Safety Beach crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 10 offences in Safety Beach in 2025-26, including 1 violent offences and 0 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Coffs Harbour council area.
Safety Beach is a suburb in the Coffs Harbour council area of New South Wales (about 82,109 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 70 out of 100 (high), 68th 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 (74th percentile), sexual offences (81st percentile), robbery (87th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 68.
In 2025-26: violent 1,888 per 100,000 (+3% vs five years earlier); property 3,740 per 100,000 (+3% vs five years earlier); break-ins 452 per 100,000 (-15% vs five years earlier); theft 1,519 per 100,000 (+12% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 33rd of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Coffs Harbour council area is 5.3% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 4.2% of occupied homes (780 public and 460 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 357 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 44.6 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, India, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 5.3% (confidence 83 of 100); social housing about 3.8% of homes; about 43.9 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: 10 offences were recorded in Safety Beach in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Coffs Harbour council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,888 | 1,550 | +3% |
| Property | 3,740 | 3,071 | +3% |
| Break-ins | 452 | 371 | -15% |
| Theft | 1,519 | 1,247 | +12% |
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Questions
Is Safety Beach safe?
Police recorded 10 offences in Safety Beach in 2025-26, including 1 violent offences and 0 break-ins. Safety Beach is not ranked against other suburbs: with 1,103 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Coffs Harbour council area as a whole recorded 1,890 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 64% higher than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 47% higher 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 Safety Beach?
In 2025-26 police recorded 10 offences in Safety Beach, including 1 violent offences and 0 break-ins.
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