Bolwarra Heights crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 77 offences in Bolwarra Heights in 2025-26, including 19 violent offences and 3 break-ins. That is about 2,241 per 100,000 of its 3,436 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Maitland council area.

Bolwarra Heights is a suburb in the Maitland council area of New South Wales (about 100,439 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 53 out of 100 (moderate), 153rd 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 (64th percentile), sexual offences (75th percentile), robbery (70th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 57.

In 2025-26: violent 1,618 per 100,000 (+30% vs five years earlier); property 3,341 per 100,000 (-4% vs five years earlier); break-ins 423 per 100,000 (+2% vs five years earlier); theft 1,354 per 100,000 (-6% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 44th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Maitland council area is 4.7% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 4.8% of occupied homes (1,094 public and 465 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 179 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 19.1 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 9.6% 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 4.6% (confidence 84 of 100); social housing about 4.3% of homes; about 18.8 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 9.7% 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 suburb-level counts: 77 offences were recorded in Bolwarra Heights in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Maitland council area.

Of 250 regional NSW suburbs and towns with at least 2,000 residents, Bolwarra Heights has the 8th lowest recorded crime rate: about 2,200 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 7,320. Regional New South Wales rankings.

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

Crime in postcode 2320: every suburb and council it covers.

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