Blighty crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
Blighty is a suburb in the Berrigan council area of New South Wales (about 8,773 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 43 out of 100 (moderate), 221st 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 (49th percentile), robbery (58th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 30.
In 2024-25: violent 1,003 per 100,000 (+50% vs five years earlier); property 2,394 per 100,000 (+6% vs five years earlier); break-ins 342 per 100,000 (-1% vs five years earlier); theft 821 per 100,000 (-7% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 83rd of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Berrigan council area is 3.1% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.2% of occupied homes (11 public and 31 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 6 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 6.9 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 9% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, New Zealand, Netherlands. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3% (confidence 73 of 100); social housing about 1.1% of homes; about 6.8 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 9.1% 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 Blighty are those of the Berrigan council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,003 | 88 | +50% |
| Property | 2,394 | 210 | +6% |
| Break-ins | 342 | 30 | -1% |
| Theft | 821 | 72 | -7% |
Berrigan council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Nearby suburbs
Aratula · Berrigan · Boomanoomana · Finley · Logie Brae · Myrtle Park · Pine Lodge · Tocumwal · Tuppal
australiancrimerate.com.au/suburb/nsw/blighty/ · Australian Crime Map