Matheson crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 14 offences in Matheson in 2025-26, including 0 violent offences and 0 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Glen Innes Severn council area.
Matheson is a suburb in the Glen Innes Severn council area of New South Wales (about 9,069 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 63 out of 100 (high), 108th 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 (73rd percentile), sexual offences (77th percentile), break-ins (72nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 68.
In 2025-26: violent 1,698 per 100,000 (-13% vs five years earlier); property 4,091 per 100,000 (+22% vs five years earlier); break-ins 739 per 100,000 (+47% vs five years earlier); theft 1,632 per 100,000 (+35% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 38th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Glen Innes Severn council area is 6.4% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.7% of occupied homes (43 public and 55 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 33 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 36.8 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 8.5% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, New Zealand, India. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 6.3% (confidence 73 of 100); social housing about 2.4% of homes; about 36.2 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 8.6% 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: 14 offences were recorded in Matheson in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Glen Innes Severn council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,698 | 154 | -13% |
| Property | 4,091 | 371 | +22% |
| Break-ins | 739 | 67 | +47% |
| Theft | 1,632 | 148 | +35% |
Glen Innes Severn council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Questions
Is Matheson safe?
Police recorded 14 offences in Matheson in 2025-26, including 0 violent offences and 0 break-ins. Matheson is not ranked against other suburbs: with 50 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Glen Innes Severn council area as a whole recorded 1,700 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 48% higher than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 33% 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.
What is the crime rate in Matheson?
In 2025-26 police recorded 14 offences in Matheson, including 0 violent offences and 0 break-ins.
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