Gulf Of Carpentaria
Recorded offences for Weipa police division, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. Roughly level with the 12 months before.
- Police division · last 12 months
- 1,057
- Nov 2025 – Oct 2026
- Prior 12 months
- 1,038
- +1.8%
- Per 1,000 area residents
- 180.7
- QPS area population implied by published counts/rates 5,858
The Weipa police division recorded 1,057 offences during Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. This is official area-level context for Gulf Of Carpentaria, not a suburb or postcode offence total. The rate is 180.7 offences per 1,000 area residents, calculated from QPS's published monthly rates per 100,000. It does not use Gulf Of Carpentaria's population. Recorded offences are not a measure of individual risk; visitor numbers, reporting practices and policing activity affect comparisons.
Five-year monthly trend
+1.8%Touch or hover to read a month
avg 78/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.
- Other603 · 57.0%
- Assault226 · 21.4%
- Property damage73 · 6.9%
- Theft64 · 6.1%
- Drug offences40 · 3.8%
- Break-ins
Compared with nearby police divisions
| police divisions | Distance | Last 12 mo | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weipa police divisionshown area4874 · Cook Shire Council | — | 1,057 | 180.7 |
| Lockhart River police division · Police division | 115 km | 538 | 715.2 |
| Bamaga police division · Police division | 123 km | 773 | 259.4 |
| Aurukun police division · Police division | 162 km | 2,256 | 1,794.0 |
LGA context: Cook Shire Council
1,222 offences across the entire LGA, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. 248.5 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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