Cobbadah crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 3 offences in Cobbadah in 2025-26, including 0 violent offences and 0 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Gwydir council area.
Cobbadah is a suburb in the Gwydir council area of New South Wales (about 4,968 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 41 out of 100 (moderate), 242nd 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 (57th percentile), sexual offences (74th percentile), break-ins (53rd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 55.
In 2025-26: violent 1,590 per 100,000 (+39% vs five years earlier); property 2,556 per 100,000 (+26% vs five years earlier); break-ins 523 per 100,000 (+71% vs five years earlier); theft 725 per 100,000 (-17% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 45th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Gwydir council area is 4.2% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 0.9% of occupied homes (8 public and 10 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 11 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 22.3 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 4.7% 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 4.1% (confidence 71 of 100); social housing about 0.9% of homes; about 21.9 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: 3 offences were recorded in Cobbadah in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Gwydir council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,590 | 79 | +39% |
| Property | 2,556 | 127 | +26% |
| Break-ins | 523 | 26 | +71% |
| Theft | 725 | 36 | -17% |
Gwydir council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 2347: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Cobbadah safe?
Police recorded 3 offences in Cobbadah in 2025-26, including 0 violent offences and 0 break-ins. Cobbadah is not ranked against other suburbs: with 95 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Gwydir council area as a whole recorded 1,590 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 38% higher than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 24% 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 Cobbadah?
In 2025-26 police recorded 3 offences in Cobbadah, including 0 violent offences and 0 break-ins.
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