Australian Crime Rate

Postcode · New South Wales · 2025-26

Crime in postcode 2821

Postcode 2821 covers Burroway and Narromine in New South Wales. Police publish crime figures by council area, not by postcode, so this page shows the council area the postcode falls in: Narromine.

Suburbs in 2821

Recorded crime in the council area

74/100

Narromine

High47 of 362 nationally · 15 of 129 in NSW · 6,420 residents

Violent 2,274 per 100k

▼ -13% vs five years earlier

Property 4,922 per 100k

▼ -2% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 623 per 100k

▼ -50% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Burroway, Narromine in postcode 2821.

Open Narromine on the map

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 2821

What is the crime rate in postcode 2821?

Recorded crime is published for the Narromine council area, which covers postcode 2821. In 2025-26 it recorded 2,274 violent offences, 4,922 property offences and 623 break-ins per 100,000 residents.

How does postcode 2821 compare with the rest of Australia?

The Narromine council area's violent crime rate is 78% above the national rate and 2.0 times the New South Wales rate (2,274 against 1,280 nationally, 2025-26). Its Crime Score of 74 ranks 47 of 362 councils nationally, where 1 is the highest recorded crime.

Which suburbs are in postcode 2821?

Burroway and Narromine.

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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