Australian Crime Rate

Postcode · New South Wales · 2025-26

Crime in postcode 2898

Postcode 2898 covers Lord Howe Island 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: Unincorporated NSW.

Suburbs in 2898

Recorded crime in the council area

79/100

Unincorporated NSW

High28 of 362 nationally · 6 of 129 in NSW · 975 residents

Violent 4,103 per 100k

▲ +49% vs five years earlier

Property 6,974 per 100k

▲ +13% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 1,333 per 100k

▲ +127% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Lord Howe Island in postcode 2898.

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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 2898

What is the crime rate in postcode 2898?

Recorded crime is published for the Unincorporated NSW council area, which covers postcode 2898. In 2025-26 it recorded 4,103 violent offences, 6,974 property offences and 1,333 break-ins per 100,000 residents.

How does postcode 2898 compare with the rest of Australia?

The Unincorporated NSW council area's violent crime rate is 3.2 times the national rate and 3.6 times the New South Wales rate (4,103 against 1,280 nationally, 2025-26). Its Crime Score of 79 ranks 28 of 362 councils nationally, where 1 is the highest recorded crime.

Which suburbs are in postcode 2898?

Lord Howe Island.

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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