Crime & safety
The authoritative source for crime in NSW is the Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR), which publishes recorded incidents reported to or detected by NSW Police. For Carrathool, BOCSAR publishes the incident counts but does not publish a rate per 100,000 people for any of the 12 major offences — its tables show 'nc' (not calculable) in every rate cell, because the counts are too small for a rate to be reliable. That is BOCSAR's own decision about its data, and it means there is no rate here to compare with the NSW average. A suppressed rate is not a low rate and it is not a zero. Below are the counts BOCSAR does publish, for the 12 months from April 2025 to March 2026.
New to these terms? Read them in plain English
- Rate per 100,000
- Crime counts adjusted for population, so different-sized places can be compared.
- Compared to NSW (×)
- How the local rate compares to the NSW average (1.0 = the same).
- Recorded incident
- An incident reported to police — not a proven charge or conviction.
- Major offence categories
- The high-level offence groups official rates are calculated for.
- Police Area Command / Police District
- The local NSW Police command responsible for an area.
- BOCSAR
- The official source of NSW recorded-crime data.
Safety at a glance
- Reporting period
- April 2025 to March 2026 (12 months)Latest BOCSAR recorded-crime release. These are recorded incidents, not convictions or charges.
- What is published for Carrathool
- Incident counts only — no rate per 100,000BOCSAR marks the rate 'nc' (not calculable) for all 12 major offences in this LGA. It publishes a rate only where the underlying counts are large enough for the rate to be reliable, so there is no Carrathool rate to place beside the NSW rate. Read the numbers below as counts.
- Total recorded incidents
- 88 across the 12 major offencesThe largest single category is other stealing offences (19), followed by domestic violence related assault (17) and malicious damage to property (13). Robbery recorded 0 incidents in the period — that is a published count of zero, not a suppressed figure.
- Why counts move so much here
- At a population of about 2,767, one incident would equate to roughly 36 per 100,000This cuts both ways: in an LGA this size a handful of incidents in either direction changes any per-head figure dramatically, which is why BOCSAR does not publish one — and equally why a small count should not be read as a small underlying problem.
- Reporting rates differ by offence
- Recorded incidents depend on what is reported to or detected by policeUnder-reporting is known to be higher for some offence types than others, particularly domestic-violence and sexual offences, so counts in those categories are not a complete measure of how often those offences occur.
- Local policing
- Murrumbidgee Police DistrictNSW Police lists stations at Hillston (38 Molesworth Street), Goolgowi (6 Stipa Street) and Rankins Springs within the Murrumbidgee Police District, part of the NSW Police Southern Region; the district's suburb list includes Carrathool, Goolgowi, Hillston, Merriwagga, Rankins Springs, Gunbar, Tabbita, Roto and Wallanthery. None of these stations is open 24 hours — the nearest 24-hour station is Griffith. Police district boundaries do not follow council boundaries; confirm the station covering your address on the NSW Police site.
| Offence | Recorded incidents |
|---|---|
| Other stealing offences | 19 |
| Domestic violence related assault | 17 |
| Malicious damage to property | 13 |
| Sexual touching & other sexual offences | 7 |
| Break & enter (non-dwelling) | 6 |
| Sexual assault | 5 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 5 |
| Steal from motor vehicle | 5 |
| Steal from retail store | 5 |
| Break & enter (dwelling) | 4 |
| Non-domestic violence related assault | 2 |
| Robbery | 0 |
Recorded criminal incidents in the Carrathool LGA for the 12 months from April 2025 to March 2026, sorted by count. BOCSAR does not publish a rate per 100,000 for this LGA, so no rate or NSW comparison columns are shown. Source: BOCSAR LGA recorded-crime tables.
BOCSAR tracks these 12 categories as its 'major offences', so high-volume justice offences (for example breach of bail or breach of an AVO) are not included above. These are recorded incidents, not convictions, and they count events reported to or detected by police in the Carrathool LGA during the stated period. Because BOCSAR publishes no rate per 100,000 for this LGA, this page shows no comparison with the NSW average in either direction — the absence of a rate is not evidence about the level of crime here. For trends, other offence types and the underlying tables, use BOCSAR's tools below.
Sources — check it yourself
- BOCSAR — Carrathool LGA crime table (XLSX) · Apr 2025 to Mar 2026
- BOCSAR — NSW recorded-crime table (XLSX) · Apr 2025 to Mar 2026
- BOCSAR — Crime statistics by LGA · Updated quarterly
- BOCSAR — Crime Mapping Tool
- NSW Police Force — Murrumbidgee Police District (stations and suburbs)
Figures are current as at the dates shown and may change — always confirm with the linked source. See the notice at the bottom of the page for full details and how to report a correction.