Cobar Park crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

Cobar Park is a suburb in the Lithgow council area of New South Wales (about 20,693 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 62 out of 100 (high), 116th 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 (78th percentile), sexual offences (77th percentile), robbery (87th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 53.

In 2024-25: violent 2,092 per 100,000 (+43% vs five years earlier); property 3,861 per 100,000 (-14% vs five years earlier); break-ins 507 per 100,000 (-9% vs five years earlier); theft 1,493 per 100,000 (-15% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 27th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Lithgow council area is 5.5% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 5.3% of occupied homes (392 public and 45 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 29 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 13.9 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 10.9% 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 5.4% (confidence 78 of 100); social housing about 4.8% of homes; about 13.7 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 11.1% 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 Cobar Park are those of the Lithgow council area.

Lithgow council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

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