Wilcannia crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 361 offences in Wilcannia in 2025-26, including 76 violent offences and 33 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Central Darling council area.
Wilcannia is a suburb in the Central Darling council area of New South Wales (about 1,773 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 77 out of 100 (high), 36th 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 (94th percentile), sexual offences (97th percentile), break-ins (95th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 74.
In 2025-26: violent 6,204 per 100,000 (-24% vs five years earlier); property 8,968 per 100,000 (-12% vs five years earlier); break-ins 2,369 per 100,000 (-27% vs five years earlier); theft 2,143 per 100,000 (+22% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 2nd of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Central Darling council area is 6.6% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 21.8% of occupied homes (76 public and 53 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 20 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 113.4 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 5% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in New Zealand, Germany, England. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 7.3% (confidence 67 of 100); social housing about 19.7% of homes; about 111.6 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 5.1% 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: 361 offences were recorded in Wilcannia in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Central Darling council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 6,204 | 110 | -24% |
| Property | 8,968 | 159 | -12% |
| Break-ins | 2,369 | 42 | -27% |
| Theft | 2,143 | 38 | +22% |
Central Darling council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 2836: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Wilcannia safe?
Police recorded 361 offences in Wilcannia in 2025-26, including 76 violent offences and 33 break-ins. Wilcannia is not ranked against other suburbs: with 735 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Central Darling council area as a whole recorded 6,200 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, 5.4 times the New South Wales rate (1,150) and 4.8 times 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 Wilcannia?
In 2025-26 police recorded 361 offences in Wilcannia, including 76 violent offences and 33 break-ins.
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