Tweed crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales council area

Tweed is a council area in New South Wales with about 101,044 residents. It has a Crime Score 45 out of 100 (moderate), 213th 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 homicide (61st percentile), assault (37th percentile), robbery (52nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 46.

In 2025-26: violent 1,035 per 100,000 (+12% vs five years earlier); property 3,154 per 100,000 (+24% vs five years earlier); break-ins 339 per 100,000 (+15% vs five years earlier); theft 1,496 per 100,000 (+48% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 80th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Tweed council area is 5% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.8% of occupied homes (812 public and 242 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 523 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 53.1 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 16.6% 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 5% (confidence 84 of 100); social housing about 2.5% of homes; about 52.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 16.8% 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
Violent1,0351,046+12%
Property3,1543,187+24%
Break-ins339343+15%
Theft1,4961,512+48%

Questions

Is Tweed safe?

Tweed recorded 1,040 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 10% lower than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 19% lower than the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 45.1 out of 100 (moderate), 213th 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 Tweed?

343 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 339 per 100,000 residents, about 13% higher than the New South Wales rate (301).

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Suburbs in the Tweed council area

Banora Point · Bilambil · Bilambil Heights · Bogangar · Bray Park · Brays Creek · Bungalora · Burringbar · Byangum · Byrrill Creek · Cabarita Beach · Carool · Casuarina · Cedar Creek · Chillingham · Chinderah · Chowan Creek · Clothiers Creek · Cobaki · Cobaki Lakes · Commissioners Creek · Condong · Crabbes Creek · Crystal Creek · Cudgen · Cudgera Creek · Doon Doon · Dulguigan · Dum Dum · Dunbible · Dungay · Duranbah · Duroby · Eungella · Eviron · Farrants Hill · Fernvale · Fingal Head · Glengarrie · Hastings Point · Hopkins Creek · Kielvale · Kings Forest · Kingscliff · Kunghur · Kunghur Creek · Kynnumboon · Limpinwood · Mebbin · Midginbil · Mooball · Mount Burrell · Mount Warning · Murwillumbah · Nobbys Creek · North Arm · North Tumbulgum · Numinbah · Nunderi · Palmvale · Piggabeen · Pottsville · Pottsville Beach · Pumpenbil · Reserve Creek · Round Mountain · Rowlands Creek · Sleepy Hollow · Smiths Creek · South Murwillumbah · Stokers Siding · Stotts Creek · Tanglewood · Terragon · Terranora · Tomewin · Tumbulgum · Tweed Heads · Tweed Heads South · Tweed Heads West · Tyalgum · Tyalgum Creek · Tygalgah · Uki · Upper Burringbar · Upper Crystal Creek · Upper Duroby · Urliup · Wardrop Valley · Wooyung · Zara

Postcodes in the Tweed council area

2483 · 2484 · 2485 · 2486 · 2487 · 2488 · 2489 · 2490

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