Liverpool Plains crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales council area
Liverpool Plains is a council area in New South Wales with about 7,671 residents. It has a Crime Score 44 out of 100 (moderate), 217th 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 (65th percentile), sexual offences (67th percentile), robbery (39th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 56.
In 2025-26: violent 1,564 per 100,000 (+23% vs five years earlier); property 2,920 per 100,000 (+15% vs five years earlier); break-ins 313 per 100,000 (+40% vs five years earlier); theft 899 per 100,000 (-13% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 49th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Liverpool Plains council area is 5.9% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.6% of occupied homes (37 public and 65 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 3 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 3.9 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 5.5% 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 5.8% (confidence 73 of 100); social housing about 3.2% of homes; about 3.8 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 5.6% 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 | 1,564 | 120 | +23% |
| Property | 2,920 | 224 | +15% |
| Break-ins | 313 | 24 | +40% |
| Theft | 899 | 69 | -13% |
Questions
Is Liverpool Plains safe?
Liverpool Plains recorded 1,560 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 36% higher than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 22% higher than the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 44.2 out of 100 (moderate), 217th 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 Liverpool Plains?
24 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 313 per 100,000 residents, close to the New South Wales rate (301).
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Suburbs in the Liverpool Plains council area
Ardglen · Big Jacks Creek · Blackville · Borambil · Braefield · Bundella · Cattle Creek · Chilcotts Creek · Colly Blue · Coomoo Coomoo · Currabubula · Little Jacks Creek · Macdonalds Creek · Parraweena · Pine Ridge · Premer · Quipolly · Quirindi · Spring Ridge · Wallabadah · Warrah · Warrah Creek · Warrah Ridge · Werris Creek · Willow Tree · Windy · Yannergee · Yarraman
Postcodes in the Liverpool Plains council area
2338 · 2339 · 2341 · 2342 · 2381
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