Upper Orara crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
Upper Orara is a suburb in the Coffs Harbour council area of New South Wales (about 82,109 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 72 out of 100 (high), 53rd 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 (77th percentile), sexual offences (81st percentile), robbery (86th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 66.
In 2024-25: violent 1,957 per 100,000 (+29% vs five years earlier); property 4,152 per 100,000 (-5% vs five years earlier); break-ins 689 per 100,000 (+7% vs five years earlier); theft 1,586 per 100,000 (-11% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 31st of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Coffs Harbour council area is 5.3% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 4.2% of occupied homes (780 public and 460 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 357 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 44.6 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, India, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 5.2% (confidence 83 of 100); social housing about 3.8% of homes; about 43.9 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 crime statistics by council area, not by suburb, so the figures shown for Upper Orara are those of the Coffs Harbour council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,957 | 1,607 | +29% |
| Property | 4,152 | 3,409 | -5% |
| Break-ins | 689 | 566 | +7% |
| Theft | 1,586 | 1,302 | -11% |
Coffs Harbour council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
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