Sapphire Beach crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 93 offences in Sapphire Beach in 2025-26, including 11 violent offences and 8 break-ins. That is about 3,496 per 100,000 of its 2,660 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Coffs Harbour council area.
Sapphire 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: 93 offences were recorded in Sapphire 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% |
Of 250 regional NSW suburbs and towns with at least 2,000 residents, Sapphire Beach has the 46th lowest recorded crime rate: about 3,650 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 7,320. Regional New South Wales rankings.
Coffs Harbour council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 2450: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Sapphire Beach safe?
Sapphire Beach recorded about 3,650 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, about 50% lower than the median of 7,320 for regional NSW suburbs and towns: the 46th lowest rate of 250. In 2025-26 police recorded 11 violent offences (414 per 100,000 residents) and 8 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 Sapphire Beach?
In 2025-26 police recorded 93 offences in Sapphire Beach, about 3,500 per 100,000 of its 2,660 residents (2021 Census), including 11 violent offences and 8 break-ins.
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