Hastings Point crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
Hastings Point is a suburb in the Tweed council area of New South Wales (about 101,044 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 46 out of 100 (moderate), 204th 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 homicide (63rd percentile), assault (39th percentile), robbery (52nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 44.
In 2024-25: violent 928 per 100,000 (+14% vs five years earlier); property 3,039 per 100,000 (+6% vs five years earlier); break-ins 295 per 100,000 (+18% vs five years earlier); theft 1,416 per 100,000 (+9% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 90th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Tweed council area is 5% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.8% of occupied homes (812 public and 242 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 523 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 53.1 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 16.6% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, New Zealand, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.9% (confidence 84 of 100); social housing about 2.5% of homes; about 52.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 16.8% 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 Hastings Point are those of the Tweed council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 928 | 938 | +14% |
| Property | 3,039 | 3,071 | +6% |
| Break-ins | 295 | 298 | +18% |
| Theft | 1,416 | 1,431 | +9% |
Tweed council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
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