Wallsend DC crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
Wallsend DC is a suburb in the Newcastle council area of New South Wales (about 178,935 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 68 out of 100 (high), 74th 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 (66th percentile), robbery (90th percentile), sexual offences (71st percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 70.
In 2025-26: violent 1,667 per 100,000 (+14% vs five years earlier); property 5,584 per 100,000 (+7% vs five years earlier); break-ins 720 per 100,000 (+12% vs five years earlier); theft 2,668 per 100,000 (+20% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 42nd of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Newcastle council area is 4.9% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 5.5% of occupied homes (2,947 public and 696 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 1,038 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 60.4 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 15.5% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, New Zealand, India. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.8% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 5% of homes; about 59.5 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 15.7% 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 Wallsend DC are those of the Newcastle council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,667 | 2,982 | +14% |
| Property | 5,584 | 9,991 | +7% |
| Break-ins | 720 | 1,289 | +12% |
| Theft | 2,668 | 4,774 | +20% |
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Questions
Is Wallsend DC safe?
New South Wales publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Wallsend DC is in the Newcastle council area, which recorded 1,670 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 45% higher than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 30% higher 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.
Police news near Wallsend DC
- Multiple people injured after being struck by vehicle, driver arrested - Newcastle · Newcastle, 3 Oct 2026 · 11 km away
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