Neilrex crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 6 offences in Neilrex in 2025-26, including 2 violent offences and 0 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Bogan council area.
Neilrex is a suburb in the Bogan council area of New South Wales (about 2,373 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 76 out of 100 (high), 40th 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 (80th percentile), sexual offences (94th percentile), break-ins (94th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 67.
In 2025-26: violent 2,613 per 100,000 (+44% vs five years earlier); property 9,060 per 100,000 (+64% vs five years earlier); break-ins 2,571 per 100,000 (+254% vs five years earlier); theft 3,118 per 100,000 (+41% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 11th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Bogan council area is 3.5% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 5.9% of occupied homes (38 public and 16 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 4 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 16.3 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 6.3% 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 3.2% (confidence 69 of 100); social housing about 5.3% of homes; about 16 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 6.4% 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: 6 offences were recorded in Neilrex in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Bogan council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 2,613 | 62 | +44% |
| Property | 9,060 | 215 | +64% |
| Break-ins | 2,571 | 61 | +254% |
| Theft | 3,118 | 74 | +41% |
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Questions
Is Neilrex safe?
Police recorded 6 offences in Neilrex in 2025-26, including 2 violent offences and 0 break-ins. Neilrex is not ranked against other suburbs: with 81 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Bogan council area as a whole recorded 2,610 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, 2.3 times the New South Wales rate (1,150) and 2 times the national rate (1,280). 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 Neilrex?
In 2025-26 police recorded 6 offences in Neilrex, including 2 violent offences and 0 break-ins.
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