Kootingal crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
Kootingal is a suburb in the Tamworth council area of New South Wales (about 66,403 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 71 out of 100 (high), 54th 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 (79th percentile), break-ins (79th percentile), sexual offences (78th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 69.
In 2024-25: violent 2,349 per 100,000 (+48% vs five years earlier); property 4,766 per 100,000 (+6% vs five years earlier); break-ins 812 per 100,000 (-3% vs five years earlier); theft 1,769 per 100,000 (+15% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 17th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Tamworth council area is 4.5% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.7% of occupied homes (633 public and 241 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 168 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 26 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 9% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, Philippines, India. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.4% (confidence 83 of 100); social housing about 3.3% of homes; about 25.6 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 9.2% 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 crime statistics by council area, not by suburb, so the figures shown for Kootingal are those of the Tamworth council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 2,349 | 1,560 | +48% |
| Property | 4,766 | 3,165 | +6% |
| Break-ins | 812 | 539 | -3% |
| Theft | 1,769 | 1,175 | +15% |
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