Australian Crime Rate

Postcode · New South Wales · 2025-26

Crime in postcode 2786

Postcode 2786 covers Bell, Dargan, Mount Irvine, Mount Victoria and Mount Wilson 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: Blue Mountains and Lithgow.

Suburbs in 2786

Recorded crime in the council areas

26/100

Blue Mountains

Low306 of 362 nationally · 108 of 129 in NSW · 79,236 residents

Violent 772 per 100k

▲ +3% vs five years earlier

Property 1,560 per 100k

▼ -26% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 153 per 100k

▼ -27% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Mount Irvine, Mount Victoria, Mount Wilson in postcode 2786.

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59/100

Lithgow

Moderate130 of 362 nationally · 43 of 129 in NSW · 20,693 residents

Violent 1,817 per 100k

▲ +3% vs five years earlier

Property 3,484 per 100k

▼ -12% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 358 per 100k

▼ -9% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Bell, Dargan in postcode 2786.

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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 2786

What is the crime rate in postcode 2786?

Recorded crime is published for the Blue Mountains council area, which covers most of postcode 2786. In 2025-26 it recorded 772 violent offences, 1,560 property offences and 153 break-ins per 100,000 residents.

How does postcode 2786 compare with the rest of Australia?

The Blue Mountains council area's violent crime rate is 40% below the national rate and 33% below the New South Wales rate (772 against 1,280 nationally, 2025-26). Its Crime Score of 26 ranks 306 of 362 councils nationally, where 1 is the highest recorded crime.

Which suburbs are in postcode 2786?

Bell, Dargan, Mount Irvine, Mount Victoria and Mount Wilson.

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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