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. Below are Edward River's 12 major offences for the 12 months from April 2025 to March 2026 (the year ending March 2026), with each rate (per 100,000 people) placed next to the NSW rate. The 'vs NSW' column is Edward River's rate divided by the NSW rate: 1.0 means the same as NSW, below 1.0 is lower than NSW, above 1.0 is higher.
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.
- How Edward River compares
- 4 of 12 major offences below the NSW rateBelow NSW: sexual assault (0.46×), steal from retail store (0.70×), motor vehicle theft (0.76×) and robbery (0.00×, 0 recorded incidents). The other eight are above the NSW rate.
- Highest relative rates
- Break & enter (non-dwelling) 3.11×, domestic violence related assault 2.08×, sexual touching and other sexual offences 2.06×These offences are the furthest above the NSW rate. By raw count, malicious damage to property (86 incidents), domestic violence related assault (79) and other stealing offences (66) are the highest-volume categories locally.
- Small-population caution
- Rates move sharply on a relatively small number of incidentsThis is a property of the statistic, and it cuts both ways: with a population of about 8,400, a handful of extra or fewer incidents moves a per-100,000 rate a long way in either direction — the same arithmetic that produces a 3.11× reading on 24 incidents also produces a 0.00× reading on none. Read these figures as counts first, and the rates as a rough comparison.
- Local policing
- Murray River Police DistrictDeniliquin Police Station (405 Charlotte Street, Deniliquin) sits within the Murray River Police District, part of the NSW Police Southern Region. Confirm exact boundaries on the BOCSAR mapping tool.
| Offence | Incidents | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malicious damage to property | 86 | 1,022.5 | 554.7 | 1.84× |
| Domestic violence related assault | 79 | 939.2 | 451.9 | 2.08× |
| Other stealing offences | 66 | 784.7 | 463.1 | 1.69× |
| Non-domestic violence related assault | 58 | 689.6 | 401.8 | 1.72× |
| Steal from motor vehicle | 30 | 356.7 | 295.5 | 1.21× |
| Break & enter (dwelling) | 25 | 297.2 | 212.3 | 1.40× |
| Break & enter (non-dwelling) | 24 | 285.3 | 91.8 | 3.11× |
| Steal from retail store | 22 | 261.6 | 372.5 | 0.70× |
| Sexual touching & other sexual offences | 18 | 214.0 | 104.1 | 2.06× |
| Motor vehicle theft | 11 | 130.8 | 171.2 | 0.76× |
| Sexual assault | 6 | 71.3 | 154.4 | 0.46× |
| Robbery | 0 | 0.0 | 20.6 | 0.00× |
Major offences in Edward River vs the NSW rate, per 100,000 population, for the 12 months from April 2025 to March 2026. Source: BOCSAR LGA & NSW recorded-crime tables. 'vs NSW' = Edward River rate ÷ NSW rate.
BOCSAR calculates rates only for these 'major offences', so high-volume justice offences (e.g. breach of bail or AVO) aren't rate-compared here. These are recorded incidents, not convictions, and counts move with population and with reporting behaviour. We present the counts and rates as published, without characterising cause. For the latest figures, trends and other offence types, use BOCSAR's tools below.
Sources — check it yourself
- BOCSAR — Edward River 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 (compare to NSW)
- NSW Police Force — Deniliquin Police Station (Murray River Police District)
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.