Talbingo crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 16 offences in Talbingo in 2025-26, including 1 violent offences and 3 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Snowy Valleys council area.
Talbingo is a suburb in the Snowy Valleys council area of New South Wales (about 15,058 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 47 out of 100 (moderate), 195th 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 (48th percentile), sexual offences (69th percentile), break-ins (51st percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 55.
In 2025-26: violent 1,229 per 100,000 (+18% vs five years earlier); property 3,068 per 100,000 (+4% vs five years earlier); break-ins 571 per 100,000 (+25% vs five years earlier); theft 1,063 per 100,000 (-1% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 68th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Snowy Valleys council area is 4.3% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.7% of occupied homes (182 public and 30 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 33 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 22 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 10% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, New Zealand, South Africa. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.2% (confidence 77 of 100); social housing about 3.4% of homes; about 21.7 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 10.1% 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: 16 offences were recorded in Talbingo in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Snowy Valleys council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,229 | 185 | +18% |
| Property | 3,068 | 462 | +4% |
| Break-ins | 571 | 86 | +25% |
| Theft | 1,063 | 160 | -1% |
Snowy Valleys council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Questions
Is Talbingo safe?
Police recorded 16 offences in Talbingo in 2025-26, including 1 violent offences and 3 break-ins. Talbingo is not ranked against other suburbs: with 224 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Snowy Valleys council area as a whole recorded 1,230 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 7% higher than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and close to 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 Talbingo?
In 2025-26 police recorded 16 offences in Talbingo, including 1 violent offences and 3 break-ins.
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