Burroway crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 7 offences in Burroway in 2025-26, including 6 violent offences and 0 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Narromine council area.
Burroway is a suburb in the Narromine council area of New South Wales (about 6,420 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 74 out of 100 (high), 47th 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 (83rd percentile), sexual offences (91st percentile), break-ins (82nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 74.
In 2025-26: violent 2,274 per 100,000 (-13% vs five years earlier); property 4,922 per 100,000 (-2% vs five years earlier); break-ins 623 per 100,000 (-50% vs five years earlier); theft 1,636 per 100,000 (-13% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 19th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Narromine council area is 4.4% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 4.4% of occupied homes (62 public and 36 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 16 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 24.9 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 4.6% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, New Zealand, Germany. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.3% (confidence 72 of 100); social housing about 4% of homes; about 24.5 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 4.7% 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: 7 offences were recorded in Burroway in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Narromine council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 2,274 | 146 | -13% |
| Property | 4,922 | 316 | -2% |
| Break-ins | 623 | 40 | -50% |
| Theft | 1,636 | 105 | -13% |
Narromine council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 2821: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Burroway safe?
Police recorded 7 offences in Burroway in 2025-26, including 6 violent offences and 0 break-ins. Burroway is not ranked against other suburbs: with 171 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Narromine council area as a whole recorded 2,270 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 98% higher than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 78% higher 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.
What is the crime rate in Burroway?
In 2025-26 police recorded 7 offences in Burroway, including 6 violent offences and 0 break-ins.
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