Gurley crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 15 offences in Gurley in 2025-26, including 0 violent offences and 0 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Moree Plains council area.
Gurley is a suburb in the Moree Plains council area of New South Wales (about 12,845 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 85 out of 100 (very high), 15th 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 (91st percentile), break-ins (95th percentile), sexual offences (92nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 83.
In 2025-26: violent 4,656 per 100,000 (+13% vs five years earlier); property 11,172 per 100,000 (+5% vs five years earlier); break-ins 2,110 per 100,000 (+8% vs five years earlier); theft 3,379 per 100,000 (+3% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 5th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Moree Plains council area is 3.8% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 7.9% of occupied homes (207 public and 113 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 62 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 48 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 7% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in New Zealand, England, South Africa. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.8% (confidence 76 of 100); social housing about 7.2% of homes; about 47.2 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 7.2% 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: 15 offences were recorded in Gurley in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Moree Plains council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 4,656 | 598 | +13% |
| Property | 11,172 | 1,435 | +5% |
| Break-ins | 2,110 | 271 | +8% |
| Theft | 3,379 | 434 | +3% |
Moree Plains council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 2398: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Gurley safe?
Police recorded 15 offences in Gurley in 2025-26, including 0 violent offences and 0 break-ins. Gurley is not ranked against other suburbs: with 248 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Moree Plains council area as a whole recorded 4,660 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, 4 times the New South Wales rate (1,150) and 3.6 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 Gurley?
In 2025-26 police recorded 15 offences in Gurley, including 0 violent offences and 0 break-ins.
Police news near Gurley
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