Barratta crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 0 offences in Barratta in 2025-26, including 0 violent offences and 0 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Edward River council area.
Barratta is a suburb in the Edward River council area of New South Wales (about 8,501 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 62 out of 100 (high), 111th 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 (79th percentile), sexual offences (66th percentile), break-ins (66th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 51.
In 2025-26: violent 2,059 per 100,000 (+38% vs five years earlier); property 3,470 per 100,000 (+3% vs five years earlier); break-ins 635 per 100,000 (+91% vs five years earlier); theft 1,341 per 100,000 (+14% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 26th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Edward River council area is 3.6% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.2% of occupied homes (71 public and 34 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 28 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 32.9 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 6.4% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, New Zealand, India. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.5% (confidence 74 of 100); social housing about 2.9% of homes; about 32.4 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 6.5% 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: 0 offences were recorded in Barratta in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Edward River council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 2,059 | 175 | +38% |
| Property | 3,470 | 295 | +3% |
| Break-ins | 635 | 54 | +91% |
| Theft | 1,341 | 114 | +14% |
Edward River council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Questions
Is Barratta safe?
Police recorded 0 offences in Barratta in 2025-26, including 0 violent offences and 0 break-ins. Barratta is not ranked against other suburbs: with 12 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Edward River council area as a whole recorded 2,060 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 79% higher than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 61% 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 Barratta?
In 2025-26 police recorded 0 offences in Barratta, including 0 violent offences and 0 break-ins.
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