Woody Head crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
Woody Head is a suburb in the Clarence Valley council area of New South Wales (about 56,874 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 62 out of 100 (high), 115th 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), sexual offences (69th percentile), robbery (78th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 56.
In 2024-25: violent 1,582 per 100,000 (+44% vs five years earlier); property 4,183 per 100,000 (+19% vs five years earlier); break-ins 615 per 100,000 (+21% vs five years earlier); theft 1,637 per 100,000 (+14% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 45th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Clarence Valley council area is 6.2% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.5% of occupied homes (297 public and 219 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 198 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 36.1 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 8.9% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, New Zealand, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 6% (confidence 82 of 100); social housing about 2.2% of homes; about 35.5 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 9.1% 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 crime statistics by council area, not by suburb, so the figures shown for Woody Head are those of the Clarence Valley council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,582 | 900 | +44% |
| Property | 4,183 | 2,379 | +19% |
| Break-ins | 615 | 350 | +21% |
| Theft | 1,637 | 931 | +14% |
Clarence Valley council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
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