Tweed Heads West crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 427 offences in Tweed Heads West in 2025-26, including 82 violent offences and 14 break-ins. That is about 6,914 per 100,000 of its 6,176 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Tweed council area.

Tweed Heads West is a suburb in the Tweed council area of New South Wales (about 101,044 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 45 out of 100 (moderate), 213th 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 (61st percentile), assault (37th percentile), robbery (52nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 46.

In 2025-26: violent 1,035 per 100,000 (+12% vs five years earlier); property 3,154 per 100,000 (+24% vs five years earlier); break-ins 339 per 100,000 (+15% vs five years earlier); theft 1,496 per 100,000 (+48% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 80th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Tweed council area is 5% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.8% of occupied homes (812 public and 242 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 523 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 53.1 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 16.6% 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 5% (confidence 84 of 100); social housing about 2.5% of homes; about 52.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 16.8% 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: 427 offences were recorded in Tweed Heads West in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Tweed council area.

OffencesPer 100,000Count5-yr change
Violent1,0351,046+12%
Property3,1543,187+24%
Break-ins339343+15%
Theft1,4961,512+48%

Of 250 regional NSW suburbs and towns with at least 2,000 residents, Tweed Heads West has the 100th lowest recorded crime rate: about 6,250 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 7,320. Regional New South Wales rankings.

Tweed council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

Crime in postcode 2485: every suburb and council it covers.

Questions

Is Tweed Heads West safe?

Tweed Heads West recorded about 6,250 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, about 15% lower than the median of 7,320 for regional NSW suburbs and towns: the 100th lowest rate of 250. In 2025-26 police recorded 82 violent offences (1,330 per 100,000 residents) and 14 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 Tweed Heads West?

In 2025-26 police recorded 427 offences in Tweed Heads West, about 6,910 per 100,000 of its 6,176 residents (2021 Census), including 82 violent offences and 14 break-ins.

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