Upper Hunter crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

Upper Hunter is a suburb in the Upper Hunter council area of New South Wales (about 14,425 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 37 out of 100 (low), 260th 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 (45th percentile), sexual offences (64th percentile), robbery (39th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 46.

In 2024-25: violent 1,095 per 100,000 (+2% vs five years earlier); property 2,454 per 100,000 (-1% vs five years earlier); break-ins 333 per 100,000 (-32% vs five years earlier); theft 977 per 100,000 (+3% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 79th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Upper Hunter council area is 3.2% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.1% of occupied homes (125 public and 45 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 23 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 16.1 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 9.8% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, New Zealand, China. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.1% (confidence 77 of 100); social housing about 2.8% of homes; about 15.8 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 10% 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 Upper Hunter are those of the Upper Hunter council area.

Upper Hunter council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

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