Shelly Beach (Townsville - Qld)
Recorded offences for Townsville police division, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. 5.2% more recorded offences than the 12 months before.
- Police division · last 12 months
- 13,072
- Nov 2025 – Oct 2026
- Prior 12 months
- 12,421
- +5.2%
- Per 1,000 area residents
- 370.4
- QPS area population implied by published counts/rates 35,323
The Townsville police division recorded 13,072 offences during Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. This is official area-level context for Shelly Beach (Townsville - Qld), not a suburb or postcode offence total. The rate is 370.4 offences per 1,000 area residents, calculated from QPS's published monthly rates per 100,000. It does not use Shelly Beach (Townsville - Qld)'s population. Recorded offences are not a measure of individual risk; visitor numbers, reporting practices and policing activity affect comparisons.
Five-year monthly trend
+5.2%Touch or hover to read a month
avg 996/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.
- Other4,945 · 37.8%
- Drug offences2,388 · 18.3%
- Theft1,912 · 14.6%
- Assault1,456 · 11.1%
- Break-ins894 · 6.8%
- Property damage
Compared with nearby police divisions
| police divisions | Distance | Last 12 mo | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Townsville police divisionshown area4810 · Townsville City Council | — | 13,072 | 370.4 |
| Mundingburra police division · Police division | 6.7 km | 10,365 | 375.0 |
| Magnetic Island police division · Police division | 14 km | 211 | 78.4 |
| Kirwan police division · Police division | 20 km | 11,213 | 179.9 |
LGA context: Townsville City Council
42,731 offences across the entire LGA, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. 205.3 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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