Mid-Coast crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales council area
Mid-Coast is a council area in New South Wales with about 99,448 residents. It has a Crime Score 50 out of 100 (moderate), 172nd 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 (66th percentile), sexual offences (65th percentile), break-ins (50th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 58.
In 2025-26: violent 1,587 per 100,000 (+14% vs five years earlier); property 3,283 per 100,000 (-14% vs five years earlier); break-ins 558 per 100,000 (-15% vs five years earlier); theft 1,159 per 100,000 (-27% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 46th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Mid-Coast council area is 6.1% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.8% of occupied homes (602 public and 489 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 309 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 31.7 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 11% 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 6.1% (confidence 83 of 100); social housing about 2.5% of homes; about 31.2 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 | 1,587 | 1,578 | +14% |
| Property | 3,283 | 3,265 | -14% |
| Break-ins | 558 | 555 | -15% |
| Theft | 1,159 | 1,153 | -27% |
Questions
Is Mid-Coast safe?
Mid-Coast recorded 1,590 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 38% higher than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 24% higher than the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 50.1 out of 100 (moderate), 172nd 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 Mid-Coast?
555 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 558 per 100,000 residents, about 85% higher than the New South Wales rate (301).
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Suburbs in the Mid-Coast council area
Allworth · Barrington · Barrington Tops · Baxters Ridge · Belbora · Berrico · Bindera · Black Head · Blueys Beach · Bobin · Bohnock · Bombah Point · Boolambayte · Boomerang Beach · Booral · Bootawa · Booti Booti · Bowman · Bowman Farm · Bretti · Brimbin · Bucca Wauka · Bulahdelah · Bulga Forest · Bulliac · Bundabah · Bundook · Bungwahl · Bunyah · Burrell Creek · Caffreys Flat · Callaghans Creek · Caparra · Carrington · Cedar Party · Cells River · Charlotte Bay · Cobark · Coneac · Coolongolook · Coomba Bay · Coomba Park · Coopernook · Cooplacurripa · Copeland · Coralville · Craven · Craven Plateau · Crawford River · Croki · Crowdy Bay National Park · Crowdy Head · Cundle Flat · Cundletown · Curricabark · Darawank · Dewitt · Diamond Beach · Dingo Forest · Dollys Flat · Dumaresq Island · Dyers Crossing · Elands · Elizabeth Beach · Failford · Faulkland · Firefly · Forbesdale · Forster · Gangat · Ghinni Ghinni · Giro · Girvan · Glen Ward · Glenthorne · Gloucester · Gloucester Tops · Green Point · Hallidays Point · Hannam Vale · Harrington · Hawks Nest · Hillville · Invergordon · Johns River · Jones Island · Karaak Flat · Khatambuhl · Kia Ora · Killabakh · Killawarra · Kimbriki · Kippaxs · Kiwarrak · Knorrit Flat · Knorrit Forest · Koorainghat · Krambach · Kundibakh · Kundle Kundle · Langley Vale · Lansdowne Forest · Manning Point · Mares Run · Markwell · Marlee · Mayers Flat · Melinga · Mernot · Minimbah · Mitchells Island · Mograni · Mondrook · Monkerai · Mooral Creek · Moorland · Moppy · Moto · Mount George · Mungo Brush
Postcodes in the Mid-Coast council area
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