Donnellyville crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
Donnellyville is a suburb in the Nambucca Valley council area of New South Wales (about 21,237 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 54 out of 100 (moderate), 150th 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 (63rd percentile), sexual offences (80th percentile), robbery (55th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 73.
In 2025-26: violent 1,695 per 100,000 (-6% vs five years earlier); property 3,230 per 100,000 (-20% vs five years earlier); break-ins 428 per 100,000 (-32% vs five years earlier); theft 1,135 per 100,000 (-16% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 41st of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Nambucca Valley council area is 6.8% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 4.1% of occupied homes (122 public and 215 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 70 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 33.9 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 11% 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 6.8% (confidence 77 of 100); social housing about 3.7% of homes; about 33.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 11.2% 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 Donnellyville are those of the Nambucca Valley council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,695 | 360 | -6% |
| Property | 3,230 | 686 | -20% |
| Break-ins | 428 | 91 | -32% |
| Theft | 1,135 | 241 | -16% |
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Questions
Is Donnellyville safe?
New South Wales publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Donnellyville is in the Nambucca Valley council area, which recorded 1,700 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 47% higher than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 32% 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.
Police news near Donnellyville
- Homicide Squad detectives reappeal for information into the murders of three children in Bowraville · Bowraville, 14 Sept 2026 · 14 km away
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