Clovass crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
Clovass is a suburb in the Richmond Valley council area of New South Wales (about 24,044 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 71 out of 100 (high), 63rd 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 (73rd percentile), sexual offences (87th percentile), homicide (77th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 64.
In 2025-26: violent 2,021 per 100,000 (+21% vs five years earlier); property 4,271 per 100,000 (+8% vs five years earlier); break-ins 844 per 100,000 (+72% vs five years earlier); theft 1,269 per 100,000 (-7% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 27th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Richmond Valley council area is 4.7% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.2% of occupied homes (191 public and 91 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 104 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 43.8 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 6.7% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, New Zealand, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.6% (confidence 79 of 100); social housing about 2.9% of homes; about 43 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 6.8% 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 Clovass are those of the Richmond Valley council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 2,021 | 486 | +21% |
| Property | 4,271 | 1,027 | +8% |
| Break-ins | 844 | 203 | +72% |
| Theft | 1,269 | 305 | -7% |
Richmond Valley council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Questions
Is Clovass safe?
New South Wales publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Clovass is in the Richmond Valley council area, which recorded 2,020 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 76% higher than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 58% 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.
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