Brewarrina crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

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 82 out of 100 (very high), 19th 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), sexual offences (97th percentile), break-ins (96th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 82.

In 2024-25: violent 6,948 per 100,000 (+4% vs five years earlier); property 11,605 per 100,000 (+43% vs five years earlier); break-ins 4,011 per 100,000 (+222% vs five years earlier); theft 2,794 per 100,000 (+47% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 3rd 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 6.9% (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 crime statistics by council area, not by suburb, so the figures shown for Brewarrina are those of the Brewarrina council area.

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

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