Bandon Grove crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
Bandon Grove is a suburb in the Dungog council area of New South Wales (about 10,102 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 26 out of 100 (low), 310th 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 (66th percentile), assault (29th percentile), homicide (18th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 33.
In 2024-25: violent 871 per 100,000 (+19% vs five years earlier); property 1,594 per 100,000 (-39% vs five years earlier); break-ins 208 per 100,000 (-32% vs five years earlier); theft 653 per 100,000 (-31% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 98th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Dungog council area is 3.3% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 0.8% of occupied homes (22 public and 7 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 9 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 9.3 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 5.8% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, New Zealand, Germany. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.3% (confidence 75 of 100); social housing about 0.7% of homes; about 9.1 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 5.9% 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 Bandon Grove are those of the Dungog council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 871 | 88 | +19% |
| Property | 1,594 | 161 | -39% |
| Break-ins | 208 | 21 | -32% |
| Theft | 653 | 66 | -31% |
Dungog council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
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