Goulburn crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

Goulburn is a suburb in the Goulburn Mulwaree council area of New South Wales (about 33,746 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 52 out of 100 (moderate), 167th 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 (60th percentile), sexual offences (65th percentile), homicide (57th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 49.

In 2024-25: violent 1,304 per 100,000 (+19% vs five years earlier); property 3,263 per 100,000 (+1% vs five years earlier); break-ins 311 per 100,000 (-10% vs five years earlier); theft 1,351 per 100,000 (-5% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 63rd of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Goulburn Mulwaree council area is 4.3% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 5.3% of occupied homes (514 public and 119 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 84 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 25.8 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 11.7% 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 4.2% (confidence 81 of 100); social housing about 4.8% of homes; about 25.4 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 11.9% 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 Goulburn are those of the Goulburn Mulwaree council area.

Goulburn Mulwaree council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

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