Yarrawonga crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 23 offences in Yarrawonga in 2025-26, including 4 violent offences and 1 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Mid-Western council area.
Yarrawonga is a suburb in the Mid-Western council area of New South Wales (about 26,472 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 49 out of 100 (moderate), 178th 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 (56th percentile), sexual offences (83rd percentile), homicide (65th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 53.
In 2025-26: violent 1,451 per 100,000 (-6% vs five years earlier); property 2,418 per 100,000 (-10% vs five years earlier); break-ins 298 per 100,000 (-14% vs five years earlier); theft 805 per 100,000 (-15% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 53rd of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Mid-Western council area is 4% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.9% of occupied homes (210 public and 69 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 50 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 19.4 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 3.9% (confidence 80 of 100); social housing about 2.6% of homes; about 19 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 9% 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: 23 offences were recorded in Yarrawonga in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Mid-Western council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,451 | 384 | -6% |
| Property | 2,418 | 640 | -10% |
| Break-ins | 298 | 79 | -14% |
| Theft | 805 | 213 | -15% |
Mid-Western council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Questions
Is Yarrawonga safe?
Police recorded 23 offences in Yarrawonga in 2025-26, including 4 violent offences and 1 break-ins. Yarrawonga is not ranked against other suburbs: with 445 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Mid-Western council area as a whole recorded 1,450 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 26% higher than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 13% 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 Yarrawonga?
In 2025-26 police recorded 23 offences in Yarrawonga, including 4 violent offences and 1 break-ins.
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