Merrygoen crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 20 offences in Merrygoen in 2025-26, including 3 violent offences and 2 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Warrumbungle council area.
Merrygoen is a suburb in the Warrumbungle council area of New South Wales (about 9,246 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 72 out of 100 (high), 58th 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 (75th percentile), sexual offences (89th percentile), homicide (87th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 65.
In 2025-26: violent 2,012 per 100,000 (+45% vs five years earlier); property 3,991 per 100,000 (+17% vs five years earlier); break-ins 757 per 100,000 (+40% vs five years earlier); theft 1,417 per 100,000 (+34% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 28th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Warrumbungle council area is 6.1% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.6% of occupied homes (64 public and 24 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 33 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 35.6 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 6.9% 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% (confidence 74 of 100); social housing about 2.3% of homes; about 35.1 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 7% 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: 20 offences were recorded in Merrygoen in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Warrumbungle council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 2,012 | 186 | +45% |
| Property | 3,991 | 369 | +17% |
| Break-ins | 757 | 70 | +40% |
| Theft | 1,417 | 131 | +34% |
Warrumbungle council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Questions
Is Merrygoen safe?
Police recorded 20 offences in Merrygoen in 2025-26, including 3 violent offences and 2 break-ins. Merrygoen is not ranked against other suburbs: with 79 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Warrumbungle council area as a whole recorded 2,010 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 75% higher than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 57% 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 Merrygoen?
In 2025-26 police recorded 20 offences in Merrygoen, including 3 violent offences and 2 break-ins.
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