Coonamble crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales council area
Coonamble is a council area in New South Wales with about 3,889 residents. It has a Crime Score 73 out of 100 (high), 51st 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 (90th percentile), sexual offences (92nd percentile), break-ins (92nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 85.
In 2025-26: violent 4,346 per 100,000 (-7% vs five years earlier); property 7,380 per 100,000 (-21% vs five years earlier); break-ins 1,157 per 100,000 (-51% vs five years earlier); theft 2,057 per 100,000 (-25% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 6th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Coonamble council area is 6.7% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 9.7% of occupied homes (91 public and 35 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 4 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 10.4 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 4% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in India, England, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 6.6% (confidence 69 of 100); social housing about 8.7% of homes; about 10.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 4.1% 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 | 4,346 | 169 | -7% |
| Property | 7,380 | 287 | -21% |
| Break-ins | 1,157 | 45 | -51% |
| Theft | 2,057 | 80 | -25% |
Questions
Is Coonamble safe?
Coonamble recorded 4,350 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, 3.8 times the New South Wales rate (1,150) and 3.4 times the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 72.5 out of 100 (high), 51st 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 Coonamble?
45 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 1,160 per 100,000 residents, 3.8 times the New South Wales rate (301).
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Suburbs in the Coonamble council area
Billeroy · Black Hollow · Bourbah · Combara · Conimbia · Coonamble · Gilgooma · Gulargambone · Gungalman · Macquarie Marshes · Magometon · Mount Tenandra · Nebea · Pine Grove · Quanda · Teridgerie · Tooloon · Urawilkie · Wingadee
Postcodes in the Coonamble council area
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