4659 — Beelbi Creek, Burgowan, Burrum Heads, Burrum River + 3 more
Recorded offences for Howard police division, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. 25.6% more recorded offences than the 12 months before.
ABS 2021 postal area 4659 covers: Beelbi Creek, Burgowan, Burrum Heads, Burrum River, Burrum Town, Howard, Pacific Haven. Crime figures below are labelled with their actual postcode or wider-area level.
- Police division · last 12 months
- 789
- Nov 2025 – Oct 2026
- Prior 12 months
- 628
- +25.6%
- Per 1,000 area residents
- 76.9
- QPS area population implied by published counts/rates 10,315
The Howard police division recorded 789 offences during Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. This is official area-level context for 4659 — Beelbi Creek, Burgowan, Burrum Heads, Burrum River + 3 more, not a suburb or postcode offence total. The rate is 76.9 offences per 1,000 area residents, calculated from QPS's published monthly rates per 100,000. It does not use 4659 — Beelbi Creek, Burgowan, Burrum Heads, Burrum River + 3 more's population. Recorded offences are not a measure of individual risk; visitor numbers, reporting practices and policing activity affect comparisons.
Five-year monthly trend
+25.6%Touch or hover to read a month
avg 54/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.
- Other411 · 52.1%
- Theft136 · 17.2%
- Assault51 · 6.5%
- Drug offences51 · 6.5%
- Break-ins50 · 6.3%
- Property damage
Compared with nearby police divisions
| police divisions | Distance | Last 12 mo | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howard police divisionshown area4659 · Fraser Coast Regional Council | — | 789 | 76.9 |
| Hervey Bay police division · Police division | 25 km | 7,074 | 96.2 |
| Maryborough police division · Police division | 34 km | 5,263 | 149.5 |
| Childers police division · Police division | 36 km | 778 | 81.2 |
LGA context: Fraser Coast Regional Council
13,468 offences across the entire LGA, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. 107.7 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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