Forest Hill crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

Forest Hill is a suburb in the Wagga Wagga council area of New South Wales (about 69,108 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 70 out of 100 (high), 65th 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 (73rd percentile), robbery (86th percentile), sexual offences (70th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 75.

In 2024-25: violent 1,845 per 100,000 (+8% vs five years earlier); property 4,230 per 100,000 (-34% vs five years earlier); break-ins 548 per 100,000 (-44% vs five years earlier); theft 1,825 per 100,000 (-33% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 38th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Wagga Wagga council area is 4% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 4.4% of occupied homes (889 public and 190 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 258 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 37.6 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 12% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in India, Iraq, England. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.9% (confidence 83 of 100); social housing about 3.9% of homes; about 37 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 12.2% 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 Forest Hill are those of the Wagga Wagga council area.

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

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