Benarkin
Recorded offences for Blackbutt police division, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. 42.5% more recorded offences than the 12 months before.
- Police division · last 12 months
- 248
- Nov 2025 – Oct 2026
- Prior 12 months
- 174
- +42.5%
- Per 1,000 area residents
- 98.3
- QPS area population implied by published counts/rates 2,531
The Blackbutt police division recorded 248 offences during Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. This is official area-level context for Benarkin, not a suburb or postcode offence total. The rate is 98.3 offences per 1,000 area residents, calculated from QPS's published monthly rates per 100,000. It does not use Benarkin's population. Recorded offences are not a measure of individual risk; visitor numbers, reporting practices and policing activity affect comparisons.
Five-year monthly trend
+42.5%Touch or hover to read a month
avg 23/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.
- Other68 · 27.4%
- Drug offences54 · 21.8%
- Theft49 · 19.8%
- Property damage31 · 12.5%
- Assault19 · 7.7%
- Break-ins
Compared with nearby police divisions
| police divisions | Distance | Last 12 mo | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackbutt police divisionshown area4314 · South Burnett Regional Council | — | 248 | 98.3 |
| Yarraman police division · Police division | 14 km | 108 | 74.3 |
| Moore police division · Police division | 16 km | 113 | 165.6 |
| Nanango police division · Police division | 26 km | 749 | 83.1 |
| Cooyar police division |
LGA context: South Burnett Regional Council
4,616 offences across the entire LGA, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. 130.1 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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