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Man taken to hospital with gunshot wounds - Berkeley Vale

NSW Police·
Man taken to hospital with gunshot wounds - Berkeley Vale
Berkeley Vale, New South Wales · NSW Police

The release

A man has been taken to hospital with gunshot wounds after being shot on the state’s Central Coast this morning.

About 6.15am (Wednesday 9 September 2026), emergency services were called to Lakege Avenue, near Kingsford Smith Road, Berkeley Vale, after reports of a shooting.

Officers attached to Tuggerah Lakes Police District attended and found a 37-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his hand and torso.

Police have established a crime scene, and Tuggerah Lakes detectives have commenced an investigation into the incident.

As investigations continue, police are appealing to speak with a driver seen in the area at the time of the shooting.

The driver was last seen driving a silver GWM 4WD utility with roof racks and a roll bar.

Anyone with information about the vehicle or the incident is urged to contact Tuggerah Lakes Police or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au . Information is managed on a confidential basis. The public is reminded not to report information via NSW Police social media pages.

— NSW Police
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Crime in the Central Coast council area

Central Coast is a council area in New South Wales with about 357,816 residents. It has a Crime Score 46 out of 100 (moderate), 206th 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 (55th percentile), sexual offences (70th percentile), robbery (61st percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 50.

Violent
1,360 per 100k
Property
2,707 per 100k
Break-ins
305 per 100k
Theft
1,115 per 100k

See the full Central Coast crime profile

2016-17: 1,170 per 100,0002017-18: 1,208 per 100,0002018-19: 1,129 per 100,0002019-20: 1,122 per 100,0002020-21: 1,153 per 100,0002021-22: 1,159 per 100,0002022-23: 1,255 per 100,0002023-24: 1,310 per 100,0002024-25: 1,434 per 100,0002025-26: 1,360 per 100,0002016-172021-222025-26
Recorded violent offences per 100,000 residents in Central Coast, 2016-17 to 2025-26 — up 16% over the period. Source: recorded crime published for New South Wales.

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