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 most local government areas BOCSAR also publishes a rate per 100,000 people, so the LGA can be placed beside the NSW rate. It does not do that for Hay. In BOCSAR's Hay tables every one of the 12 major offences carries 'nc' — not calculable — in the rate column, because the counts here are too small for a rate per 100,000 to be reliable. That is BOCSAR's own decision, and we do not substitute a number for it. What BOCSAR does publish for Hay are the incident counts below, 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.
- Total recorded incidents
- 89 across the 12 major offence categoriesThe full breakdown is in the table below, sorted by number of incidents.
- Why there is no rate here
- BOCSAR publishes no rate per 100,000 for Hay — all 12 major offences are marked 'nc' (not calculable)BOCSAR suppresses the rate where the counts are too small for a rate per 100,000 to be reliable. A suppressed rate is not a low rate and not a zero: it means no rate has been published, so Hay cannot be compared with the NSW rate on this measure. We therefore show counts only, and no 'vs NSW' comparison.
- These are recorded incidents
- Not convictions, and not the same as reports of harmCounts are incidents recorded by NSW Police over the period. Reporting rates differ by offence type, which particularly affects domestic-violence and sexual offences — for those categories, recorded incidents are understood to be lower than actual occurrence.
- Local policing
- Murrumbidgee Police DistrictHay Police Station sits within the Murrumbidgee Police District, part of the NSW Police Southern Region; the district also covers Griffith, Leeton, Narrandera, Hillston and Darlington Point. Station address and hours are on the NSW Police page linked below; confirm exact LGA boundaries on the BOCSAR mapping tool.
| Offence | Recorded incidents |
|---|---|
| Other stealing offences | 18 |
| Domestic violence related assault | 14 |
| Malicious damage to property | 14 |
| Non-domestic violence related assault | 12 |
| Steal from motor vehicle | 11 |
| Sexual touching & other sexual offences | 6 |
| Break & enter (dwelling) | 6 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 5 |
| Sexual assault | 2 |
| Break & enter (non-dwelling) | 1 |
| Robbery | 0 |
| Steal from retail store | 0 |
Recorded incidents in the Hay LGA across BOCSAR's 12 major offence categories, for the 12 months from April 2025 to March 2026, sorted by number of incidents. BOCSAR publishes no rate per 100,000 for this LGA (all 12 categories are marked 'nc'), so no rate or NSW comparison columns are shown. Source: BOCSAR LGA recorded-crime table for Hay.
BOCSAR rate-compares only these 'major offences', so high-volume justice offences (for example breach of bail or breach of AVO) are not listed here. For Hay no rate per 100,000 is published in any of the 12 categories, so nothing on this page should be read as Hay being above or below the NSW rate — that comparison simply has not been published. These are recorded incidents over a single 12-month period, not convictions, and with numbers this small a difference of one or two incidents between years is not a trend. For the latest figures, other offence types and multi-year series, use BOCSAR's tools below.
Sources — check it yourself
- BOCSAR — Hay 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 (Excel crime tables) · Updated quarterly
- BOCSAR — Crime Mapping Tool
- NSW Police Force — Hay Police Station (Murrumbidgee 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.