Wantabadgery crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 2 offences in Wantabadgery in 2025-26, including 0 violent offences and 0 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Junee council area.
Wantabadgery is a suburb in the Junee council area of New South Wales (about 6,403 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 45 out of 100 (moderate), 211th 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 (81st percentile), sexual offences (64th percentile), assault (42nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 53.
In 2025-26: violent 1,187 per 100,000 (-13% vs five years earlier); property 2,015 per 100,000 (-22% vs five years earlier); break-ins 203 per 100,000 (-59% vs five years earlier); theft 797 per 100,000 (-1% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 71st of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Junee council area is 4.4% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.7% of occupied homes (47 public and 9 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 47 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 72.5 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 9.1% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in China, England, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.2% (confidence 72 of 100); social housing about 2.4% of homes; about 71.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 9.2% 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: 2 offences were recorded in Wantabadgery in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Junee council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,187 | 76 | -13% |
| Property | 2,015 | 129 | -22% |
| Break-ins | 203 | 13 | -59% |
| Theft | 797 | 51 | -1% |
Junee council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Questions
Is Wantabadgery safe?
Police recorded 2 offences in Wantabadgery in 2025-26, including 0 violent offences and 0 break-ins. Wantabadgery is not ranked against other suburbs: with 183 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Junee council area as a whole recorded 1,190 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, close to the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 7% 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.
What is the crime rate in Wantabadgery?
In 2025-26 police recorded 2 offences in Wantabadgery, including 0 violent offences and 0 break-ins.
Nearby suburbs
Bethungra · Dirnaseer · Erin Vale · Eurongilly · Illabo · Junee · Junee Reefs · Marinna · Old Junee · Wantiool · Yathella
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