4879 — Clifton Beach, Ellis Beach, Kewarra Beach, Palm Cove + 2 more
Recorded offences for Smithfield police division, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. 7.3% more recorded offences than the 12 months before.
ABS 2021 postal area 4879 covers: Clifton Beach, Ellis Beach, Kewarra Beach, Palm Cove, Trinity Beach, Trinity Park. Crime figures below are labelled with their actual postcode or wider-area level.
- Police division · last 12 months
- 3,405
- Nov 2025 – Oct 2026
- Prior 12 months
- 3,172
- +7.3%
- Per 1,000 area residents
- 80.1
- QPS area population implied by published counts/rates 42,612
The Smithfield police division recorded 3,405 offences during Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. This is official area-level context for 4879 — Clifton Beach, Ellis Beach, Kewarra Beach, Palm Cove + 2 more, not a suburb or postcode offence total. The rate is 80.1 offences per 1,000 area residents, calculated from QPS's published monthly rates per 100,000. It does not use 4879 — Clifton Beach, Ellis Beach, Kewarra Beach, Palm Cove + 2 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
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avg 244/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.
- Other1,035 · 30.4%
- Theft595 · 17.5%
- Break-ins523 · 15.4%
- Assault364 · 10.7%
- Drug offences275 · 8.1%
- Property damage
Compared with nearby police divisions
| police divisions | Distance | Last 12 mo | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smithfield police divisionshown area4879 · Cairns Regional Council | — | 3,405 | 80.1 |
| Cairns police division · Police division | 22 km | 25,463 | 293.0 |
| Kuranda police division · Police division | 24 km | 833 | 167.1 |
| Yarrabah police division · Police division | 29 km | 1,388 | 499.1 |
| Edmonton police division |
LGA context: Cairns Regional Council
35,516 offences across the entire LGA, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. 196.4 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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