Burra crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

Burra is a suburb in the Snowy Valleys council area of New South Wales (about 15,058 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 48 out of 100 (moderate), 182nd 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 (52nd percentile), sexual offences (74th percentile), robbery (59th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 58.

In 2024-25: violent 1,169 per 100,000 (-12% vs five years earlier); property 2,796 per 100,000 (-7% vs five years earlier); break-ins 531 per 100,000 (-7% vs five years earlier); theft 903 per 100,000 (-29% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 74th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Snowy Valleys council area is 4.3% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.7% of occupied homes (182 public and 30 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 33 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 22 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 10% 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 4.1% (confidence 77 of 100); social housing about 3.4% of homes; about 21.7 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 10.1% 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 Burra are those of the Snowy Valleys council area.

Snowy Valleys council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

Nearby suburbs

Bangadang · Batlow · Blowering · Buddong · Cooleys Creek · Courabyra · Couragago · Ellerslie · Gilmore · Glenroy · Goobarragandra · Grahamstown · Green Hills · Kunama · Laurel Hill · Little River · Lower Bago · Mannus · Maragle · Mount Horeb · Mundongo · Nurenmerenmong · Paddys River · Taradale · Tumbarumba · Wereboldera · Wermatong · Westdale · Willigobung · Wyangle

australiancrimerate.com.au/suburb/nsw/burra/ · Australian Crime Map