Australian Crime Rate

Postcode · New South Wales · 2025-26

Crime in postcode 2326

Postcode 2326 covers Abermain, Bishops Bridge, Loxford, Neath, Sawyers Gully and Weston 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: Cessnock and Maitland.

Suburbs in 2326

Recorded crime in the council areas

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 Abermain, Loxford, Neath, Sawyers Gully, Weston in postcode 2326.

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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 Bishops Bridge in postcode 2326.

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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 2326

What is the crime rate in postcode 2326?

Recorded crime is published for the Cessnock council area, which covers most of postcode 2326. In 2025-26 it recorded 1,717 violent offences, 4,035 property offences and 588 break-ins per 100,000 residents.

How does postcode 2326 compare with the rest of Australia?

The Cessnock council area's violent crime rate is 34% above the national rate and 49% above the New South Wales rate (1,717 against 1,280 nationally, 2025-26). Its Crime Score of 59 ranks 132 of 362 councils nationally, where 1 is the highest recorded crime.

Which suburbs are in postcode 2326?

Abermain, Bishops Bridge, Loxford, Neath, Sawyers Gully and Weston.

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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