Australian Crime Rate

Postcode · New South Wales · 2025-26

Crime in postcode 2581

Postcode 2581 covers Bellmount Forest, Biala, Breadalbane, Broadway, Collector, Cullerin, Dalton, Lerida, Merrill and Wollogorang 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: Upper Lachlan, Yass Valley and Goulburn Mulwaree.

Suburbs in 2581

Recorded crime in the council areas

19/100

Upper Lachlan

Very low339 of 362 nationally · 122 of 129 in NSW · 9,005 residents

Violent 655 per 100k

▲ +80% vs five years earlier

Property 1,566 per 100k

▲ +28% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 167 per 100k

▲ +57% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Biala, Breadalbane, Broadway, Cullerin, Dalton, Lerida, Merrill in postcode 2581.

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27/100

Yass Valley

Low302 of 362 nationally · 107 of 129 in NSW · 17,663 residents

Violent 770 per 100k

▲ +51% vs five years earlier

Property 1,608 per 100k

▲ +36% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 221 per 100k

▲ +41% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Bellmount Forest, Collector in postcode 2581.

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53/100

Goulburn Mulwaree

Moderate154 of 362 nationally · 49 of 129 in NSW · 33,746 residents

Violent 1,446 per 100k

▲ +25% vs five years earlier

Property 2,996 per 100k

▲ +3% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 296 per 100k

▲ +5% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Wollogorang in postcode 2581.

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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 2581

What is the crime rate in postcode 2581?

Recorded crime is published for the Upper Lachlan council area, which covers most of postcode 2581. In 2025-26 it recorded 655 violent offences, 1,566 property offences and 167 break-ins per 100,000 residents.

How does postcode 2581 compare with the rest of Australia?

The Upper Lachlan council area's violent crime rate is 49% below the national rate and 43% below the New South Wales rate (655 against 1,280 nationally, 2025-26). Its Crime Score of 19 ranks 339 of 362 councils nationally, where 1 is the highest recorded crime.

Which suburbs are in postcode 2581?

Bellmount Forest, Biala, Breadalbane, Broadway, Collector, Cullerin, Dalton, Lerida, Merrill and Wollogorang.

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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