A DROP in the number of recorded crimes at Victoria Point over the past two years has put a lid on plans to build a police station in the area.
Newly instated police minister Bill Byrne said there were "adequate" resources for Victoria Point, where assaults and unlawful entries decreased but reported drug and good order offences rose between 2013 and 2015.
Mr Byrne attributed the increase in drug and order crimes to proactive policing.
"(QPS staffing) is continually reviewed based on a range of statistical information which forms part of the QPS annual planning and budgetary processes," he said in a letter tabled in Parliament in December.
"The government and QPS will continue to monitor the situation to ensure local police capabilities are in line with community needs."
Victoria Point comes under the jurisdiction of Cleveland police division.
Cleveland has officers from general divisions, scenes of crime, plain clothes, CIB, road units, tactical crime squad, forensic crash units and domestic violence units.
Redland City councillor Lance Hewlett, who has campaigned for a police station at Victoria Point for two years, said he was very disappointed with the decision.
"Victoria Point is a major centre and is being sold short on desperately-needed infrastructure and policing," he said.
"Security is just another example. Once these multitudes of high-density development start filling up low-level behavioural crime and social issues will definitely impact the local area."
In October, two men weilding axes threatened patrons at the Victoria Point Tavern, intensifying calls for a manned police station.
The men forced drinkers to lie on the floor while they fleeced the joint.
At the time, Cr Hewlett stepped up his pleas to the state government for a stand-alone police station at Victoria Point.
"A police station at Victoria Point can't come soon enough," he said. "It's getting out of control with this increased population and development.
"This frightening episode is no surprise given the number of serious crime incidents in the local area recently - and these are ones we hear about.
"There are also reports of youth continually harassing and intimidating commuters around the Bunker Road bus terminal.
"I don't get it Russell Island and Macleay Islands have police stations and at Victoria Point we don't even have a Police Beat," Cr Hewlett said at the time.
Residents from nearby Teak Lane, where there is a council-managed park, have also actively campaigned for better security and CCTV cameras around the tavern, which is within a shopping centre precinct.
Resident Maria Sealy said residents believed violence in the area around the park increased after the pub was allowed to trade until 3am.
She said residents' pleas for security cameras in a nearby park, known for its high crime rate, had fallen on deaf ears.
Instead, their request prompted Redland City Council and the state government to consider selling the park back to the shopping centre, owned by Lancini.
"We asked for CCTV cameras in the shopping centre precinct and around the tavern but were told there was no need and it was the responsibility of individual shop owners," Ms Sealy said.
"There are 20 homes behind Victoria Point Town Centre and the park is a haven for thugs and crime."
Teak Lane residents joined forces and in September 2014 wrote to Redlands MP Peter Dowling calling for a Police Beat in Victoria Point.
In 2015, council decided to hand back trusteeship of the Teak Lane land to the state government.
Redland City also ruled in November that no council-owned park land would be sold off.
Mayor Karen Williams said the decision about what would happen with the land depended on the state.
