Hay crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
Hay is a suburb in the Balranald council area of New South Wales (about 2,244 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 44 out of 100 (moderate), 214th 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 (50th percentile), sexual offences (60th percentile), robbery (52nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 50.
In 2024-25: violent 1,114 per 100,000 (-10% vs five years earlier); property 3,075 per 100,000 (-4% vs five years earlier); break-ins 357 per 100,000 (+1% vs five years earlier); theft 802 per 100,000 (-21% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 77th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Balranald council area is 3.3% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 5.6% of occupied homes (28 public and 13 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 13 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 58.1 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 Malaysia, Fiji, England. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3% (confidence 68 of 100); social housing about 5.1% of homes; about 57.2 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 Hay are those of the Balranald council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,114 | 25 | -10% |
| Property | 3,075 | 69 | -4% |
| Break-ins | 357 | 8 | +1% |
| Theft | 802 | 18 | -21% |
Balranald council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Nearby suburbs
Arumpo · Balranald · Booligal · Carrathool · Clare · Corrong · Euston · Gunbar · Hatfield · Hay South · Kyalite · Mungo · Oxley · Waugorah · Yanga
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