Gundagai crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

Gundagai is a suburb in the Cootamundra-Gundagai council area of New South Wales (about 11,429 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 42 out of 100 (moderate), 230th 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 (53rd percentile), sexual offences (64th percentile), weapons (86th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 48.

In 2024-25: violent 1,067 per 100,000 (-2% vs five years earlier); property 2,170 per 100,000 (-25% vs five years earlier); break-ins 210 per 100,000 (-43% vs five years earlier); theft 726 per 100,000 (-32% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 81st of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Cootamundra-Gundagai council area is 4.1% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.9% of occupied homes (176 public and 0 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 19 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 16.6 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 7.5% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, New Zealand, China. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.9% (confidence 75 of 100); social housing about 3.5% of homes; about 16.4 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 7.6% 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 crime statistics by council area, not by suburb, so the figures shown for Gundagai are those of the Cootamundra-Gundagai council area.

Cootamundra-Gundagai council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

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