South Arm crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 32 offences in South Arm in 2025-26, including 10 violent offences and 0 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Nambucca Valley council area.
South Arm is a suburb in the Nambucca Valley council area of New South Wales (about 21,237 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 54 out of 100 (moderate), 150th 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 (63rd percentile), sexual offences (80th percentile), robbery (55th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 73.
In 2025-26: violent 1,695 per 100,000 (-6% vs five years earlier); property 3,230 per 100,000 (-20% vs five years earlier); break-ins 428 per 100,000 (-32% vs five years earlier); theft 1,135 per 100,000 (-16% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 41st of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Nambucca Valley council area is 6.8% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 4.1% of occupied homes (122 public and 215 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 70 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 33.9 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 11% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, New Zealand, Germany. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 6.8% (confidence 77 of 100); social housing about 3.7% of homes; about 33.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 11.2% 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: 32 offences were recorded in South Arm in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Nambucca Valley council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,695 | 360 | -6% |
| Property | 3,230 | 686 | -20% |
| Break-ins | 428 | 91 | -32% |
| Theft | 1,135 | 241 | -16% |
Nambucca Valley council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 2449: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is South Arm safe?
Police recorded 32 offences in South Arm in 2025-26, including 10 violent offences and 0 break-ins. South Arm is not ranked against other suburbs: with 311 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Nambucca Valley council area as a whole recorded 1,700 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 47% higher than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 32% 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 South Arm?
In 2025-26 police recorded 32 offences in South Arm, including 10 violent offences and 0 break-ins.
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