Bar Point crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 7 offences in Bar Point in 2025-26, including 3 violent offences and 0 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Central Coast council area.

Bar Point is a suburb in the Central Coast council area of New South Wales (about 357,816 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 46 out of 100 (moderate), 206th 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 (55th percentile), sexual offences (70th percentile), robbery (61st percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 50.

In 2025-26: violent 1,360 per 100,000 (+18% vs five years earlier); property 2,707 per 100,000 (-9% vs five years earlier); break-ins 305 per 100,000 (+6% vs five years earlier); theft 1,115 per 100,000 (+2% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 61st of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Central Coast council area is 4.7% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.4% of occupied homes (3,330 public and 1,107 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 799 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 22.8 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 16.9% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, New Zealand, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.7% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 3% of homes; about 22.5 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 17.2% 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: 7 offences were recorded in Bar Point in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Central Coast council area.

OffencesPer 100,000Count5-yr change
Violent1,3604,867+18%
Property2,7079,686-9%
Break-ins3051,093+6%
Theft1,1153,990+2%

Central Coast council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

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Questions

Is Bar Point safe?

Police recorded 7 offences in Bar Point in 2025-26, including 3 violent offences and 0 break-ins. Bar Point is not ranked against other suburbs: with 122 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Central Coast council area as a whole recorded 1,360 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 18% higher than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 6% higher 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 Bar Point?

In 2025-26 police recorded 7 offences in Bar Point, including 3 violent offences and 0 break-ins.

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