4159 — Birkdale
Recorded offences for Capalaba police division, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. Roughly level with the 12 months before.
ABS 2021 postal area 4159 covers: Birkdale. Crime figures below are labelled with their actual postcode or wider-area level.
- Police division · last 12 months
- 4,832
- Nov 2025 – Oct 2026
- Prior 12 months
- 4,895
- −1.3%
- Per 1,000 area residents
- 69.3
- QPS area population implied by published counts/rates 69,782
The Capalaba police division recorded 4,832 offences during Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. This is official area-level context for 4159 — Birkdale, not a suburb or postcode offence total. The rate is 69.3 offences per 1,000 area residents, calculated from QPS's published monthly rates per 100,000. It does not use 4159 — Birkdale's population. Recorded offences are not a measure of individual risk; visitor numbers, reporting practices and policing activity affect comparisons.
Five-year monthly trend
−1.3%Touch or hover to read a month
avg 389/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.
- Other1,467 · 30.4%
- Theft1,205 · 24.9%
- Drug offences886 · 18.3%
- Assault399 · 8.3%
- Property damage356 · 7.4%
- Break-ins
Compared with nearby police divisions
| police divisions | Distance | Last 12 mo | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capalaba police divisionshown area4159 · Redland City Council | — | 4,832 | 69.3 |
| Cleveland police division · Police division | 7.8 km | 4,607 | 66.1 |
| Springwood police division · Police division | 9.0 km | 4,492 | 110.6 |
| Upper Mount Gravatt police division · Police division | 9.7 km | 9,432 | 97.8 |
LGA context: Redland City Council
12,054 offences across the entire LGA, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. 68.8 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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