Australian Crime Rate

Postcode · New South Wales · 2025-26

Crime in postcode 2289

Postcode 2289 covers Adamstown, Adamstown Heights, Garden Suburb, Highfields, Kotara and Kotara South in New South Wales. Police publish crime figures by council area, not by postcode, so this page shows the council areas the postcode falls in: Lake Macquarie and Newcastle.

Suburbs in 2289

Recorded crime in the council areas

43/100

Lake Macquarie

Moderate226 of 362 nationally · 78 of 129 in NSW · 224,540 residents

Violent 1,201 per 100k

▲ +15% vs five years earlier

Property 2,840 per 100k

▼ -8% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 295 per 100k

▼ -15% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Garden Suburb, Highfields, Kotara South in postcode 2289.

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68/100

Newcastle

High74 of 362 nationally · 30 of 129 in NSW · 178,935 residents

Violent 1,667 per 100k

▲ +14% vs five years earlier

Property 5,584 per 100k

▲ +7% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 720 per 100k

▲ +12% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Adamstown, Adamstown Heights, Kotara in postcode 2289.

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The Crime Score (0 to 100) ranks each council's three-year offence rates against every Australian council, weighted towards serious offences; 50 is the national middle. It describes recorded crime, not personal risk. See the council rankings.

Questions about postcode 2289

What is the crime rate in postcode 2289?

Recorded crime is published for the Lake Macquarie council area, which covers most of postcode 2289. In 2025-26 it recorded 1,201 violent offences, 2,840 property offences and 295 break-ins per 100,000 residents.

How does postcode 2289 compare with the rest of Australia?

The Lake Macquarie council area's violent crime rate is close to the national rate and close to the New South Wales rate (1,201 against 1,280 nationally, 2025-26). Its Crime Score of 43 ranks 226 of 362 councils nationally, where 1 is the highest recorded crime.

Which suburbs are in postcode 2289?

Adamstown, Adamstown Heights, Garden Suburb, Highfields, Kotara and Kotara South.

Where do these figures come from?

Offence counts come from New South Wales's official police or crime statistics agency, standardised to national offence categories; rates use ABS estimated resident population. Figures describe recorded offences, not personal risk, and recording practices differ between states.

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