Merungle Hill crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

Merungle Hill is a suburb in the Leeton council area of New South Wales (about 11,475 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 63 out of 100 (high), 111th 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 (70th percentile), sexual offences (91st percentile), break-ins (65th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 72.

In 2024-25: violent 1,664 per 100,000 (-7% vs five years earlier); property 3,503 per 100,000 (-6% vs five years earlier); break-ins 619 per 100,000 (-11% vs five years earlier); theft 1,046 per 100,000 (-31% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 41st of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Leeton council area is 3.8% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.7% of occupied homes (99 public and 8 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 33 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 28.7 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 11.8% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in India, Italy, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.7% (confidence 76 of 100); social housing about 2.4% of homes; about 28.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 12% 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 crime statistics by council area, not by suburb, so the figures shown for Merungle Hill are those of the Leeton council area.

Leeton council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

Nearby suburbs

Brobenah · Corbie Hill · Gogeldrie · Leeton · Murrami · Stanbridge · Whitton · Yanco

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