Lake Hiawatha crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
Lake Hiawatha is a suburb in the Clarence Valley council area of New South Wales (about 56,874 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 67 out of 100 (high), 85th 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 (66th percentile), sexual offences (71st percentile), break-ins (66th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 53.
In 2025-26: violent 1,660 per 100,000 (+55% vs five years earlier); property 4,559 per 100,000 (+74% vs five years earlier); break-ins 833 per 100,000 (+182% vs five years earlier); theft 1,728 per 100,000 (+62% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 43rd of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Clarence Valley council area is 6.2% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.5% of occupied homes (297 public and 219 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 198 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 36.1 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 8.9% 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 6.1% (confidence 82 of 100); social housing about 2.2% of homes; about 35.5 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 9.1% 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 Lake Hiawatha are those of the Clarence Valley council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,660 | 944 | +55% |
| Property | 4,559 | 2,593 | +74% |
| Break-ins | 833 | 474 | +182% |
| Theft | 1,728 | 983 | +62% |
Clarence Valley council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 2462: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Lake Hiawatha safe?
New South Wales publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Lake Hiawatha is in the Clarence Valley council area, which recorded 1,660 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 44% higher than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 30% higher 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.
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