Gosforth crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

Gosforth is a suburb in the Maitland council area of New South Wales (about 100,439 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 52 out of 100 (moderate), 165th 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 (64th percentile), sexual offences (73rd percentile), robbery (80th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 59.

In 2024-25: violent 1,545 per 100,000 (+36% vs five years earlier); property 3,018 per 100,000 (-31% vs five years earlier); break-ins 346 per 100,000 (-41% vs five years earlier); theft 1,259 per 100,000 (-37% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 48th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Maitland council area is 4.7% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 4.8% of occupied homes (1,094 public and 465 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 179 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 19.1 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 9.6% 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 4.6% (confidence 84 of 100); social housing about 4.3% of homes; about 18.8 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 9.7% 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 Gosforth are those of the Maitland council area.

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

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