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 Central Darling, BOCSAR publishes incident counts but does not publish a rate per 100,000 people for any of the 12 major offences — it writes 'nc' (not calculable) in the rate column, because the counts in an LGA of roughly 1,767 people are too small for a rate to be reliable. That is BOCSAR's own decision, and it means a rate comparison with NSW is not available here. A suppressed rate is not a low rate and it is not a zero. What follows is what BOCSAR does publish: the recorded incident counts 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.
- What is published
- Incident counts only — no rate per 100,000BOCSAR suppresses the per-100,000 rate for every one of the 12 major offences in this LGA because the counts are too small for a rate to be reliable — at a population of about 1,767, a single recorded incident would work out at roughly 57 per 100,000, so a rate would swing wildly on one or two incidents either way. No 'vs NSW' comparison is therefore possible for Central Darling, and none should be inferred from the counts alone.
- Total recorded incidents
- 294 across the 12 major offencesThe largest counts are domestic violence related assault (85) and malicious damage to property (60). Robbery has a published count of 0 recorded incidents — that is a real published count, not a suppressed figure.
- These are incidents, not convictions
- Recorded by NSW PoliceA recorded incident is a report to, or detection by, police. It is not a charge, a prosecution or a conviction, and counts can move with policing activity as well as with offending.
- Reporting rates differ by offence
- Particularly for domestic violence and sexual offencesHow often an offence is reported to police varies a lot between offence types, so counts are not a direct measure of how often something happens. BOCSAR also rate-compares only these 'major offences', so high-volume justice offences (e.g. breach of bail or AVO) are not included here.
- Local policing
- Barrier Police DistrictPolice stations at Wilcannia (70-72 Reid Street), Menindee (38 Yartla Street) and Ivanhoe (corner Columbus and Cook Streets) sit within the Barrier Police District, part of the NSW Police Western Region. White Cliffs is also listed within the district.
| Offence | Recorded incidents |
|---|---|
| Domestic violence related assault | 85 |
| Malicious damage to property | 60 |
| Break & enter (dwelling) | 34 |
| Non-domestic violence related assault | 28 |
| Other stealing offences | 26 |
| Break & enter (non-dwelling) | 20 |
| Steal from motor vehicle | 10 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 9 |
| Steal from retail store | 9 |
| Sexual assault | 7 |
| Sexual touching & other sexual offences | 6 |
| Robbery | 0 |
Recorded incidents for the 12 major offences in the Central Darling LGA, 12 months from April 2025 to March 2026. Source: BOCSAR LGA recorded-crime table. BOCSAR publishes no rate per 100,000 for this LGA, so no rate or NSW comparison columns are shown.
We publish the counts BOCSAR publishes and nothing more. Because BOCSAR does not calculate a rate per 100,000 for this LGA, we do not show one, and we do not describe these figures as higher or lower than the NSW average — the comparison simply is not published. These are recorded incidents, not convictions, and reporting rates differ by offence type. We draw no conclusion about the council, the police or the community; for the latest figures, trends and other offence types, use BOCSAR's tools below.
Sources — check it yourself
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.