Hillston crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 132 offences in Hillston in 2025-26, including 16 violent offences and 4 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Carrathool council area.
Hillston is a suburb in the Carrathool council area of New South Wales (about 2,803 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 64 out of 100 (high), 102nd 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 (99th percentile), robbery (88th percentile), sexual offences (69th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 61.
In 2025-26: violent 1,070 per 100,000 (-36% vs five years earlier); property 2,283 per 100,000 (-29% vs five years earlier); break-ins 214 per 100,000 (-59% vs five years earlier); theft 1,035 per 100,000 (-4% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 77th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Carrathool council area is 2.9% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.2% of occupied homes (14 public and 7 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 5 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 17.6 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 16.1% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in India, Malaysia, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 2.7% (confidence 69 of 100); social housing about 2% of homes; about 17.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 16.4% 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: 132 offences were recorded in Hillston in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Carrathool council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,070 | 30 | -36% |
| Property | 2,283 | 64 | -29% |
| Break-ins | 214 | 6 | -59% |
| Theft | 1,035 | 29 | -4% |
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Questions
Is Hillston safe?
Police recorded 132 offences in Hillston in 2025-26, including 16 violent offences and 4 break-ins. Hillston is not ranked against other suburbs: with 1,547 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Carrathool council area as a whole recorded 1,070 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 7% lower than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 16% lower than 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 Hillston?
In 2025-26 police recorded 132 offences in Hillston, including 16 violent offences and 4 break-ins.
Police news near Hillston
- Third person charged over alleged shooting - Hillston · Hillston, 7 Sept 2026
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