Yerong Creek crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 25 offences in Yerong Creek in 2025-26, including 3 violent offences and 1 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Lockhart council area.
Yerong Creek is a suburb in the Lockhart council area of New South Wales (about 3,509 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 32 out of 100 (low), 282nd 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 robbery (52nd percentile), sexual offences (42nd percentile), assault (23rd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 34.
In 2025-26: violent 969 per 100,000 (+24% vs five years earlier); property 2,565 per 100,000 (+58% vs five years earlier); break-ins 342 per 100,000 (+14% vs five years earlier); theft 883 per 100,000 (+84% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 89th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Lockhart council area is 2.9% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.1% of occupied homes (3 public and 10 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 3 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 8.9 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 5.1% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, New Zealand, Scotland. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 2.9% (confidence 69 of 100); social housing about 1% of homes; about 8.7 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 5.2% 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: 25 offences were recorded in Yerong Creek in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Lockhart council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 969 | 34 | +24% |
| Property | 2,565 | 90 | +58% |
| Break-ins | 342 | 12 | +14% |
| Theft | 883 | 31 | +84% |
Lockhart council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Questions
Is Yerong Creek safe?
Police recorded 25 offences in Yerong Creek in 2025-26, including 3 violent offences and 1 break-ins. Yerong Creek is not ranked against other suburbs: with 355 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Lockhart council area as a whole recorded 969 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 16% lower than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 24% lower 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 Yerong Creek?
In 2025-26 police recorded 25 offences in Yerong Creek, including 3 violent offences and 1 break-ins.
Nearby suburbs
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