Whitsundays
Recorded offences for Whitsunday police division, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. 18.0% more recorded offences than the 12 months before.
- Police division · last 12 months
- 3,062
- Nov 2025 – Oct 2026
- Prior 12 months
- 2,596
- +18.0%
- Per 1,000 area residents
- 171.3
- QPS area population implied by published counts/rates 17,956
The Whitsunday police division recorded 3,062 offences during Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. This is official area-level context for Whitsundays, not a suburb or postcode offence total. The rate is 171.3 offences per 1,000 area residents, calculated from QPS's published monthly rates per 100,000. It does not use Whitsundays's population. Recorded offences are not a measure of individual risk; visitor numbers, reporting practices and policing activity affect comparisons.
Five-year monthly trend
+18.0%Touch or hover to read a month
avg 210/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.
- Other1,251 · 40.9%
- Drug offences867 · 28.3%
- Theft345 · 11.3%
- Assault274 · 8.9%
- Property damage134 · 4.4%
- Break-ins
Compared with nearby police divisions
| police divisions | Distance | Last 12 mo | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitsunday police divisionshown area4802 · Whitsunday Regional Council | — | 3,062 | 171.3 |
| Seaforth police division · Police division | 80 km | 108 | 50.2 |
| Mackay Northern Beaches police division · Police division | 98 km | 3,618 | 89.7 |
| Farleigh police division · Police division | 103 km | 234 | 59.5 |
LGA context: Whitsunday Regional Council
6,176 offences across the entire LGA, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. 147.2 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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