Bathurst crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales council area
Bathurst is a council area in New South Wales with about 45,359 residents. It has a Crime Score 54 out of 100 (moderate), 148th of 362 councils nationally.
The score blends national percentile ranks for each published offence category with fixed severity weights; here it is driven most by assault (68th percentile), sexual offences (75th percentile), robbery (76th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 63.
In 2025-26: violent 1,579 per 100,000 (-15% vs five years earlier); property 2,844 per 100,000 (-27% vs five years earlier); break-ins 298 per 100,000 (-38% vs five years earlier); theft 1,109 per 100,000 (-20% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 47th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Bathurst council area is 4.1% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.9% of occupied homes (500 public and 116 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 158 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 35.7 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 10.6% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, New Zealand, India. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4% (confidence 82 of 100); social housing about 3.5% of homes; about 35.2 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 10.7% born overseas. Confidence falls with distance from the last published figure, and the map's Estimates toggle shows every year back to 1994-95.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,579 | 716 | -15% |
| Property | 2,844 | 1,290 | -27% |
| Break-ins | 298 | 135 | -38% |
| Theft | 1,109 | 503 | -20% |
Questions
Is Bathurst safe?
Bathurst recorded 1,580 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 37% higher than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 23% higher than the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 54.1 out of 100 (moderate), 148th of 362 councils. These are offences recorded by police per resident: they describe the area as a whole, not the risk on any particular street, and places with a busy centre record more because offences are counted where they happen.
How many break-ins are there in Bathurst?
135 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 298 per 100,000 residents, close to the New South Wales rate (301).
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Suburbs in the Bathurst council area
Abercrombie · Abercrombie River · Arkell · Bathampton · Bathurst · Billywillinga · Brewongle · Bruinbun · Caloola · Clear Creek · Colo · Copperhannia · Cow Flat · Curragh · Dunkeld · Duramana · Eglinton · Evans Plains · Fitzgeralds Mount · Fitzgeralds Valley · Forest Grove · Fosters Valley · Freemantle · Gemalla · Georges Plains · Glanmire · Gormans Hill · Gowan · Hill End · Kelso · Killongbutta · Kirkconnell · Laffing Waters · Limekilns · Llanarth · Locksley · Meadow Flat · Milkers Flat · Millah Murrah · Mitchell · Mount Panorama · Mount Rankin · Napoleon Reef · Orton Park · Paling Yards · Peel · Perthville · Raglan · Robin Hill · Rock Forest · Rockley · Rockley Mount · Sallys Flat · South Bathurst · Stewarts Mount · Sunny Corner · Tannas Mount · Triangle Flat · Trunkey Creek · Turondale · Vittoria · Walang · Wambool · Wattle Flat · Watton · West Bathurst · White Rock · Wiagdon · Wimbledon · Winburndale · Windradyne · Yarras · Yetholme
Postcodes in the Bathurst council area
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