Fairholme crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 3 offences in Fairholme in 2025-26, including 0 violent offences and 1 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Lachlan council area.
Fairholme is a suburb in the Lachlan council area of New South Wales (about 6,118 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 79 out of 100 (high), 27th 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 (84th percentile), homicide (96th percentile), sexual offences (87th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 72.
In 2025-26: violent 2,664 per 100,000 (+71% vs five years earlier); property 5,492 per 100,000 (-8% vs five years earlier); break-ins 801 per 100,000 (-29% vs five years earlier); theft 1,602 per 100,000 (-25% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 10th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Lachlan council area is 5.2% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 8.3% of occupied homes (100 public and 81 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 25 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 40.7 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 5.5% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in India, Philippines, England. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 5.4% (confidence 72 of 100); social housing about 7.5% of homes; about 40 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 5.6% 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 Fairholme in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Lachlan council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 2,664 | 163 | +71% |
| Property | 5,492 | 336 | -8% |
| Break-ins | 801 | 49 | -29% |
| Theft | 1,602 | 98 | -25% |
Lachlan council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Questions
Is Fairholme safe?
Police recorded 3 offences in Fairholme in 2025-26, including 0 violent offences and 1 break-ins. Fairholme is not ranked against other suburbs: with 43 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Lachlan council area as a whole recorded 2,660 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, 2.3 times the New South Wales rate (1,150) and 2.1 times 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 Fairholme?
In 2025-26 police recorded 3 offences in Fairholme, including 0 violent offences and 1 break-ins.
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