Brewarrina crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 346 offences in Brewarrina in 2025-26, including 63 violent offences and 25 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Brewarrina council area.
Brewarrina is a suburb in the Brewarrina council area of New South Wales (about 1,396 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 88 out of 100 (very high), 8th 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 (93rd percentile), homicide (98th percentile), sexual offences (97th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 84.
In 2025-26: violent 5,444 per 100,000 (-28% vs five years earlier); property 9,456 per 100,000 (-17% vs five years earlier); break-ins 2,149 per 100,000 (-11% vs five years earlier); theft 2,507 per 100,000 (-9% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 4th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Brewarrina council area is 7.1% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 33.2% of occupied homes (105 public and 52 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 9 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 63 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 5.6% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in India, New Zealand, England. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 7% (confidence 66 of 100); social housing about 30% of homes; about 62 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 5.7% 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: 346 offences were recorded in Brewarrina in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Brewarrina council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 5,444 | 76 | -28% |
| Property | 9,456 | 132 | -17% |
| Break-ins | 2,149 | 30 | -11% |
| Theft | 2,507 | 35 | -9% |
Brewarrina council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 2839: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Brewarrina safe?
Police recorded 346 offences in Brewarrina in 2025-26, including 63 violent offences and 25 break-ins. Brewarrina is not ranked against other suburbs: with 931 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Brewarrina council area as a whole recorded 5,440 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, 4.7 times the New South Wales rate (1,150) and 4.3 times 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 Brewarrina?
In 2025-26 police recorded 346 offences in Brewarrina, including 63 violent offences and 25 break-ins.
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