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 Tenterfield'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 Tenterfield'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 Tenterfield compares
- 5 of 12 major offences below the NSW rateThe five below NSW are robbery (0.00×, 0 recorded incidents), steal from retail store (0.15×), non-domestic-violence assault (0.77×), steal from motor vehicle (0.91×) and sexual touching / other sexual offences (0.95×).
- Highest relative rates
- Break & enter (non-dwelling) 3.69×, motor vehicle theft 2.47×, break & enter (dwelling) 2.39×These are the furthest above the NSW rate. By volume, malicious damage to property (73 incidents) and domestic violence related assault (54 incidents) are the two largest categories locally.
- Small-population caution
- Rates move sharply on a relatively small number of incidentsTenterfield's population (~7,081) is small, so a handful of extra or fewer incidents can swing a per-100,000 rate a great deal year to year. Read these figures as counts first — a 3.69× rate here rests on 24 recorded incidents.
- Local policing
- New England Police DistrictTenterfield Police Station (94 Molesworth Street, Tenterfield) sits within the New England Police District. The station is not staffed 24 hours; call 000 for emergencies. Confirm exact boundaries on the BOCSAR mapping tool.
| Offence | Incidents | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malicious damage to property | 73 | 1,030.9 | 554.7 | 1.86× |
| Domestic violence related assault | 54 | 762.6 | 451.9 | 1.69× |
| Other stealing offences | 42 | 593.1 | 463.1 | 1.28× |
| Break & enter (dwelling) | 36 | 508.4 | 212.3 | 2.39× |
| Motor vehicle theft | 30 | 423.7 | 171.2 | 2.47× |
| Break & enter (non-dwelling) | 24 | 338.9 | 91.8 | 3.69× |
| Non-domestic violence related assault | 22 | 310.7 | 401.8 | 0.77× |
| Steal from motor vehicle | 19 | 268.3 | 295.5 | 0.91× |
| Sexual assault | 12 | 169.5 | 154.4 | 1.10× |
| Sexual touching & other sexual offences | 7 | 98.9 | 104.1 | 0.95× |
| Steal from retail store | 4 | 56.5 | 372.5 | 0.15× |
| Robbery | 0 | 0.0 | 20.6 | 0.00× |
Major offences in Tenterfield 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' = Tenterfield 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 reporting. With a population of about 7,000, Tenterfield's per-100,000 rates are unusually sensitive to small changes in incident counts; we present the counts and rates without characterising cause. For the latest figures, trends and other offence types, use BOCSAR's tools below.
Sources — check it yourself
- BOCSAR — Tenterfield 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 — Tenterfield Police Station (New England 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.