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 Uralla'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. These are recorded incidents, not convictions. The 'vs NSW' column is Uralla'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. Recorded incidents, not convictions.
- How Uralla compares
- 8 of 12 major offences below the NSW rateThe four above the NSW rate are break and enter (non-dwelling) 2.32×, malicious damage to property 1.15×, sexual touching and other sexual offences 1.10×, and break and enter (dwelling) 1.00× — the last of these is 213.3 per 100,000 against a NSW rate of 212.3, effectively the same figure rather than a meaningful gap.
- Highest-volume offences
- Malicious damage to property (39 incidents) and domestic violence related assault (24)Counts, not rates. Domestic violence related assault sits below the NSW rate at 0.87×.
- Small-population caution
- At a population of about 6,096, one incident is roughly 16 per 100,000This cuts both ways: a small number of extra incidents lifts a per-100,000 rate sharply, and a small number fewer drops it just as sharply. Read the counts first and the rates second, and treat year-to-year movement in any single category with care.
- Reporting rates differ by offence
- Not every incident is reported to policeReporting rates vary by offence type, which particularly affects domestic-violence and sexual offences; recorded-incident counts for those categories can move with reporting behaviour as well as with underlying incidence.
- Local policing
- New England Police DistrictUralla Police Station (Hill Street, Uralla) sits within the New England Police District, part of the NSW Police Western Region. It is not a 24-hour station. Confirm exact boundaries on the BOCSAR mapping tool.
| Offence | Incidents | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malicious damage to property | 39 | 639.8 | 554.7 | 1.15× |
| Domestic violence related assault | 24 | 393.7 | 451.9 | 0.87× |
| Steal from motor vehicle | 16 | 262.5 | 295.5 | 0.89× |
| Break & enter (dwelling) | 13 | 213.3 | 212.3 | 1.00× |
| Break & enter (non-dwelling) | 13 | 213.3 | 91.8 | 2.32× |
| Non-domestic violence related assault | 12 | 196.9 | 401.8 | 0.49× |
| Other stealing offences | 11 | 180.4 | 463.1 | 0.39× |
| Motor vehicle theft | 9 | 147.6 | 171.2 | 0.86× |
| Sexual touching & other sexual offences | 7 | 114.8 | 104.1 | 1.10× |
| Sexual assault | 6 | 98.4 | 154.4 | 0.64× |
| Robbery | 1 | 16.4 | 20.6 | 0.80× |
| Steal from retail store | 1 | 16.4 | 372.5 | 0.04× |
Major offences in Uralla 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' = Uralla 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 reported to or detected by NSW Police in the 12 months to March 2026 — not convictions — and rates are per 100,000 population. We present the counts, the rates and the NSW comparison without drawing any conclusion about the council, the police or the community. For the latest figures, trends and other offence types, use BOCSAR's tools below.
Sources — check it yourself
- BOCSAR — Uralla 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 — Uralla 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.