Australian Crime Rate

Postcode · New South Wales · 2025-26

Crime in postcode 2799

Postcode 2799 covers Barry, Blayney, Browns Creek, Fitzgeralds Mount, Kings Plains, Neville and Vittoria 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: Blayney, Bathurst and Cowra.

Suburbs in 2799

Recorded crime in the council areas

31/100

Blayney

Low288 of 362 nationally · 101 of 129 in NSW · 7,831 residents

Violent 881 per 100k

▼ -31% vs five years earlier

Property 1,762 per 100k

▼ -23% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 332 per 100k

▼ -22% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Barry, Blayney, Browns Creek, Kings Plains in postcode 2799.

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54/100

Bathurst

Moderate148 of 362 nationally · 46 of 129 in NSW · 45,359 residents

Violent 1,579 per 100k

▼ -15% vs five years earlier

Property 2,844 per 100k

▼ -27% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 298 per 100k

▼ -38% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Fitzgeralds Mount, Vittoria in postcode 2799.

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61/100

Cowra

High117 of 362 nationally · 40 of 129 in NSW · 12,721 residents

Violent 1,698 per 100k

▲ +11% vs five years earlier

Property 3,828 per 100k

▼ -16% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 613 per 100k

▼ -46% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Neville in postcode 2799.

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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 2799

What is the crime rate in postcode 2799?

Recorded crime is published for the Blayney council area, which covers most of postcode 2799. In 2025-26 it recorded 881 violent offences, 1,762 property offences and 332 break-ins per 100,000 residents.

How does postcode 2799 compare with the rest of Australia?

The Blayney council area's violent crime rate is 31% below the national rate and 23% below the New South Wales rate (881 against 1,280 nationally, 2025-26). Its Crime Score of 31 ranks 288 of 362 councils nationally, where 1 is the highest recorded crime.

Which suburbs are in postcode 2799?

Barry, Blayney, Browns Creek, Fitzgeralds Mount, Kings Plains, Neville and Vittoria.

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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