Yengo National Park crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
Yengo National Park is a suburb in the Cessnock council area of New South Wales (about 71,443 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 59 out of 100 (moderate), 132nd 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 (66th percentile), sexual offences (78th percentile), vehicle theft (87th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 65.
In 2025-26: violent 1,717 per 100,000 (+38% vs five years earlier); property 4,035 per 100,000 (-2% vs five years earlier); break-ins 588 per 100,000 (+21% vs five years earlier); theft 1,333 per 100,000 (-8% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 37th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Cessnock council area is 5.6% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.9% of occupied homes (520 public and 135 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 188 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 28.5 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 7.6% 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 5.5% (confidence 83 of 100); social housing about 2.6% of homes; about 28 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 7.7% 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 Yengo National Park are those of the Cessnock council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,717 | 1,227 | +38% |
| Property | 4,035 | 2,883 | -2% |
| Break-ins | 588 | 420 | +21% |
| Theft | 1,333 | 952 | -8% |
Cessnock council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Questions
Is Yengo National Park safe?
New South Wales publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Yengo National Park is in the Cessnock council area, which recorded 1,720 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 49% higher than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 34% 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.
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