Port Stephens crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales council area
Port Stephens is a council area in New South Wales with about 80,070 residents. It has a Crime Score 47 out of 100 (moderate), 194th 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 (60th percentile), sexual offences (65th percentile), robbery (64th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 49.
In 2025-26: violent 1,416 per 100,000 (+16% vs five years earlier); property 2,683 per 100,000 (-7% vs five years earlier); break-ins 277 per 100,000 (-17% vs five years earlier); theft 1,017 per 100,000 (-5% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 56th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Port Stephens council area is 5% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3% of occupied homes (563 public and 310 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 200 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 26 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 12.7% 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 5% (confidence 83 of 100); social housing about 2.7% of homes; about 25.6 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 12.9% 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 | 1,416 | 1,134 | +16% |
| Property | 2,683 | 2,148 | -7% |
| Break-ins | 277 | 222 | -17% |
| Theft | 1,017 | 814 | -5% |
Questions
Is Port Stephens safe?
Port Stephens recorded 1,420 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 23% higher than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 11% higher than the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 47.1 out of 100 (moderate), 194th 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 Stephens?
222 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 277 per 100,000 residents, about 8% lower than the New South Wales rate (301).
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Suburbs in the Port Stephens council area
Anna Bay · Balickera · Boat Harbour · Bobs Farm · Brandy Hill · Butterwick · Campvale · Corlette · Duns Creek · Eagleton · East Seaham · Fern Bay · Ferodale · Fingal Bay · Fishermans Bay · Fullerton Cove · Glen Oak · Heatherbrae · Hinton · Karuah · Kings Hill · Lemon Tree Passage · Mallabula · Medowie · Nelson Bay · Nelsons Plains · One Mile · Osterley · Oyster Cove · Port Stephens · Raymond Terrace · Salamander Bay · Salt Ash · Seaham · Shoal Bay · Soldiers Point · Swan Bay · Tanilba Bay · Taylors Beach · Tilligerry Creek · Tomago · Twelve Mile Creek · Wallalong · Williamtown · Woodville
Postcodes in the Port Stephens council area
2295 · 2315 · 2316 · 2317 · 2318 · 2319 · 2321 · 2322 · 2324
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