Unincorporated NSW crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales council area
Unincorporated NSW is a council area in New South Wales with about 975 residents. It has a Crime Score 79 out of 100 (high), 28th 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 (86th percentile), sexual offences (98th percentile), break-ins (86th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 78.
In 2025-26: violent 4,103 per 100,000 (+49% vs five years earlier); property 6,974 per 100,000 (+13% vs five years earlier); break-ins 1,333 per 100,000 (+127% vs five years earlier); theft 2,359 per 100,000 (+20% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 7th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Unincorporated NSW council area is 2.5% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2% of occupied homes (7 public and 0 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 6 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 60.2 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 11.1% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in New Zealand, England, Fiji. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 2.8% (confidence 67 of 100); social housing about 1.8% of homes; about 59.2 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 11.3% 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 | 4,103 | 40 | +49% |
| Property | 6,974 | 68 | +13% |
| Break-ins | 1,333 | 13 | +127% |
| Theft | 2,359 | 23 | +20% |
Questions
Is Unincorporated NSW safe?
Unincorporated NSW recorded 4,100 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, 3.6 times the New South Wales rate (1,150) and 3.2 times the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 78.7 out of 100 (high), 28th 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 Unincorporated NSW?
13 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 1,330 per 100,000 residents, 4.4 times the New South Wales rate (301).
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Police news near Unincorporated NSW
- Man charged over alleged serious assault of elderly man - Broken Hill · Broken Hill, 15 Sept 2026 · 135 km away
Suburbs in the Unincorporated NSW council area
Broken Hill · Broken Hill North · Broken Hill West · Broughams Gate · Fowlers Gap · Little Topar · Lord Howe Island · Milparinka · Mutawintji · Packsaddle · Silverton · South Broken Hill · Tibooburra · Wanaaring
Postcodes in the Unincorporated NSW council area
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