Salt Ash crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

Salt Ash 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), 189th 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 (63rd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 49.

In 2024-25: violent 1,395 per 100,000 (+18% vs five years earlier); property 2,440 per 100,000 (-24% vs five years earlier); break-ins 340 per 100,000 (-6% vs five years earlier); theft 819 per 100,000 (-30% 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 4.9% (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 crime statistics by council area, not by suburb, so the figures shown for Salt Ash are those of the Port Stephens council area.

Port Stephens council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

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