Orange crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales council area
Orange is a council area in New South Wales with about 44,990 residents. It has a Crime Score 69 out of 100 (high), 73rd 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 (71st percentile), sexual offences (79th percentile), robbery (90th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 78.
In 2025-26: violent 1,812 per 100,000 (-8% vs five years earlier); property 4,763 per 100,000 (+1% vs five years earlier); break-ins 758 per 100,000 (-6% vs five years earlier); theft 2,040 per 100,000 (+31% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 35th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Orange council area is 3.5% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 5.6% of occupied homes (738 public and 176 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 105 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 23.8 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 11.3% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, India, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.5% (confidence 82 of 100); social housing about 5.1% of homes; about 23.4 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 11.5% 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 | 1,812 | 815 | -8% |
| Property | 4,763 | 2,143 | +1% |
| Break-ins | 758 | 341 | -6% |
| Theft | 2,040 | 918 | +31% |
Questions
Is Orange safe?
Orange recorded 1,810 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 57% higher than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 41% higher than the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 68.5 out of 100 (high), 73rd 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 Orange?
341 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 758 per 100,000 residents, 2.5 times the New South Wales rate (301).
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Suburbs in the Orange council area
Huntley · Lucknow · Orange · Shadforth · Spring Creek
Postcodes in the Orange council area
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