Sandon crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 2 offences in Sandon in 2025-26, including 1 violent offences and 0 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Clarence Valley council area.
Sandon is a suburb in the Clarence Valley council area of New South Wales (about 56,874 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 67 out of 100 (high), 85th 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 (66th percentile), sexual offences (71st percentile), break-ins (66th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 53.
In 2025-26: violent 1,660 per 100,000 (+55% vs five years earlier); property 4,559 per 100,000 (+74% vs five years earlier); break-ins 833 per 100,000 (+182% vs five years earlier); theft 1,728 per 100,000 (+62% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 43rd of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Clarence Valley council area is 6.2% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.5% of occupied homes (297 public and 219 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 198 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 36.1 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 8.9% 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 6.1% (confidence 82 of 100); social housing about 2.2% of homes; about 35.5 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 9.1% 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 offences were recorded in Sandon in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Clarence Valley council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,660 | 944 | +55% |
| Property | 4,559 | 2,593 | +74% |
| Break-ins | 833 | 474 | +182% |
| Theft | 1,728 | 983 | +62% |
Clarence Valley council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 2463: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Sandon safe?
Police recorded 2 offences in Sandon in 2025-26, including 1 violent offences and 0 break-ins. Sandon is not ranked against other suburbs: with 9 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Clarence Valley council area as a whole recorded 1,660 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 44% higher than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 30% 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 Sandon?
In 2025-26 police recorded 2 offences in Sandon, including 1 violent offences and 0 break-ins.
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