North Tumbulgum crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 5 offences in North Tumbulgum in 2025-26, including 1 violent offences and 1 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Tweed council area.
North Tumbulgum is a suburb in the Tweed council area of New South Wales (about 101,044 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 45 out of 100 (moderate), 213th 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 homicide (61st percentile), assault (37th percentile), robbery (52nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 46.
In 2025-26: violent 1,035 per 100,000 (+12% vs five years earlier); property 3,154 per 100,000 (+24% vs five years earlier); break-ins 339 per 100,000 (+15% vs five years earlier); theft 1,496 per 100,000 (+48% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 80th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Tweed council area is 5% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.8% of occupied homes (812 public and 242 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 523 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 53.1 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 16.6% 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 5% (confidence 84 of 100); social housing about 2.5% of homes; about 52.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 16.8% 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: 5 offences were recorded in North Tumbulgum in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Tweed council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,035 | 1,046 | +12% |
| Property | 3,154 | 3,187 | +24% |
| Break-ins | 339 | 343 | +15% |
| Theft | 1,496 | 1,512 | +48% |
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Questions
Is North Tumbulgum safe?
Police recorded 5 offences in North Tumbulgum in 2025-26, including 1 violent offences and 1 break-ins. North Tumbulgum is not ranked against other suburbs: with 238 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Tweed council area as a whole recorded 1,040 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 10% lower than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 19% lower than 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 North Tumbulgum?
In 2025-26 police recorded 5 offences in North Tumbulgum, including 1 violent offences and 1 break-ins.
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