Lithgow crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales council area
Lithgow is a council area in New South Wales with about 20,693 residents. It has a Crime Score 59 out of 100 (moderate), 130th 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 (76th percentile), sexual offences (77th percentile), robbery (78th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 56.
In 2025-26: violent 1,817 per 100,000 (+3% vs five years earlier); property 3,484 per 100,000 (-12% vs five years earlier); break-ins 358 per 100,000 (-9% vs five years earlier); theft 1,266 per 100,000 (-25% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 34th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Lithgow council area is 5.5% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 5.3% of occupied homes (392 public and 45 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 29 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 13.9 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 10.9% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, New Zealand, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 5.4% (confidence 78 of 100); social housing about 4.8% of homes; about 13.7 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 11.1% 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 | 1,817 | 376 | +3% |
| Property | 3,484 | 721 | -12% |
| Break-ins | 358 | 74 | -9% |
| Theft | 1,266 | 262 | -25% |
Questions
Is Lithgow safe?
Lithgow recorded 1,820 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 58% higher than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 42% higher than the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 58.9 out of 100 (moderate), 130th 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 Lithgow?
74 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 358 per 100,000 residents, about 19% higher than the New South Wales rate (301).
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Suburbs in the Lithgow council area
Bell · Ben Bullen · Blackmans Flat · Bogee · Bowenfels · Capertee · Cobar Park · Corney Town · Cullen Bullen · Dargan · Dark Corner · Doctors Gap · Dunville Loop · Ganbenang · Glen Alice · Glen Davis · Good Forest · Hampton · Hartley · Hartley Vale · Hassans Walls · Hermitage Flat · Kanimbla · Lidsdale · Lithgow · Little Hartley · Littleton · Lowther · Marrangaroo · McKellars Park · Morts Estate · Mount Lambie · Mount Marsden · Newnes · Newnes Plateau · Oakey Park · Palmers Oaky · Portland · Pottery Estate · Round Swamp · Rydal · Sheedys Gully · Sodwalls · South Bowenfels · South Littleton · State Mine Gully · Upper Nile · Vale Of Clwydd · Wallerawang · Wirraba · Wolgan Valley · Wollangambe
Postcodes in the Lithgow council area
2786 · 2790 · 2845 · 2846 · 2847 · 2849
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