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 43 out of 100 (moderate), 229th 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 (47th percentile), sexual offences (63rd percentile), homicide (61st percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 47.
In 2025-26: violent 1,206 per 100,000 (+15% vs five years earlier); property 2,738 per 100,000 (+17% vs five years earlier); break-ins 319 per 100,000 (-23% vs five years earlier); theft 1,102 per 100,000 (+27% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 69th 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 3.2% (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.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,206 | 174 | +15% |
| Property | 2,738 | 395 | +17% |
| Break-ins | 319 | 46 | -23% |
| Theft | 1,102 | 159 | +27% |
Upper Hunter council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
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Questions
Is Upper Hunter safe?
New South Wales publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Upper Hunter is in the Upper Hunter council area, which recorded 1,210 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, close to the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 6% 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.
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