Mittagong crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

Mittagong is a suburb in the Wingecarribee council area of New South Wales (about 53,840 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 20 out of 100 (very low), 335th 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 sexual offences (49th percentile), assault (13th percentile), homicide (18th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 25.

In 2024-25: violent 654 per 100,000 (+11% vs five years earlier); property 1,298 per 100,000 (-27% vs five years earlier); break-ins 124 per 100,000 (-26% vs five years earlier); theft 314 per 100,000 (-44% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 113th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Wingecarribee council area is 3% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.5% of occupied homes (223 public and 272 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 93 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 17.6 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 19% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, New Zealand, India. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 2.9% (confidence 82 of 100); social housing about 2.2% of homes; about 17.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 19.3% 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 Mittagong are those of the Wingecarribee council area.

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

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