Australian Crime Rate

Postcode · New South Wales · 2025-26

Crime in postcode 2729

Postcode 2729 covers Bangadang, Cooleys Creek, Ellerslie, Grahamstown, Mount Horeb, Mundarlo, Tumblong, Westwood, Wondalga and Yaven Creek 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: Snowy Valleys and Cootamundra-Gundagai.

Suburbs in 2729

Recorded crime in the council areas

47/100

Snowy Valleys

Moderate195 of 362 nationally · 60 of 129 in NSW · 15,058 residents

Violent 1,229 per 100k

▲ +18% vs five years earlier

Property 3,068 per 100k

▲ +4% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 571 per 100k

▲ +25% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Bangadang, Cooleys Creek, Ellerslie, Grahamstown, Mount Horeb, Westwood, Wondalga, Yaven Creek in postcode 2729.

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40/100

Cootamundra-Gundagai

Moderate244 of 362 nationally · 87 of 129 in NSW · 11,429 residents

Violent 1,006 per 100k

▼ -0% vs five years earlier

Property 2,441 per 100k

▼ -1% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 429 per 100k

▲ +19% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Mundarlo, Tumblong in postcode 2729.

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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 2729

What is the crime rate in postcode 2729?

Recorded crime is published for the Snowy Valleys council area, which covers most of postcode 2729. In 2025-26 it recorded 1,229 violent offences, 3,068 property offences and 571 break-ins per 100,000 residents.

How does postcode 2729 compare with the rest of Australia?

The Snowy Valleys council area's violent crime rate is close to the national rate and close to the New South Wales rate (1,229 against 1,280 nationally, 2025-26). Its Crime Score of 47 ranks 195 of 362 councils nationally, where 1 is the highest recorded crime.

Which suburbs are in postcode 2729?

Bangadang, Cooleys Creek, Ellerslie, Grahamstown, Mount Horeb, Mundarlo, Tumblong, Westwood, Wondalga and Yaven Creek.

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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