Black Hollow crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

Black Hollow is a suburb in the Coonamble council area of New South Wales (about 3,889 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 77 out of 100 (high), 38th 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 (90th percentile), break-ins (94th percentile), sexual offences (94th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 85.

In 2024-25: violent 3,471 per 100,000 (-43% vs five years earlier); property 5,991 per 100,000 (-49% vs five years earlier); break-ins 1,234 per 100,000 (-66% vs five years earlier); theft 1,440 per 100,000 (-60% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 6th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Coonamble council area is 6.7% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 9.7% of occupied homes (91 public and 35 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 4 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 10.4 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 4% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in India, England, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 6.5% (confidence 69 of 100); social housing about 8.7% of homes; about 10.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 4.1% 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 Black Hollow are those of the Coonamble council area.

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

Nearby suburbs

Armatree · Bourbah · Gulargambone · Mount Tenandra · Quanda · Tonderburine · Warrumbungle

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