Raymond Terrace crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 2,155 offences in Raymond Terrace in 2025-26, including 399 violent offences and 60 break-ins. That is about 16,019 per 100,000 of its 13,453 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Port Stephens council area.
Raymond Terrace is a suburb in the Port Stephens council area of New South Wales (about 80,070 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 47 out of 100 (moderate), 194th 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 (60th percentile), sexual offences (65th percentile), robbery (64th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 49.
In 2025-26: violent 1,416 per 100,000 (+16% vs five years earlier); property 2,683 per 100,000 (-7% vs five years earlier); break-ins 277 per 100,000 (-17% vs five years earlier); theft 1,017 per 100,000 (-5% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 56th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Port Stephens council area is 5% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3% of occupied homes (563 public and 310 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 200 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 26 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 12.7% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, New Zealand, Scotland. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 5% (confidence 83 of 100); social housing about 2.7% of homes; about 25.6 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 12.9% 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: 2,155 offences were recorded in Raymond Terrace in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Port Stephens council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,416 | 1,134 | +16% |
| Property | 2,683 | 2,148 | -7% |
| Break-ins | 277 | 222 | -17% |
| Theft | 1,017 | 814 | -5% |
Of 250 regional NSW suburbs and towns with at least 2,000 residents, Raymond Terrace has the 39th highest recorded crime rate: about 15,200 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 7,320. Regional New South Wales rankings.
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Questions
Is Raymond Terrace safe?
Raymond Terrace recorded about 15,200 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, 2.1 times the median of 7,320 for regional NSW suburbs and towns: the 39th highest rate of 250. In 2025-26 police recorded 399 violent offences (2,970 per 100,000 residents) and 60 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 Raymond Terrace?
In 2025-26 police recorded 2,155 offences in Raymond Terrace, about 16,000 per 100,000 of its 13,453 residents (2021 Census), including 399 violent offences and 60 break-ins.
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