Murray Downs crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

Murray Downs is a suburb in the Murray River council area of New South Wales (about 14,030 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 42 out of 100 (moderate), 224th 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 break-ins (69th percentile), robbery (58th percentile), sexual offences (40th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 35.

In 2024-25: violent 805 per 100,000 (+21% vs five years earlier); property 2,951 per 100,000 (+33% vs five years earlier); break-ins 599 per 100,000 (+121% vs five years earlier); theft 1,148 per 100,000 (+14% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 105th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Murray River council area is 3.2% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.3% of occupied homes (23 public and 41 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 15 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 11.4 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 8.1% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, New Zealand, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3% (confidence 76 of 100); social housing about 1.2% of homes; about 11.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 8.2% 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 crime statistics by council area, not by suburb, so the figures shown for Murray Downs are those of the Murray River council area.

Murray River council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

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