Blayney crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales council area
Blayney is a council area in New South Wales with about 7,831 residents. It has a Crime Score 31 out of 100 (low), 288th 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 (39th percentile), sexual offences (47th percentile), break-ins (26th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 41.
In 2025-26: violent 881 per 100,000 (-31% vs five years earlier); property 1,762 per 100,000 (-23% vs five years earlier); break-ins 332 per 100,000 (-22% vs five years earlier); theft 472 per 100,000 (-23% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 97th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Blayney council area is 4.3% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.6% of occupied homes (49 public and 24 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 6 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 7.9 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 6.7% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, New Zealand, Germany. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.3% (confidence 74 of 100); social housing about 2.4% of homes; about 7.8 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 6.8% 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 | 881 | 69 | -31% |
| Property | 1,762 | 138 | -23% |
| Break-ins | 332 | 26 | -22% |
| Theft | 472 | 37 | -23% |
Questions
Is Blayney safe?
Blayney recorded 881 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 23% lower than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 31% lower than the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 30.8 out of 100 (low), 288th 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 Blayney?
26 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 332 per 100,000 residents, about 10% higher than the New South Wales rate (301).
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Suburbs in the Blayney council area
Barry · Blayney · Browns Creek · Burnt Yards · Carcoar · Errowanbang · Forest Reefs · Garland · Hobbys Yards · Kings Plains · Lyndhurst · Mandurama · Millthorpe · Moorilda · Newbridge · Panuara · Tallwood
Postcodes in the Blayney council area
2791 · 2792 · 2797 · 2798 · 2799 · 2800
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