Mid-Western crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales council area
Mid-Western is a council area in New South Wales with about 26,472 residents. It has a Crime Score 49 out of 100 (moderate), 178th 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 (56th percentile), sexual offences (83rd percentile), homicide (65th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 53.
In 2025-26: violent 1,451 per 100,000 (-6% vs five years earlier); property 2,418 per 100,000 (-10% vs five years earlier); break-ins 298 per 100,000 (-14% vs five years earlier); theft 805 per 100,000 (-15% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 53rd of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Mid-Western council area is 4% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.9% of occupied homes (210 public and 69 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 50 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 19.4 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 8.9% 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 3.9% (confidence 80 of 100); social housing about 2.6% of homes; about 19 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 9% 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 | 1,451 | 384 | -6% |
| Property | 2,418 | 640 | -10% |
| Break-ins | 298 | 79 | -14% |
| Theft | 805 | 213 | -15% |
Questions
Is Mid-Western safe?
Mid-Western recorded 1,450 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 26% higher than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 13% higher than the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 49.2 out of 100 (moderate), 178th 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-Western?
79 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 298 per 100,000 residents, close to the New South Wales rate (301).
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Suburbs in the Mid-Western council area
Aarons Pass · Apple Tree Flat · Avisford · Bara · Barigan · Barneys Reef · Beryl · Birriwa · Bocoble · Bombira · Botobolar · Breakfast Creek · Brogans Creek · Buckaroo · Budden · Budgee Budgee · Bungaba · Burrundulla · Bylong · Caerleon · Camboon · Canadian Lead · Carcalgong · Carwell · Charbon · Clandulla · Coggan · Collingwood · Cooks Gap · Cooyal · Cope · Coxs Creek · Coxs Crown · Cross Roads · Crudine · Cudgegong · Cullenbone · Cumbandry · Cumbo · Dabee · Dungeree · Erudgere · Eurunderee · Frog Rock · Galambine · Ginghi · Goolma · Grattai · Green Gully · Growee · Gulgong · Guntawang · Hargraves · Havilah · Hayes Gap · Home Rule · Ilford · Kains Flat · Kandos · Kelgoola · Lee Creek · Linburn · Lue · Maitland Bar · Mebul · Menah · Meroo · Merotherie · Monivae · Moolarben · Mount Frome · Mount Knowles · Mudgee · Mullamuddy · Munghorn · Murrumbo · Nullo Mountain · Olinda · Piambong · Pinnacle Swamp · Putta Bucca · Pyangle · Pyramul · Queens Pinch · Riverlea · Running Stream · Rylstone · Sofala · Spring Flat · St Fillans · Stony Creek · Stubbo · Tallawang · Tambaroora · Tichular · Totnes Valley · Triamble · Turill · Two Mile Flat · Ulan · Ullamalla · Upper Bylong · Upper Growee · Upper Turon · Wilbetree · Wilpinjong · Windeyer · Wollar · Worlds End · Yarrabin · Yarrawonga
Postcodes in the Mid-Western council area
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