Tatton crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 74 offences in Tatton in 2025-26, including 18 violent offences and 10 break-ins. That is about 2,891 per 100,000 of its 2,560 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Wagga Wagga council area.
Tatton is a suburb in the Wagga Wagga council area of New South Wales (about 69,108 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 69 out of 100 (high), 71st 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 (70th percentile), sexual offences (76th percentile), robbery (88th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 77.
In 2025-26: violent 1,757 per 100,000 (+4% vs five years earlier); property 4,641 per 100,000 (-6% vs five years earlier); break-ins 705 per 100,000 (-16% vs five years earlier); theft 2,147 per 100,000 (+18% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 36th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Wagga Wagga council area is 4% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 4.4% of occupied homes (889 public and 190 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 258 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 37.6 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 12% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in India, Iraq, England. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4% (confidence 83 of 100); social housing about 3.9% of homes; about 37 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 12.2% 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: 74 offences were recorded in Tatton in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Wagga Wagga council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,757 | 1,214 | +4% |
| Property | 4,641 | 3,207 | -6% |
| Break-ins | 705 | 487 | -16% |
| Theft | 2,147 | 1,484 | +18% |
Of 250 regional NSW suburbs and towns with at least 2,000 residents, Tatton has the 14th lowest recorded crime rate: about 2,340 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 7,320. Regional New South Wales rankings.
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Questions
Is Tatton safe?
Tatton recorded about 2,340 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, about 68% lower than the median of 7,320 for regional NSW suburbs and towns: the 14th lowest rate of 250. In 2025-26 police recorded 18 violent offences (703 per 100,000 residents) and 10 break-ins there. 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 Tatton?
In 2025-26 police recorded 74 offences in Tatton, about 2,890 per 100,000 of its 2,560 residents (2021 Census), including 18 violent offences and 10 break-ins.
Police news near Tatton
- Man arrested after woman fatally stabbed - Wagga Wagga · Wagga Wagga, 20 Sept 2026 · 6 km away
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