Balala crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 10 offences in Balala in 2025-26, including 2 violent offences and 1 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Uralla council area.
Balala 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 29 out of 100 (low), 296th 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 (46th percentile), assault (27th percentile), break-ins (39th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 29.
In 2025-26: violent 858 per 100,000 (+28% vs five years earlier); property 2,152 per 100,000 (+12% vs five years earlier); break-ins 405 per 100,000 (+35% vs five years earlier); theft 486 per 100,000 (-14% 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 4.1% (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 suburb-level counts: 10 offences were recorded in Balala in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Uralla council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 858 | 53 | +28% |
| Property | 2,152 | 133 | +12% |
| Break-ins | 405 | 25 | +35% |
| Theft | 486 | 30 | -14% |
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Questions
Is Balala safe?
Police recorded 10 offences in Balala in 2025-26, including 2 violent offences and 1 break-ins. Balala is not ranked against other suburbs: with 122 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Uralla council area as a whole recorded 858 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 25% lower than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 33% lower than the national rate (1,280). These are offences recorded by police per resident: they describe the area as a whole, not the risk on any particular street, and places with a busy centre record more because offences are counted where they happen.
What is the crime rate in Balala?
In 2025-26 police recorded 10 offences in Balala, including 2 violent offences and 1 break-ins.
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