Tannabar crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
Tannabar is a suburb in the Warrumbungle council area of New South Wales (about 9,246 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 72 out of 100 (high), 58th 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 (75th percentile), sexual offences (89th percentile), homicide (87th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 65.
In 2025-26: violent 2,012 per 100,000 (+45% vs five years earlier); property 3,991 per 100,000 (+17% vs five years earlier); break-ins 757 per 100,000 (+40% vs five years earlier); theft 1,417 per 100,000 (+34% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 28th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Warrumbungle council area is 6.1% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.6% of occupied homes (64 public and 24 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 33 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 35.6 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 6.9% 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% (confidence 74 of 100); social housing about 2.3% of homes; about 35.1 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 7% 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 Tannabar are those of the Warrumbungle council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 2,012 | 186 | +45% |
| Property | 3,991 | 369 | +17% |
| Break-ins | 757 | 70 | +40% |
| Theft | 1,417 | 131 | +34% |
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Questions
Is Tannabar safe?
New South Wales publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Tannabar is in the Warrumbungle council area, which recorded 2,010 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 75% higher than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 57% 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.
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