Moss Vale crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 515 offences in Moss Vale in 2025-26, including 102 violent offences and 8 break-ins. That is about 5,532 per 100,000 of its 9,310 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Wingecarribee council area.
Moss Vale 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 (46th percentile), robbery (22nd percentile), homicide (18th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 26.
In 2025-26: violent 702 per 100,000 (+16% vs five years earlier); property 1,382 per 100,000 (-13% vs five years earlier); break-ins 91 per 100,000 (-37% vs five years earlier); theft 429 per 100,000 (-11% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 111th 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 suburb-level counts: 515 offences were recorded in Moss Vale in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Wingecarribee council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 702 | 378 | +16% |
| Property | 1,382 | 744 | -13% |
| Break-ins | 91 | 49 | -37% |
| Theft | 429 | 231 | -11% |
Of 250 regional NSW suburbs and towns with at least 2,000 residents, Moss Vale has the 82nd lowest recorded crime rate: about 5,020 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 7,320. Regional New South Wales rankings.
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Questions
Is Moss Vale safe?
Moss Vale recorded about 5,020 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, about 31% lower than the median of 7,320 for regional NSW suburbs and towns: the 82nd lowest rate of 250. In 2025-26 police recorded 102 violent offences (1,100 per 100,000 residents) and 8 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 Moss Vale?
In 2025-26 police recorded 515 offences in Moss Vale, about 5,530 per 100,000 of its 9,310 residents (2021 Census), including 102 violent offences and 8 break-ins.
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