Australian Crime Rate

Postcode · New South Wales · 2025-26

Crime in postcode 2335

Postcode 2335 covers Belford, Branxton, Dalwood, East Branxton, Elderslie, Lambs Valley, Leconfield, Lower Belford, North Rothbury and Stanhope 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: Singleton and Cessnock.

Suburbs in 2335

Recorded crime in the council areas

44/100

Singleton

Moderate218 of 362 nationally · 76 of 129 in NSW · 25,841 residents

Violent 1,250 per 100k

▲ +14% vs five years earlier

Property 2,651 per 100k

▼ -30% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 372 per 100k

▼ -50% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Belford, Branxton, Dalwood, Elderslie, Lambs Valley, Leconfield, Lower Belford, Stanhope in postcode 2335.

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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 East Branxton, North Rothbury in postcode 2335.

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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 2335

What is the crime rate in postcode 2335?

Recorded crime is published for the Singleton council area, which covers most of postcode 2335. In 2025-26 it recorded 1,250 violent offences, 2,651 property offences and 372 break-ins per 100,000 residents.

How does postcode 2335 compare with the rest of Australia?

The Singleton council area's violent crime rate is close to the national rate and close to the New South Wales rate (1,250 against 1,280 nationally, 2025-26). Its Crime Score of 44 ranks 218 of 362 councils nationally, where 1 is the highest recorded crime.

Which suburbs are in postcode 2335?

Belford, Branxton, Dalwood, East Branxton, Elderslie, Lambs Valley, Leconfield, Lower Belford, North Rothbury and Stanhope.

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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