Forbes crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales council area

Forbes is a council area in New South Wales with about 9,301 residents. It has a Crime Score 77 out of 100 (high), 39th 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 (72nd percentile), break-ins (77th percentile), homicide (74th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 76.

In 2024-25: violent 1,666 per 100,000 (-25% vs five years earlier); property 5,526 per 100,000 (-18% vs five years earlier); break-ins 839 per 100,000 (-23% vs five years earlier); theft 2,290 per 100,000 (-23% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 40th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Forbes council area is 3.7% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 4.3% of occupied homes (134 public and 19 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 31 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 33.1 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 4.8% 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 3.7% (confidence 74 of 100); social housing about 3.9% of homes; about 32.6 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 4.8% born overseas. Confidence falls with distance from the last published figure, and the map's Estimates toggle shows every year back to 1994-95.

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