Bathurst crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

Bathurst is a suburb in the Bathurst council area of New South Wales (about 45,359 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 58 out of 100 (moderate), 132nd 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 (71st percentile), sexual offences (79th percentile), robbery (87th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 62.

In 2024-25: violent 1,863 per 100,000 (+32% vs five years earlier); property 3,153 per 100,000 (-27% vs five years earlier); break-ins 320 per 100,000 (-62% vs five years earlier); theft 1,336 per 100,000 (-14% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 34th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Bathurst council area is 4.1% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.9% of occupied homes (500 public and 116 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 158 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 35.7 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 10.6% 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 4% (confidence 82 of 100); social housing about 3.5% of homes; about 35.2 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 10.7% 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 Bathurst are those of the Bathurst council area.

Bathurst council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

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