Mount Hutton crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 326 offences in Mount Hutton in 2025-26, including 57 violent offences and 13 break-ins. That is about 8,782 per 100,000 of its 3,712 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Lake Macquarie council area.

Mount Hutton is a suburb in the Lake Macquarie council area of New South Wales (about 224,540 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 43 out of 100 (moderate), 226th 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 (43rd percentile), sexual offences (61st percentile), homicide (48th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 49.

In 2025-26: violent 1,201 per 100,000 (+15% vs five years earlier); property 2,840 per 100,000 (-8% vs five years earlier); break-ins 295 per 100,000 (-15% vs five years earlier); theft 1,195 per 100,000 (+4% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 70th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Lake Macquarie council area is 4.6% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 4.5% of occupied homes (3,057 public and 604 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 393 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 18.1 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 11.2% 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 4.5% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 4.1% of homes; about 17.8 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 11.4% 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: 326 offences were recorded in Mount Hutton in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Lake Macquarie council area.

OffencesPer 100,000Count5-yr change
Violent1,2012,697+15%
Property2,8406,377-8%
Break-ins295662-15%
Theft1,1952,683+4%

Of 64 Newcastle suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, Mount Hutton has the 23rd highest recorded crime rate: about 8,530 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 6,630. Newcastle suburb rankings.

Lake Macquarie council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

Crime in postcode 2290: every suburb and council it covers.

Questions

Is Mount Hutton safe?

Mount Hutton recorded about 8,530 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, about 29% higher than the median of 6,630 for Newcastle suburbs: the 23rd highest rate of 64. In 2025-26 police recorded 57 violent offences (1,540 per 100,000 residents) and 13 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 Mount Hutton?

In 2025-26 police recorded 326 offences in Mount Hutton, about 8,780 per 100,000 of its 3,712 residents (2021 Census), including 57 violent offences and 13 break-ins.

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