Mookerawa crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
Mookerawa is a suburb in the Dubbo council area of New South Wales (about 57,384 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 79 out of 100 (high), 29th 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 (85th percentile), break-ins (86th percentile), sexual offences (84th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 81.
In 2024-25: violent 2,658 per 100,000 (+12% vs five years earlier); property 5,601 per 100,000 (-28% vs five years earlier); break-ins 817 per 100,000 (-40% vs five years earlier); theft 2,100 per 100,000 (-33% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 10th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Dubbo council area is 3.6% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 4.5% of occupied homes (649 public and 225 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 241 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 43 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 10.6% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in India, Nepal, England. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.5% (confidence 83 of 100); social housing about 4.1% of homes; about 42.4 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 10.7% 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 crime statistics by council area, not by suburb, so the figures shown for Mookerawa are those of the Dubbo council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 2,658 | 1,525 | +12% |
| Property | 5,601 | 3,214 | -28% |
| Break-ins | 817 | 469 | -40% |
| Theft | 2,100 | 1,205 | -33% |
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