Glen Innes crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 774 offences in Glen Innes in 2025-26, including 130 violent offences and 62 break-ins. That is about 12,446 per 100,000 of its 6,219 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Glen Innes Severn council area.

Glen Innes is a suburb in the Glen Innes Severn council area of New South Wales (about 9,069 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 63 out of 100 (high), 108th 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), sexual offences (77th percentile), break-ins (72nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 68.

In 2025-26: violent 1,698 per 100,000 (-13% vs five years earlier); property 4,091 per 100,000 (+22% vs five years earlier); break-ins 739 per 100,000 (+47% vs five years earlier); theft 1,632 per 100,000 (+35% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 38th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Glen Innes Severn council area is 6.4% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.7% of occupied homes (43 public and 55 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 33 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 36.8 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 8.5% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, New Zealand, India. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 6.3% (confidence 73 of 100); social housing about 2.4% of homes; about 36.2 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 8.6% 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: 774 offences were recorded in Glen Innes in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Glen Innes Severn council area.

Of 250 regional NSW suburbs and towns with at least 2,000 residents, Glen Innes has the 48th highest recorded crime rate: about 13,500 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 7,320. Regional New South Wales rankings.

Glen Innes Severn council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

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