Merrigal crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 1 offences in Merrigal in 2025-26, including 0 violent offences and 0 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Warren council area.
Merrigal is a suburb in the Warren council area of New South Wales (about 2,606 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 72 out of 100 (high), 59th 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 (88th percentile), break-ins (91st percentile), sexual offences (76th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 72.
In 2025-26: violent 2,341 per 100,000 (-2% vs five years earlier); property 6,869 per 100,000 (+37% vs five years earlier); break-ins 2,111 per 100,000 (+127% vs five years earlier); theft 2,341 per 100,000 (+31% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 17th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Warren council area is 4.6% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 5.1% of occupied homes (26 public and 22 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 4 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 15.5 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 6.1% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in Philippines, England, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.4% (confidence 69 of 100); social housing about 4.6% of homes; about 15.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 6.2% 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: 1 offences were recorded in Merrigal in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Warren council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 2,341 | 61 | -2% |
| Property | 6,869 | 179 | +37% |
| Break-ins | 2,111 | 55 | +127% |
| Theft | 2,341 | 61 | +31% |
Warren council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 2827: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Merrigal safe?
Police recorded 1 offences in Merrigal in 2025-26, including 0 violent offences and 0 break-ins. Merrigal is not ranked against other suburbs: with 10 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Warren council area as a whole recorded 2,340 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 Merrigal?
In 2025-26 police recorded 1 offences in Merrigal, including 0 violent offences and 0 break-ins.
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