Barkers Vale crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 5 offences in Barkers Vale in 2025-26, including 0 violent offences and 1 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Kyogle council area.
Barkers Vale is a suburb in the Kyogle council area of New South Wales (about 9,707 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 38 out of 100 (low), 256th 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 homicide (73rd percentile), sexual offences (63rd percentile), assault (33rd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 49.
In 2025-26: violent 948 per 100,000 (-3% vs five years earlier); property 2,400 per 100,000 (+25% vs five years earlier); break-ins 618 per 100,000 (+122% vs five years earlier); theft 608 per 100,000 (+16% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 91st of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Kyogle council area is 5.8% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.5% of occupied homes (39 public and 16 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 24 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 25.3 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 11.2% 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 5.8% (confidence 74 of 100); social housing about 1.3% of homes; about 24.9 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 11.4% 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: 5 offences were recorded in Barkers Vale in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Kyogle council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 948 | 92 | -3% |
| Property | 2,400 | 233 | +25% |
| Break-ins | 618 | 60 | +122% |
| Theft | 608 | 59 | +16% |
Kyogle council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Questions
Is Barkers Vale safe?
Police recorded 5 offences in Barkers Vale in 2025-26, including 0 violent offences and 1 break-ins. Barkers Vale is not ranked against other suburbs: with 196 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Kyogle council area as a whole recorded 948 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 18% lower than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 26% 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 Barkers Vale?
In 2025-26 police recorded 5 offences in Barkers Vale, including 0 violent offences and 1 break-ins.
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