Cookamidgera crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 12 offences in Cookamidgera in 2025-26, including 3 violent offences and 0 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Forbes council area.
Cookamidgera is a suburb in the Forbes council area of New South Wales (about 9,301 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 76 out of 100 (high), 39th 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 (72nd percentile), sexual offences (81st percentile), break-ins (75th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 79.
In 2025-26: violent 1,968 per 100,000 (-9% vs five years earlier); property 4,666 per 100,000 (-27% vs five years earlier); break-ins 753 per 100,000 (-36% vs five years earlier); theft 1,914 per 100,000 (-22% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 32nd of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Forbes council area is 3.7% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 4.3% of occupied homes (134 public and 19 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 31 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 33.1 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 4.8% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, New Zealand, India. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.8% (confidence 74 of 100); social housing about 3.9% of homes; about 32.6 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 4.8% 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 suburb-level counts: 12 offences were recorded in Cookamidgera in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Forbes council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,968 | 183 | -9% |
| Property | 4,666 | 434 | -27% |
| Break-ins | 753 | 70 | -36% |
| Theft | 1,914 | 178 | -22% |
Forbes council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 2870: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Cookamidgera safe?
Police recorded 12 offences in Cookamidgera in 2025-26, including 3 violent offences and 0 break-ins. Cookamidgera is not ranked against other suburbs: with 151 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Forbes council area as a whole recorded 1,970 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 71% higher than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 54% 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 Cookamidgera?
In 2025-26 police recorded 12 offences in Cookamidgera, including 3 violent offences and 0 break-ins.
Police news near Cookamidgera
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