Gilgooma crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 3 offences in Gilgooma in 2025-26, including 0 violent offences and 2 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Coonamble council area.
Gilgooma 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: 3 offences were recorded in Gilgooma in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Coonamble council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 4,346 | 169 | -7% |
| Property | 7,380 | 287 | -21% |
| Break-ins | 1,157 | 45 | -51% |
| Theft | 2,057 | 80 | -25% |
Coonamble council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Questions
Is Gilgooma safe?
Police recorded 3 offences in Gilgooma in 2025-26, including 0 violent offences and 2 break-ins. Gilgooma is not ranked against other suburbs: with 44 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Coonamble council area as a whole recorded 4,350 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, 3.8 times the New South Wales rate (1,150) and 3.4 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 Gilgooma?
In 2025-26 police recorded 3 offences in Gilgooma, including 0 violent offences and 2 break-ins.
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