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 Upper Lachlan'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 Upper Lachlan'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 Upper Lachlan compares
- 12 of 12 major offences below the NSW rateEvery one of the 12 rate-compared major offences was recorded at a lower rate per 100,000 people than the NSW rate in this period. This is a count of recorded incidents against the state benchmark for one 12-month period — not a statement about the council or about how safe any particular place feels.
- Furthest below the NSW rate
- Steal from retail store 0.18×, break & enter dwelling 0.37×, steal from motor vehicle 0.38×Robbery had 0 recorded incidents in the period (NSW rate 20.6 per 100,000).
- Highest local volumes
- Other stealing offences (25 incidents), malicious damage to property (23), domestic violence related assault (20)These are the three highest-count offences locally, all still below the NSW rate per 100,000.
- Small-population caution
- Rates move sharply on a relatively small number of incidentsUpper Lachlan's population (~8,875) is small, so a handful of extra or fewer incidents can swing a per-100,000 rate a lot year to year. Read these figures as counts first.
- Local policing
- The Hume Police DistrictCrookwell Police Station (33 Goulburn Street, Crookwell) and Gunning Police Station sit within The Hume Police District, part of the NSW Police Southern Region, which also covers Goulburn Mulwaree, Wingecarribee and Yass Valley. Confirm exact boundaries on the BOCSAR mapping tool.
| Offence | Incidents | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other stealing offences | 25 | 281.7 | 463.1 | 0.61× |
| Malicious damage to property | 23 | 259.2 | 554.7 | 0.47× |
| Domestic violence related assault | 20 | 225.4 | 451.9 | 0.50× |
| Non-domestic violence related assault | 15 | 169.0 | 401.8 | 0.42× |
| Sexual assault | 11 | 123.9 | 154.4 | 0.80× |
| Motor vehicle theft | 10 | 112.7 | 171.2 | 0.66× |
| Steal from motor vehicle | 10 | 112.7 | 295.5 | 0.38× |
| Break & enter (dwelling) | 7 | 78.9 | 212.3 | 0.37× |
| Steal from retail store | 6 | 67.6 | 372.5 | 0.18× |
| Break & enter (non-dwelling) | 5 | 56.3 | 91.8 | 0.61× |
| Sexual touching & other sexual offences | 4 | 45.1 | 104.1 | 0.43× |
| Robbery | 0 | 0.0 | 20.6 | 0.00× |
Major offences in Upper Lachlan 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' = Upper Lachlan 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 — under-reporting is a known factor for domestic violence and sexual offences in particular, so a low recorded rate is not by itself evidence of a low underlying rate. 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 — Upper Lachlan 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 — Crookwell Police Station (The Hume 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.