Coonamble crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 694 offences in Coonamble in 2025-26, including 138 violent offences and 37 break-ins. That is about 26,032 per 100,000 of its 2,666 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Coonamble council area.

Coonamble is a suburb in the Coonamble council area of New South Wales (about 3,889 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 73 out of 100 (high), 51st 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 (90th percentile), sexual offences (92nd percentile), break-ins (92nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 85.

In 2025-26: violent 4,346 per 100,000 (-7% vs five years earlier); property 7,380 per 100,000 (-21% vs five years earlier); break-ins 1,157 per 100,000 (-51% vs five years earlier); theft 2,057 per 100,000 (-25% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 6th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Coonamble council area is 6.7% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 9.7% of occupied homes (91 public and 35 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 4 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 10.4 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 4% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in India, England, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 6.6% (confidence 69 of 100); social housing about 8.7% of homes; about 10.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 4.1% 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 suburb-level counts: 694 offences were recorded in Coonamble in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Coonamble council area.

Of 250 regional NSW suburbs and towns with at least 2,000 residents, Coonamble has the 10th highest recorded crime rate: about 27,200 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 7,320. Regional New South Wales rankings.

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

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