
- Assault488 · 5.2%
- Property damage
Compared with nearby police divisions
| police divisions | Distance | Last 12 mo | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadbeach police divisionshown area4218 · Gold Coast City Council | — | 9,385 | 117.1 |
| Robina police division · Police division | 5.7 km | 3,985 | 88.2 |
| Surfers Paradise police division · Police division | 6.1 km | 9,372 | 250.5 |
| Southport police division · Police division | 9.0 km | 15,016 | 143.1 |
LGA context: Gold Coast City Council
71,609 offences across the entire LGA, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. 102.1 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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