Garland Valley crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 4 offences in Garland Valley in 2025-26, including 0 violent offences and 0 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Singleton council area.
Garland Valley is a suburb in the Singleton council area of New South Wales (about 25,841 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 44 out of 100 (moderate), 218th 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 (52nd percentile), sexual offences (66th percentile), break-ins (41st percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 59.
In 2025-26: violent 1,250 per 100,000 (+14% vs five years earlier); property 2,651 per 100,000 (-30% vs five years earlier); break-ins 372 per 100,000 (-50% vs five years earlier); theft 855 per 100,000 (-45% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 66th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Singleton council area is 3.7% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 4.2% of occupied homes (294 public and 58 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 92 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 36.6 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 9% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in New Zealand, England, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.7% (confidence 80 of 100); social housing about 3.8% of homes; about 36 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 9.1% 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: 4 offences were recorded in Garland Valley in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Singleton council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,250 | 323 | +14% |
| Property | 2,651 | 685 | -30% |
| Break-ins | 372 | 96 | -50% |
| Theft | 855 | 221 | -45% |
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Questions
Is Garland Valley safe?
Police recorded 4 offences in Garland Valley in 2025-26, including 0 violent offences and 0 break-ins. Garland Valley is not ranked against other suburbs: with 22 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Singleton council area as a whole recorded 1,250 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 9% higher than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and close to 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 Garland Valley?
In 2025-26 police recorded 4 offences in Garland Valley, including 0 violent offences and 0 break-ins.
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