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 Narrandera'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 for the same period. These are recorded incidents, not convictions. The 'vs NSW' column is Narrandera'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. Figures are recorded incidents reported to or detected by NSW Police — not convictions, and not a count of people.
- How Narrandera compares
- 2 of 12 major offences below the NSW rateThe two below the NSW rate are steal from retail store (0.47×) and robbery (0.85×, 1 recorded incident). The other ten are above the NSW rate for this period.
- At a population of 5,687, one recorded incident is about 17.6 per 100,000So ten incidents is about 176 per 100,000, and a difference of a handful of incidents moves the rate by hundreds. This cuts both ways: in a population this size a small change in the count can push a rate well above or well below the NSW figure from one year to the next. Read the incidents column first and the rate second.
- Reporting rates differ by offence type
- Not every incident is reported to or detected by policeThe share of incidents that reach police is not the same across offence types, which particularly affects domestic-violence and sexual offences. Counts across different offences are therefore not like-for-like measures of how often each occurs.
- Local policing
- Murrumbidgee Police DistrictNarrandera Police Station (129 Larmer Street, Narrandera) sits within the Murrumbidgee Police District, part of the NSW Police Southern Region; the district also covers Barellan, Leeton, Griffith and Hay among others. Confirm exact boundaries on the BOCSAR mapping tool.
| Offence | Incidents | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malicious damage to property | 111 | 1,951.8 | 554.7 | 3.52× |
| Non-domestic violence related assault | 57 | 1,002.3 | 401.8 | 2.49× |
| Other stealing offences | 33 | 580.3 | 463.1 | 1.25× |
| Domestic violence related assault | 32 | 562.7 | 451.9 | 1.25× |
| Break & enter (dwelling) | 29 | 509.9 | 212.3 | 2.40× |
| Steal from motor vehicle | 26 | 457.2 | 295.5 | 1.55× |
| Break & enter (non-dwelling) | 23 | 404.4 | 91.8 | 4.41× |
| Motor vehicle theft | 23 | 404.4 | 171.2 | 2.36× |
| Sexual assault | 18 | 316.5 | 154.4 | 2.05× |
| Steal from retail store | 10 | 175.8 | 372.5 | 0.47× |
| Sexual touching & other sexual offences | 8 | 140.7 | 104.1 | 1.35× |
| Robbery | 1 | 17.6 | 20.6 | 0.85× |
Major offences in Narrandera vs the NSW rate, per 100,000 population, for the 12 months from April 2025 to March 2026. Recorded incidents, not convictions. Source: BOCSAR LGA & NSW recorded-crime tables. 'vs NSW' = Narrandera 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. The figures are recorded incidents reported to or detected by NSW Police over the 12 months from April 2025 to March 2026, expressed per 100,000 population, using BOCSAR's own published tables for Narrandera and for NSW over the identical period — they are not convictions. We publish the sourced numbers and the caveats above and draw no conclusion from them. For the latest figures, longer trends, quarterly updates and other offence types, use BOCSAR's tools below.
Sources — check it yourself
- BOCSAR — Narrandera 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 — 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.