Pottsville Beach crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
Pottsville Beach 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 crime statistics by council area, not by suburb, so the figures shown for Pottsville Beach are those of the 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 Pottsville Beach safe?
New South Wales publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Pottsville Beach is in the Tweed council area, which 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.
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