Bellingen crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 283 offences in Bellingen in 2025-26, including 77 violent offences and 8 break-ins. That is about 7,214 per 100,000 of its 3,923 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Bellingen council area.

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 47 out of 100 (moderate), 196th 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 (47th percentile), sexual offences (67th percentile), homicide (65th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 38.

In 2025-26: violent 1,281 per 100,000 (+10% vs five years earlier); property 2,472 per 100,000 (+20% vs five years earlier); break-ins 337 per 100,000 (+27% vs five years earlier); theft 809 per 100,000 (+44% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 65th 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 5.3% (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 suburb-level counts: 283 offences were recorded in Bellingen in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Bellingen council area.

Of 250 regional NSW suburbs and towns with at least 2,000 residents, Bellingen has the 125th highest recorded crime rate: about 7,400 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 7,320. Regional New South Wales rankings.

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

Crime in postcode 2454: every suburb and council it covers.

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