Wirlinga crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 22 offences in Wirlinga in 2025-26, including 4 violent offences and 2 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Albury council area.
Wirlinga is a suburb in the Albury council area of New South Wales (about 59,538 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 71 out of 100 (high), 61st 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 (79th percentile), sexual offences (73rd percentile), robbery (85th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 75.
In 2025-26: violent 2,189 per 100,000 (+31% vs five years earlier); property 5,571 per 100,000 (+4% vs five years earlier); break-ins 709 per 100,000 (+9% vs five years earlier); theft 2,444 per 100,000 (+3% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 21st of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Albury council area is 4.8% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 4% of occupied homes (699 public and 188 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 170 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 29.8 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 13.2% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, India, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.7% (confidence 83 of 100); social housing about 3.6% of homes; about 29.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 13.4% 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: 22 offences were recorded in Wirlinga in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Albury council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 2,189 | 1,303 | +31% |
| Property | 5,571 | 3,317 | +4% |
| Break-ins | 709 | 422 | +9% |
| Theft | 2,444 | 1,455 | +3% |
Albury council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 2640: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Wirlinga safe?
Police recorded 22 offences in Wirlinga in 2025-26, including 4 violent offences and 2 break-ins. Wirlinga is not ranked against other suburbs: with 395 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Albury council area as a whole recorded 2,190 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 90% higher than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 71% 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.
What is the crime rate in Wirlinga?
In 2025-26 police recorded 22 offences in Wirlinga, including 4 violent offences and 2 break-ins.
Police news near Wirlinga
- Renewed appeal for information after fatal stabbing - North Albury · North Albury, 10 Oct 2026 · 11 km away
- Investigation underway after man found stabbed - North Albury · North Albury, 27 Sept 2026 · 11 km away
Nearby suburbs
Albury · East Albury · Ettamogah · Glenroy · Hamilton Valley · Lake Hume Village · Lavington · North Albury · South Albury · Splitters Creek · Springdale Heights · Table Top · Thurgoona · West Albury
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