Tara crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 3 offences in Tara in 2025-26, including 0 violent offences and 0 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Temora council area.
Tara is a suburb in the Temora council area of New South Wales (about 6,050 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 44 out of 100 (moderate), 224th 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 homicide (82nd percentile), sexual offences (68th percentile), assault (24th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 41.
In 2025-26: violent 810 per 100,000 (-21% vs five years earlier); property 2,512 per 100,000 (-1% vs five years earlier); break-ins 380 per 100,000 (-18% vs five years earlier); theft 1,025 per 100,000 (+28% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 102nd of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Temora council area is 2.8% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.7% of occupied homes (42 public and 23 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 4 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 6.7 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 5.6% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, Philippines, India. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 2.8% (confidence 72 of 100); social housing about 2.5% of homes; about 6.6 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 5.7% 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 suburb-level counts: 3 offences were recorded in Tara in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Temora council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 810 | 49 | -21% |
| Property | 2,512 | 152 | -1% |
| Break-ins | 380 | 23 | -18% |
| Theft | 1,025 | 62 | +28% |
Temora council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 2665: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Tara safe?
Police recorded 3 offences in Tara in 2025-26, including 0 violent offences and 0 break-ins. Tara is not ranked against other suburbs: with 47 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Temora council area as a whole recorded 810 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 30% lower than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 37% lower 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 Tara?
In 2025-26 police recorded 3 offences in Tara, including 0 violent offences and 0 break-ins.
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