Bumberry crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
Bumberry is a suburb in the Cabonne council area of New South Wales (about 13,915 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 25 out of 100 (low), 307th 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 sexual offences (39th percentile), assault (23rd percentile), robbery (34th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 30.
In 2025-26: violent 704 per 100,000 (+14% vs five years earlier); property 1,480 per 100,000 (-5% vs five years earlier); break-ins 266 per 100,000 (-11% vs five years earlier); theft 367 per 100,000 (-28% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 110th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Cabonne council area is 2.6% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1% of occupied homes (23 public and 28 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 21 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 15.1 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 6.5% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, New Zealand, South Africa. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 2.6% (confidence 77 of 100); social housing about 0.9% of homes; about 14.9 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 6.6% 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 Bumberry are those of the Cabonne council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 704 | 98 | +14% |
| Property | 1,480 | 206 | -5% |
| Break-ins | 266 | 37 | -11% |
| Theft | 367 | 51 | -28% |
Cabonne council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 2870: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Bumberry safe?
New South Wales publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Bumberry is in the Cabonne council area, which recorded 704 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 39% lower than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 45% lower 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.
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