Melrose
Recorded offences for Wondai police division, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. Roughly level with the 12 months before.
- Police division · last 12 months
- 339
- Nov 2025 – Oct 2026
- Prior 12 months
- 344
- −1.5%
- Per 1,000 area residents
- 84.0
- QPS area population implied by published counts/rates 4,049
The Wondai police division recorded 339 offences during Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. This is official area-level context for Melrose, not a suburb or postcode offence total. The rate is 84.0 offences per 1,000 area residents, calculated from QPS's published monthly rates per 100,000. It does not use Melrose's population. Recorded offences are not a measure of individual risk; visitor numbers, reporting practices and policing activity affect comparisons.
Five-year monthly trend
−1.5%Touch or hover to read a month
avg 27/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.
- Other142 · 41.9%
- Drug offences45 · 13.3%
- Property damage35 · 10.3%
- Break-ins30 · 8.8%
- Assault30 · 8.8%
- Theft
Compared with nearby police divisions
| police divisions | Distance | Last 12 mo | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wondai police divisionshown area4613 · South Burnett Regional Council | — | 339 | 84.0 |
| Kingaroy police division · Police division | 24 km | 2,121 | 148.6 |
| Proston police division · Police division | 28 km | 99 | 84.4 |
| Kumbia police division · Police division | 33 km | 28 | 31.8 |
| Cherbourg 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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