Cootamundra-Gundagai crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales council area
Cootamundra-Gundagai is a council area in New South Wales with about 11,429 residents. It has a Crime Score 40 out of 100 (moderate), 244th 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 (41st percentile), sexual offences (55th percentile), robbery (42nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 47.
In 2025-26: violent 1,006 per 100,000 (0% vs five years earlier); property 2,441 per 100,000 (-1% vs five years earlier); break-ins 429 per 100,000 (+19% vs five years earlier); theft 892 per 100,000 (+10% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 86th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Cootamundra-Gundagai council area is 4.1% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.9% of occupied homes (176 public and 0 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 19 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 16.6 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 7.5% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, New Zealand, China. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4% (confidence 75 of 100); social housing about 3.5% of homes; about 16.4 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 7.6% 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 | 1,006 | 115 | -0% |
| Property | 2,441 | 279 | -1% |
| Break-ins | 429 | 49 | +19% |
| Theft | 892 | 102 | +10% |
Questions
Is Cootamundra-Gundagai safe?
Cootamundra-Gundagai recorded 1,010 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 13% lower than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 21% lower than the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 40.1 out of 100 (moderate), 244th 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 Cootamundra-Gundagai?
49 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 429 per 100,000 residents, about 42% higher than the New South Wales rate (301).
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Suburbs in the Cootamundra-Gundagai council area
Adjungbilly · Burra Creek · Coolac · Cootamundra · Darbalara · Gobarralong · Gundagai · Jones Creek · Mount Adrah · Mundarlo · Muttama · Nangus · Reno · South Gundagai · Stockinbingal · Tumblong · Wallendbeen
Postcodes in the Cootamundra-Gundagai council area
2588 · 2590 · 2722 · 2725 · 2727 · 2729
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