Southport
Recorded offences for Southport police division, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. Roughly level with the 12 months before.
- Police division · last 12 months
- 15,016
- Nov 2025 – Oct 2026
- Prior 12 months
- 14,754
- +1.8%
- Per 1,000 area residents
- 143.1
- QPS area population implied by published counts/rates 105,127
The Southport police division recorded 15,016 offences during Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. This is official area-level context for Southport, not a suburb or postcode offence total. The rate is 143.1 offences per 1,000 area residents, calculated from QPS's published monthly rates per 100,000. It does not use Southport'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 1,180/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.
- Theft4,518 · 30.1%
- Other3,880 · 25.8%
- Drug offences3,093 · 20.6%
- Assault1,090 · 7.3%
- Property damage836 · 5.6%
- Break-ins
Compared with nearby police divisions
| police divisions | Distance | Last 12 mo | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southport police divisionshown area4215 · Gold Coast City Council | — | 15,016 | 143.1 |
| Surfers Paradise police division · Police division | 4.9 km | 9,372 | 250.5 |
| Broadbeach police division · Police division | 9.0 km | 9,385 | 117.1 |
| Runaway Bay police division · Police division | 11 km | 3,507 | 81.7 |
LGA context: Gold Coast City Council
71,609 offences across the entire LGA, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. 102.1 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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