Bellingen crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

Bellingen is a suburb in the Bellingen council area of New South Wales (about 13,348 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 52 out of 100 (moderate), 169th 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 (71st percentile), assault (47th percentile), homicide (65th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 36.

In 2024-25: violent 1,176 per 100,000 (+23% vs five years earlier); property 2,899 per 100,000 (+10% vs five years earlier); break-ins 472 per 100,000 (+27% vs five years earlier); theft 996 per 100,000 (+15% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 72nd of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Bellingen council area is 5.3% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.1% of occupied homes (78 public and 31 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 50 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 37.6 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 13.7% 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 5.2% (confidence 76 of 100); social housing about 1.9% of homes; about 37 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 13.9% 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 Bellingen are those of the Bellingen council area.

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

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