Ardglen crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

Ardglen is a suburb in the Upper Hunter council area of New South Wales (about 14,425 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 37 out of 100 (low), 260th of 362 councils nationally.

The score blends national percentile ranks for each published offence category with fixed severity weights; here it is driven most by assault (45th percentile), sexual offences (64th percentile), robbery (39th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 46.

In 2024-25: violent 1,095 per 100,000 (+2% vs five years earlier); property 2,454 per 100,000 (-1% vs five years earlier); break-ins 333 per 100,000 (-32% vs five years earlier); theft 977 per 100,000 (+3% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 79th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Upper Hunter council area is 3.2% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.1% of occupied homes (125 public and 45 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 23 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 16.1 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 9.8% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, New Zealand, China. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.1% (confidence 77 of 100); social housing about 2.8% of homes; about 15.8 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 10% born overseas. Confidence falls with distance from the last published figure, and the map's Estimates toggle shows every year back to 1994-95.

New South Wales publishes crime statistics by council area, not by suburb, so the figures shown for Ardglen are those of the Upper Hunter council area.

Upper Hunter council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

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