4220 — Burleigh Heads, Burleigh Waters, Miami
Recorded offences for Palm Beach police division, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. 5.4% more recorded offences than the 12 months before.
ABS 2021 postal area 4220 covers: Burleigh Heads, Burleigh Waters, Miami. Crime figures below are labelled with their actual postcode or wider-area level.
- Police division · last 12 months
- 4,337
- Nov 2025 – Oct 2026
- Prior 12 months
- 4,114
- +5.4%
- Per 1,000 area residents
- 72.4
- QPS area population implied by published counts/rates 60,156
The Palm Beach police division recorded 4,337 offences during Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. This is official area-level context for 4220 — Burleigh Heads, Burleigh Waters, Miami, not a suburb or postcode offence total. The rate is 72.4 offences per 1,000 area residents, calculated from QPS's published monthly rates per 100,000. It does not use 4220 — Burleigh Heads, Burleigh Waters, Miami'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 330/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.
- Theft1,240 · 28.6%
- Other1,193 · 27.5%
- Drug offences724 · 16.7%
- Assault335 · 7.7%
- Break-ins293 · 6.8%
- Property damage
Compared with nearby police divisions
| police divisions | Distance | Last 12 mo | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palm Beach police divisionshown area4220 · Gold Coast City Council | — | 4,337 | 72.4 |
| Coolangatta police division · Police division | 4.3 km | 3,361 | 118.2 |
| Robina police division · Police division | 8.5 km | 3,985 | 88.2 |
| Mudgeeraba police division · Police division | 9.2 km | 2,845 | 58.6 |
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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