Silverton crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
Silverton is a suburb in the Unincorporated NSW council area of New South Wales (about 975 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 64 out of 100 (high), 108th 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 (77th percentile), sexual offences (99th percentile), break-ins (62nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 70.
In 2024-25: violent 2,359 per 100,000 (-36% vs five years earlier); property 5,333 per 100,000 (+6% vs five years earlier); break-ins 1,026 per 100,000 (+55% vs five years earlier); theft 2,359 per 100,000 (0% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 16th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Unincorporated NSW council area is 2.5% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2% of occupied homes (7 public and 0 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 6 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 60.2 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 11.1% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in New Zealand, England, Fiji. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 2.7% (confidence 67 of 100); social housing about 1.8% of homes; about 59.2 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 11.3% 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 Silverton are those of the Unincorporated NSW council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 2,359 | 23 | -36% |
| Property | 5,333 | 52 | +6% |
| Break-ins | 1,026 | 10 | +55% |
| Theft | 2,359 | 23 | -0% |
Unincorporated NSW council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Nearby suburbs
Broken Hill · Broken Hill North · Broken Hill West · Little Topar · Lord Howe Island · Milparinka · Mutawintji · Packsaddle · South Broken Hill · Tibooburra
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