Port Macquarie-Hastings crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales council area

Port Macquarie-Hastings is a council area in New South Wales with about 92,432 residents. It has a Crime Score 47 out of 100 (moderate), 201st 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 (53rd percentile), sexual offences (60th percentile), homicide (45th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 43.

In 2025-26: violent 1,317 per 100,000 (+18% vs five years earlier); property 2,964 per 100,000 (+15% vs five years earlier); break-ins 413 per 100,000 (+36% vs five years earlier); theft 1,187 per 100,000 (+24% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 64th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Port Macquarie-Hastings council area is 4.8% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.2% of occupied homes (462 public and 644 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 297 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 33.6 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 12.9% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, New Zealand, Scotland. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.7% (confidence 83 of 100); social housing about 2.9% of homes; about 33 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 13.2% born overseas. Confidence falls with distance from the last published figure, and the map's Estimates toggle shows every year back to 1994-95.

OffencesPer 100,000Count5-yr change
Violent1,3171,217+18%
Property2,9642,740+15%
Break-ins413382+36%
Theft1,1871,097+24%

Questions

Is Port Macquarie-Hastings safe?

Port Macquarie-Hastings recorded 1,320 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 14% higher than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and close to the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 46.6 out of 100 (moderate), 201st 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 Port Macquarie-Hastings?

382 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 413 per 100,000 residents, about 37% higher than the New South Wales rate (301).

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Suburbs in the Port Macquarie-Hastings council area

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Postcodes in the Port Macquarie-Hastings council area

2429 · 2439 · 2441 · 2443 · 2444 · 2445 · 2446

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