Sunshine Beach
Recorded offences for Noosa Heads police division, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. 12.2% more recorded offences than the 12 months before.
- Police division · last 12 months
- 2,684
- Nov 2025 – Oct 2026
- Prior 12 months
- 2,393
- +12.2%
- Per 1,000 area residents
- 68.5
- QPS area population implied by published counts/rates 39,254
The Noosa Heads police division recorded 2,684 offences during Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. This is official area-level context for Sunshine Beach, not a suburb or postcode offence total. The rate is 68.5 offences per 1,000 area residents, calculated from QPS's published monthly rates per 100,000. It does not use Sunshine Beach's population. Recorded offences are not a measure of individual risk; visitor numbers, reporting practices and policing activity affect comparisons.
Five-year monthly trend
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avg 231/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.
- Other957 · 35.7%
- Theft668 · 24.9%
- Drug offences323 · 12.0%
- Assault197 · 7.3%
- Property damage187 · 7.0%
- Fraud
Compared with nearby police divisions
| police divisions | Distance | Last 12 mo | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noosa Heads police divisionshown area4567 · Noosa Shire Council | — | 2,684 | 68.5 |
| Pomona police division · Police division | 15 km | 466 | 62.3 |
| Cooroy police division · Police division | 20 km | 573 | 57.9 |
| Eumundi police division · Police division | 23 km | 463 | 37.0 |
| Coolum police division |
LGA context: Noosa Shire Council
3,769 offences across the entire LGA, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. 62.8 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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