Bourke crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales council area
Bourke is a council area in New South Wales with about 2,310 residents. It has a Crime Score 97 out of 100 (very high), 1st 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 (95th percentile), break-ins (100th percentile), sexual offences (99th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 98.
In 2025-26: violent 10,519 per 100,000 (0% vs five years earlier); property 18,355 per 100,000 (-26% vs five years earlier); break-ins 6,494 per 100,000 (+31% vs five years earlier); theft 5,281 per 100,000 (-22% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 1st of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Bourke council area is 2.7% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 10.9% of occupied homes (48 public and 36 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 4 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 17 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 5.7% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in India, Nepal, England. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 2.6% (confidence 68 of 100); social housing about 9.8% of homes; about 16.7 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 5.7% 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 | 10,519 | 243 | -0% |
| Property | 18,355 | 424 | -26% |
| Break-ins | 6,494 | 150 | +31% |
| Theft | 5,281 | 122 | -22% |
Questions
Is Bourke safe?
Bourke recorded 10,500 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, 9.1 times the New South Wales rate (1,150) and 8.2 times the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 97.2 out of 100 (very high), 1st 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 Bourke?
150 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 6,490 per 100,000 residents, 21.6 times the New South Wales rate (301).
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Suburbs in the Bourke council area
Barringun · Bourke · Enngonia · Fords Bridge · Gumbalie · Gunderbooka · Hungerford · Louth · North Bourke · Yantabulla
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