Picnic Bay
Recorded offences for Magnetic Island police division, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. 22.4% fewer recorded offences than the 12 months before.
- Police division · last 12 months
- 211
- Nov 2025 – Oct 2026
- Prior 12 months
- 272
- −22.4%
- Per 1,000 area residents
- 78.4
- QPS area population implied by published counts/rates 2,699
The Magnetic Island police division recorded 211 offences during Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. This is official area-level context for Picnic Bay, not a suburb or postcode offence total. The rate is 78.4 offences per 1,000 area residents, calculated from QPS's published monthly rates per 100,000. It does not use Picnic Bay's population. Recorded offences are not a measure of individual risk; visitor numbers, reporting practices and policing activity affect comparisons.
Five-year monthly trend
−22.4%Touch or hover to read a month
avg 26/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.
- Other94 · 44.5%
- Assault30 · 14.2%
- Theft22 · 10.4%
- Property damage18 · 8.5%
- Drug offences17 · 8.1%
- Break-ins
Compared with nearby police divisions
| police divisions | Distance | Last 12 mo | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magnetic Island police divisionshown area4819 · Townsville City Council | — | 211 | 78.4 |
| Townsville police division · Police division | 14 km | 13,072 | 370.4 |
| Mundingburra police division · Police division | 18 km | 10,365 | 375.0 |
| Kirwan police division · Police division | 34 km | 11,213 | 179.9 |
LGA context: Townsville City Council
42,731 offences across the entire LGA, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. 205.3 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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