Australian Crime Rate

Postcode · New South Wales · 2025-26

Crime in postcode 2320

Postcode 2320 covers Anambah, Bolwarra Heights, Gosforth, Maitland Vale, Mindaribba, Mount Dee, Rosebrook, Rothbury, Rutherford and Windella 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: Maitland and Cessnock.

Suburbs in 2320

Recorded crime in the council areas

53/100

Maitland

Moderate153 of 362 nationally · 48 of 129 in NSW · 100,439 residents

Violent 1,618 per 100k

▲ +30% vs five years earlier

Property 3,341 per 100k

▼ -4% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 423 per 100k

▲ +2% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Anambah, Bolwarra Heights, Gosforth, Maitland Vale, Mindaribba, Mount Dee, Rosebrook, Rutherford, Windella in postcode 2320.

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59/100

Cessnock

Moderate132 of 362 nationally · 44 of 129 in NSW · 71,443 residents

Violent 1,717 per 100k

▲ +38% vs five years earlier

Property 4,035 per 100k

▼ -2% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 588 per 100k

▲ +21% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Rothbury in postcode 2320.

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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 2320

What is the crime rate in postcode 2320?

Recorded crime is published for the Maitland council area, which covers most of postcode 2320. In 2025-26 it recorded 1,618 violent offences, 3,341 property offences and 423 break-ins per 100,000 residents.

How does postcode 2320 compare with the rest of Australia?

The Maitland council area's violent crime rate is 26% above the national rate and 41% above the New South Wales rate (1,618 against 1,280 nationally, 2025-26). Its Crime Score of 53 ranks 153 of 362 councils nationally, where 1 is the highest recorded crime.

Which suburbs are in postcode 2320?

Anambah, Bolwarra Heights, Gosforth, Maitland Vale, Mindaribba, Mount Dee, Rosebrook, Rothbury, Rutherford and Windella.

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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