Yass Valley crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales council area

Yass Valley is a council area in New South Wales with about 17,663 residents. It has a Crime Score 26 out of 100 (low), 312th 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 (45th percentile), assault (18th percentile), drugs (65th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 26.

In 2024-25: violent 645 per 100,000 (+24% vs five years earlier); property 1,455 per 100,000 (+2% vs five years earlier); break-ins 136 per 100,000 (-30% vs five years earlier); theft 481 per 100,000 (-7% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 114th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Yass Valley council area is 2.8% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.1% of occupied homes (61 public and 65 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 20 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 11.5 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 11.5% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, New Zealand, United States. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 2.7% (confidence 78 of 100); social housing about 1.9% of homes; about 11.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 11.7% 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 Yass Valley council area

Binalong · Hall · Springrange · Wallaroo

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