Australian Crime Rate

Postcode · New South Wales · 2025-26

Crime in postcode 2472

Postcode 2472 covers Broadwater, Buckendoon, Esk, Kilgin, New Italy, Rileys Hill, Tabbimoble, The Gap and Woodburn 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: Richmond Valley and Lismore.

Suburbs in 2472

Recorded crime in the council areas

71/100

Richmond Valley

High63 of 362 nationally · 25 of 129 in NSW · 24,044 residents

Violent 2,021 per 100k

▲ +21% vs five years earlier

Property 4,271 per 100k

▲ +8% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 844 per 100k

▲ +72% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Broadwater, Esk, New Italy, Rileys Hill, Tabbimoble, The Gap, Woodburn in postcode 2472.

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72/100

Lismore

High52 of 362 nationally · 18 of 129 in NSW · 43,642 residents

Violent 1,998 per 100k

▲ +16% vs five years earlier

Property 4,532 per 100k

▲ +45% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 623 per 100k

▲ +62% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Buckendoon, Kilgin in postcode 2472.

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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 2472

What is the crime rate in postcode 2472?

Recorded crime is published for the Richmond Valley council area, which covers most of postcode 2472. In 2025-26 it recorded 2,021 violent offences, 4,271 property offences and 844 break-ins per 100,000 residents.

How does postcode 2472 compare with the rest of Australia?

The Richmond Valley council area's violent crime rate is 58% above the national rate and 76% above the New South Wales rate (2,021 against 1,280 nationally, 2025-26). Its Crime Score of 71 ranks 63 of 362 councils nationally, where 1 is the highest recorded crime.

Which suburbs are in postcode 2472?

Broadwater, Buckendoon, Esk, Kilgin, New Italy, Rileys Hill, Tabbimoble, The Gap and Woodburn.

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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