Moree crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 3,593 offences in Moree in 2025-26, including 505 violent offences and 220 break-ins. That is about 40,091 per 100,000 of its 8,962 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Moree Plains council area.
Moree is a suburb in the Moree Plains council area of New South Wales (about 12,845 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 85 out of 100 (very high), 15th 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 (91st percentile), break-ins (95th percentile), sexual offences (92nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 83.
In 2025-26: violent 4,656 per 100,000 (+13% vs five years earlier); property 11,172 per 100,000 (+5% vs five years earlier); break-ins 2,110 per 100,000 (+8% vs five years earlier); theft 3,379 per 100,000 (+3% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 5th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Moree Plains council area is 3.8% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 7.9% of occupied homes (207 public and 113 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 62 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 48 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 7% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in New Zealand, England, South Africa. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.8% (confidence 76 of 100); social housing about 7.2% of homes; about 47.2 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 7.2% 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: 3,593 offences were recorded in Moree in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Moree Plains council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 4,656 | 598 | +13% |
| Property | 11,172 | 1,435 | +5% |
| Break-ins | 2,110 | 271 | +8% |
| Theft | 3,379 | 434 | +3% |
Of 250 regional NSW suburbs and towns with at least 2,000 residents, Moree has the 4th highest recorded crime rate: about 38,400 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 7,320. Regional New South Wales rankings.
Moree Plains council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 2400: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Moree safe?
Moree recorded about 38,400 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, 5.2 times the median of 7,320 for regional NSW suburbs and towns: the 4th highest rate of 250. In 2025-26 police recorded 505 violent offences (5,630 per 100,000 residents) and 220 break-ins there. 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 Moree?
In 2025-26 police recorded 3,593 offences in Moree, about 40,100 per 100,000 of its 8,962 residents (2021 Census), including 505 violent offences and 220 break-ins.
Police news near Moree
- Pedestrian dies after being struck by cyclist - Moree · Moree, 8 Oct 2026
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