Broken Hill West crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
Broken Hill West is a suburb in the Unincorporated NSW council area of New South Wales (about 975 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 79 out of 100 (high), 28th 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 (86th percentile), sexual offences (98th percentile), break-ins (86th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 78.
In 2025-26: violent 4,103 per 100,000 (+49% vs five years earlier); property 6,974 per 100,000 (+13% vs five years earlier); break-ins 1,333 per 100,000 (+127% vs five years earlier); theft 2,359 per 100,000 (+20% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 7th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Unincorporated NSW council area is 2.5% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2% of occupied homes (7 public and 0 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 6 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 60.2 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 11.1% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in New Zealand, England, Fiji. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 2.8% (confidence 67 of 100); social housing about 1.8% of homes; about 59.2 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 11.3% 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 Broken Hill West are those of the Unincorporated NSW council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 4,103 | 40 | +49% |
| Property | 6,974 | 68 | +13% |
| Break-ins | 1,333 | 13 | +127% |
| Theft | 2,359 | 23 | +20% |
Unincorporated NSW council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 2880: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Broken Hill West safe?
New South Wales publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Broken Hill West is in the Unincorporated NSW council area, which recorded 4,100 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, 3.6 times the New South Wales rate (1,150) and 3.2 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.
Police news near Broken Hill West
- Man charged over alleged serious assault of elderly man - Broken Hill · Broken Hill, 15 Sept 2026
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