Australian Crime Rate

Postcode · New South Wales · 2025-26

Crime in postcode 2656

Postcode 2656 covers Brookdale, Brookong, Fargunyah, Lockhart, Milbrulong, Osborne, Urangeline and Urangeline East 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: Lockhart and Wagga Wagga.

Suburbs in 2656

Recorded crime in the council areas

32/100

Lockhart

Low282 of 362 nationally · 99 of 129 in NSW · 3,509 residents

Violent 969 per 100k

▲ +24% vs five years earlier

Property 2,565 per 100k

▲ +58% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 342 per 100k

▲ +14% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Brookong, Fargunyah, Lockhart, Milbrulong, Osborne, Urangeline, Urangeline East in postcode 2656.

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69/100

Wagga Wagga

High71 of 362 nationally · 28 of 129 in NSW · 69,108 residents

Violent 1,757 per 100k

▲ +4% vs five years earlier

Property 4,641 per 100k

▼ -6% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 705 per 100k

▼ -16% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Brookdale in postcode 2656.

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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 2656

What is the crime rate in postcode 2656?

Recorded crime is published for the Lockhart council area, which covers most of postcode 2656. In 2025-26 it recorded 969 violent offences, 2,565 property offences and 342 break-ins per 100,000 residents.

How does postcode 2656 compare with the rest of Australia?

The Lockhart council area's violent crime rate is 24% below the national rate and 16% below the New South Wales rate (969 against 1,280 nationally, 2025-26). Its Crime Score of 32 ranks 282 of 362 councils nationally, where 1 is the highest recorded crime.

Which suburbs are in postcode 2656?

Brookdale, Brookong, Fargunyah, Lockhart, Milbrulong, Osborne, Urangeline and Urangeline East.

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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