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

Weddin is a council area in New South Wales with about 3,558 residents. It has a Crime Score 33 out of 100 (low), 284th 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 sexual offences (81st percentile), assault (36th percentile), robbery (29th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 18.

In 2024-25: violent 1,180 per 100,000 (+94% vs five years earlier); property 1,630 per 100,000 (+9% vs five years earlier); break-ins 169 per 100,000 (+22% vs five years earlier); theft 422 per 100,000 (-20% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 71st of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Weddin council area is 4.7% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.1% of occupied homes (21 public and 26 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 5 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 13.8 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 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 4.6% (confidence 70 of 100); social housing about 2.8% of homes; about 13.6 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 6.1% born overseas. Confidence falls with distance from the last published figure, and the map's Estimates toggle shows every year back to 1994-95.

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Suburbs in the Weddin council area

Bimbi · Caragabal · Glenelg · Greenethorpe · Grenfell · Piney Range · Pinnacle · Pullabooka · Warraderry

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