Arding crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
Arding is a suburb in the Uralla council area of New South Wales (about 6,179 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 30 out of 100 (low), 293rd 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 sexual offences (54th percentile), assault (33rd percentile), break-ins (33rd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 30.
In 2024-25: violent 858 per 100,000 (+11% vs five years earlier); property 1,813 per 100,000 (-8% vs five years earlier); break-ins 356 per 100,000 (-20% vs five years earlier); theft 518 per 100,000 (+5% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 100th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Uralla council area is 4.2% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.2% of occupied homes (20 public and 8 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 1 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 1.7 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 7.8% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, New Zealand, Scotland. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4% (confidence 72 of 100); social housing about 1.1% of homes; about 1.6 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 7.9% 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 Arding are those of the Uralla council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 858 | 53 | +11% |
| Property | 1,813 | 112 | -8% |
| Break-ins | 356 | 22 | -20% |
| Theft | 518 | 32 | +5% |
Uralla council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Nearby suburbs
Bakers Creek · Balala · Bundarra · Camerons Creek · Gostwyck · Kingstown · Mihi · Rocky River · Salisbury Plains · Torryburn · Uralla · Yarrowyck
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