Mendooran crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 92 offences in Mendooran in 2025-26, including 25 violent offences and 1 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Gilgandra council area.
Mendooran is a suburb in the Gilgandra council area of New South Wales (about 4,304 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 62 out of 100 (high), 112th 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 (77th percentile), sexual offences (88th percentile), break-ins (82nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 66.
In 2025-26: violent 2,347 per 100,000 (+14% vs five years earlier); property 4,414 per 100,000 (+23% vs five years earlier); break-ins 790 per 100,000 (+42% vs five years earlier); theft 1,603 per 100,000 (+31% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 16th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Gilgandra council area is 4.7% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 4.4% of occupied homes (53 public and 17 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 11 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 25.6 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 3.8% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, Philippines, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.7% (confidence 70 of 100); social housing about 4% of homes; about 25.2 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 3.9% 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: 92 offences were recorded in Mendooran in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Gilgandra council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 2,347 | 101 | +14% |
| Property | 4,414 | 190 | +23% |
| Break-ins | 790 | 34 | +42% |
| Theft | 1,603 | 69 | +31% |
Gilgandra council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 2842: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Mendooran safe?
Police recorded 92 offences in Mendooran in 2025-26, including 25 violent offences and 1 break-ins. Mendooran is not ranked against other suburbs: with 626 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Gilgandra council area as a whole recorded 2,350 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, 2 times the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 83% 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 Mendooran?
In 2025-26 police recorded 92 offences in Mendooran, including 25 violent offences and 1 break-ins.
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