Australian Crime Rate

Postcode · New South Wales · 2025-26

Crime in postcode 2528

Postcode 2528 covers Barrack Heights, Barrack Point, Lake Illawarra, Mount Warrigal, Warilla and Windang 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: Shellharbour and Wollongong.

Suburbs in 2528

Recorded crime in the council areas

36/100

Shellharbour

Low267 of 362 nationally · 93 of 129 in NSW · 83,228 residents

Violent 1,031 per 100k

▲ +25% vs five years earlier

Property 2,266 per 100k

▼ -16% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 239 per 100k

▼ -1% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Barrack Heights, Barrack Point, Lake Illawarra, Mount Warrigal, Warilla in postcode 2528.

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45/100

Wollongong

Moderate208 of 362 nationally · 68 of 129 in NSW · 224,327 residents

Violent 1,099 per 100k

▲ +17% vs five years earlier

Property 2,948 per 100k

▼ -7% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 316 per 100k

▼ -15% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Windang in postcode 2528.

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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 2528

What is the crime rate in postcode 2528?

Recorded crime is published for the Shellharbour council area, which covers most of postcode 2528. In 2025-26 it recorded 1,031 violent offences, 2,266 property offences and 239 break-ins per 100,000 residents.

How does postcode 2528 compare with the rest of Australia?

The Shellharbour council area's violent crime rate is 19% below the national rate and 10% below the New South Wales rate (1,031 against 1,280 nationally, 2025-26). Its Crime Score of 36 ranks 267 of 362 councils nationally, where 1 is the highest recorded crime.

Which suburbs are in postcode 2528?

Barrack Heights, Barrack Point, Lake Illawarra, Mount Warrigal, Warilla and Windang.

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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