Warabrook crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
Warabrook 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), 77th 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 (63rd percentile), robbery (92nd percentile), break-ins (70th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 69.
In 2024-25: violent 1,639 per 100,000 (+22% vs five years earlier); property 5,529 per 100,000 (-5% vs five years earlier); break-ins 715 per 100,000 (-10% vs five years earlier); theft 2,657 per 100,000 (+4% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 43rd 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 4.7% (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 Warabrook are those of the Newcastle council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,639 | 2,933 | +22% |
| Property | 5,529 | 9,894 | -5% |
| Break-ins | 715 | 1,279 | -10% |
| Theft | 2,657 | 4,755 | +4% |
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