Brayton crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 8 offences in Brayton in 2025-26, including 2 violent offences and 0 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Goulburn Mulwaree council area.
Brayton is a suburb in the Goulburn Mulwaree council area of New South Wales (about 33,746 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 53 out of 100 (moderate), 154th 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 (59th percentile), homicide (75th percentile), sexual offences (63rd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 49.
In 2025-26: violent 1,446 per 100,000 (+25% vs five years earlier); property 2,996 per 100,000 (+3% vs five years earlier); break-ins 296 per 100,000 (+5% vs five years earlier); theft 1,200 per 100,000 (+1% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 54th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Goulburn Mulwaree council area is 4.3% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 5.3% of occupied homes (514 public and 119 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 84 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 25.8 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 11.7% 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 4.2% (confidence 81 of 100); social housing about 4.8% of homes; about 25.4 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 11.9% 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: 8 offences were recorded in Brayton in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Goulburn Mulwaree council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,446 | 488 | +25% |
| Property | 2,996 | 1,011 | +3% |
| Break-ins | 296 | 100 | +5% |
| Theft | 1,200 | 405 | +1% |
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Questions
Is Brayton safe?
Police recorded 8 offences in Brayton in 2025-26, including 2 violent offences and 0 break-ins. Brayton is not ranked against other suburbs: with 208 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Goulburn Mulwaree council area as a whole recorded 1,450 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 26% higher than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 13% higher than the national rate (1,280). These are offences recorded by police per resident: they describe the area as a whole, not the risk on any particular street, and places with a busy centre record more because offences are counted where they happen.
What is the crime rate in Brayton?
In 2025-26 police recorded 8 offences in Brayton, including 2 violent offences and 0 break-ins.
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