Australian Crime Rate

Postcode · New South Wales · 2025-26

Crime in postcode 2831

Postcode 2831 covers Byrock, Carinda, Coolabah, Girilambone, Hermidale, Neilrex, Nymagee, Quambone and The Marra 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: Bogan.

Suburbs in 2831

Recorded crime in the council area

76/100

Bogan

High40 of 362 nationally · 13 of 129 in NSW · 2,373 residents

Violent 2,613 per 100k

▲ +44% vs five years earlier

Property 9,060 per 100k

▲ +64% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 2,571 per 100k

▲ +254% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Byrock, Carinda, Coolabah, Girilambone, Hermidale, Neilrex, Nymagee, Quambone, The Marra in postcode 2831.

Open Bogan 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 2831

What is the crime rate in postcode 2831?

Recorded crime is published for the Bogan council area, which covers postcode 2831. In 2025-26 it recorded 2,613 violent offences, 9,060 property offences and 2,571 break-ins per 100,000 residents.

How does postcode 2831 compare with the rest of Australia?

The Bogan council area's violent crime rate is 2.0 times the national rate and 2.3 times the New South Wales rate (2,613 against 1,280 nationally, 2025-26). Its Crime Score of 76 ranks 40 of 362 councils nationally, where 1 is the highest recorded crime.

Which suburbs are in postcode 2831?

Byrock, Carinda, Coolabah, Girilambone, Hermidale, Neilrex, Nymagee, Quambone and The Marra.

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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