Mccullys Gap crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 7 offences in Mccullys Gap in 2025-26, including 0 violent offences and 0 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Muswellbrook council area.
Mccullys Gap is a suburb in the Muswellbrook council area of New South Wales (about 16,859 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 72 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 (81st percentile), sexual offences (92nd percentile), robbery (77th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 66.
In 2025-26: violent 2,189 per 100,000 (+19% vs five years earlier); property 4,870 per 100,000 (-5% vs five years earlier); break-ins 771 per 100,000 (-15% vs five years earlier); theft 1,951 per 100,000 (+3% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 20th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Muswellbrook council area is 5.1% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 5.2% of occupied homes (237 public and 78 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 50 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 30.2 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 9.1% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in New Zealand, England, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 5.1% (confidence 78 of 100); social housing about 4.7% of homes; about 29.7 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 suburb-level counts: 7 offences were recorded in Mccullys Gap in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Muswellbrook council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 2,189 | 369 | +19% |
| Property | 4,870 | 821 | -5% |
| Break-ins | 771 | 130 | -15% |
| Theft | 1,951 | 329 | +3% |
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Questions
Is Mccullys Gap safe?
Police recorded 7 offences in Mccullys Gap in 2025-26, including 0 violent offences and 0 break-ins. Mccullys Gap is not ranked against other suburbs: with 262 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Muswellbrook council area as a whole recorded 2,190 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 90% higher than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 71% 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 Mccullys Gap?
In 2025-26 police recorded 7 offences in Mccullys Gap, including 0 violent offences and 0 break-ins.
Police news near Mccullys Gap
- Woman and teen charged as investigation continues into alleged robbery - Muswellbrook · Muswellbrook, 8 Sept 2026 · 15 km away
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