Wauchope crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 628 offences in Wauchope in 2025-26, including 137 violent offences and 36 break-ins. That is about 9,531 per 100,000 of its 6,589 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Port Macquarie-Hastings council area.
Wauchope is a suburb in the Port Macquarie-Hastings council area of New South Wales (about 92,432 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 47 out of 100 (moderate), 201st 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 (53rd percentile), sexual offences (60th percentile), homicide (45th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 43.
In 2025-26: violent 1,317 per 100,000 (+18% vs five years earlier); property 2,964 per 100,000 (+15% vs five years earlier); break-ins 413 per 100,000 (+36% vs five years earlier); theft 1,187 per 100,000 (+24% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 64th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Port Macquarie-Hastings council area is 4.8% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.2% of occupied homes (462 public and 644 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 297 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 33.6 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 12.9% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, New Zealand, Scotland. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.7% (confidence 83 of 100); social housing about 2.9% of homes; about 33 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 13.2% 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: 628 offences were recorded in Wauchope in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Port Macquarie-Hastings council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,317 | 1,217 | +18% |
| Property | 2,964 | 2,740 | +15% |
| Break-ins | 413 | 382 | +36% |
| Theft | 1,187 | 1,097 | +24% |
Of 250 regional NSW suburbs and towns with at least 2,000 residents, Wauchope has the 83rd highest recorded crime rate: about 9,960 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 7,320. Regional New South Wales rankings.
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Questions
Is Wauchope safe?
Wauchope recorded about 9,960 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, about 36% higher than the median of 7,320 for regional NSW suburbs and towns: the 83rd highest rate of 250. In 2025-26 police recorded 137 violent offences (2,080 per 100,000 residents) and 36 break-ins there. 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 Wauchope?
In 2025-26 police recorded 628 offences in Wauchope, about 9,530 per 100,000 of its 6,589 residents (2021 Census), including 137 violent offences and 36 break-ins.
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