Yoogali crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 34 offences in Yoogali in 2025-26, including 5 violent offences and 3 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Griffith council area.
Yoogali is a suburb in the Griffith council area of New South Wales (about 27,458 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 58 out of 100 (moderate), 135th 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 (67th percentile), robbery (83rd percentile), sexual offences (60th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 70.
In 2025-26: violent 1,570 per 100,000 (+6% vs five years earlier); property 3,536 per 100,000 (-10% vs five years earlier); break-ins 488 per 100,000 (-17% vs five years earlier); theft 1,275 per 100,000 (-12% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 48th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Griffith council area is 3% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 4.1% of occupied homes (288 public and 90 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 221 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 81.5 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 24.4% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in India, Italy, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3% (confidence 80 of 100); social housing about 3.7% of homes; about 80.2 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 24.8% 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: 34 offences were recorded in Yoogali in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Griffith council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,570 | 431 | +6% |
| Property | 3,536 | 971 | -10% |
| Break-ins | 488 | 134 | -17% |
| Theft | 1,275 | 350 | -12% |
Griffith council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
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Questions
Is Yoogali safe?
Police recorded 34 offences in Yoogali in 2025-26, including 5 violent offences and 3 break-ins. Yoogali is not ranked against other suburbs: with 1,334 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Griffith council area as a whole recorded 1,570 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 36% higher than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 23% 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 Yoogali?
In 2025-26 police recorded 34 offences in Yoogali, including 5 violent offences and 3 break-ins.
Police news near Yoogali
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- Man arrested after allegedly carrying knife in public - Griffith · Griffith, 25 Sept 2026 · 6 km away
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