Tenterfield crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales council area
Tenterfield is a council area in New South Wales with about 7,188 residents. It has a Crime Score 61 out of 100 (high), 119th 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 (69th percentile), break-ins (79th percentile), sexual offences (75th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 57.
In 2025-26: violent 1,461 per 100,000 (-26% vs five years earlier); property 4,104 per 100,000 (+34% vs five years earlier); break-ins 890 per 100,000 (+133% vs five years earlier); theft 918 per 100,000 (+8% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 51st of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Tenterfield council area is 6.9% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.8% of occupied homes (40 public and 41 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 16 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 23.2 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 9.7% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, New Zealand, Germany. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 6.9% (confidence 72 of 100); social housing about 2.5% of homes; about 22.8 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 9.9% 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 | 1,461 | 105 | -26% |
| Property | 4,104 | 295 | +34% |
| Break-ins | 890 | 64 | +133% |
| Theft | 918 | 66 | +8% |
Questions
Is Tenterfield safe?
Tenterfield recorded 1,460 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 27% higher than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 14% higher than the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 60.9 out of 100 (high), 119th 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 Tenterfield?
64 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 890 per 100,000 residents, 3 times the New South Wales rate (301).
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Suburbs in the Tenterfield council area
Acacia Creek · Amosfield · Bolivia · Bookookoorara · Boonoo Boonoo · Boorook · Carrolls Creek · Cottonvale · Cullendore · Drake · Drake Village · Dumaresq Valley · Forest Land · Jennings · Koreelah · Legume · Liston · Lower Acacia Creek · Mingoola · Mole River · Rivertree · Ruby Creek · Sandy Flat · Sandy Hill · Silent Grove · Stannum · Tabulam · Tarban · Tenterfield · Timbarra · Torrington · Undercliffe · Upper Tooloom · Urbenville · Willsons Downfall · Woodenbong · Woodside · Wylie Creek
Postcodes in the Tenterfield council area
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