4816 — Alligator Creek (Townsville - Qld), Balgal Beach, Barringha, Brookhill + 29 more
Recorded offences for Hughenden police division, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. 21.2% more recorded offences than the 12 months before.
ABS 2021 postal area 4816 covers: Alligator Creek (Townsville - Qld), Balgal Beach, Barringha, Brookhill, Calcium, Carruchan, Clemant, Conjuboy, Coral Sea, Crystal Creek, Cungulla, Ellerbeck, Greenvale, Julago, Kennedy, Majors Creek, Malpas-Trenton, Mingela, Mount Elliot, Mutarnee, Nome, Palm Island, Paluma, Pentland, Ravenswood, Reid River, Rollingstone, Ross River, Savannah, Toomulla, Toonpan, Torrens Creek, Woodstock. Crime figures below are labelled with their actual postcode or wider-area level.
- Police division · last 12 months
- 246
- Nov 2025 – Oct 2026
- Prior 12 months
- 203
- +21.2%
- Per 1,000 area residents
- 160.1
- QPS area population implied by published counts/rates 1,537
The Hughenden police division recorded 246 offences during Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. This is official area-level context for 4816 — Alligator Creek (Townsville - Qld), Balgal Beach, Barringha, Brookhill + 29 more, not a suburb or postcode offence total. The rate is 160.1 offences per 1,000 area residents, calculated from QPS's published monthly rates per 100,000. It does not use 4816 — Alligator Creek (Townsville - Qld), Balgal Beach, Barringha, Brookhill + 29 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
+21.2%Touch or hover to read a month
avg 19/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.
- Other136 · 55.3%
- Drug offences37 · 15.0%
- Assault33 · 13.4%
- Theft15 · 6.1%
- Property damage12 · 4.9%
- Break-ins
Compared with nearby police divisions
| police divisions | Distance | Last 12 mo | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hughenden police divisionshown area4816 · Charters Towers Regional Council | — | 246 | 160.1 |
| Pentland police division · Police division | 115 km | 28 | 68.7 |
| Muttaburra police division · Police division | 153 km | 7 | 50.0 |
| Richmond police division · Police division | 155 km | 94 | 116.9 |
LGA context: Charters Towers Regional Council
2,083 offences across the entire LGA, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. 171.6 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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