What is the crime rate in Mid-Coast?

Mid-Coast recorded 8,378 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026 — a rate of 8,689 offences per 100,000 residents, the 103rd highest of 258 areas nationally.

What are the most common offences in Mid-Coast?

Over the last 12 months Mid-Coast recorded 505 break-ins (unlawful entries), 197 motor vehicle thefts, 991 other thefts, 1,219 assaults and 870 property-damage offences, plus 2,855 other offences (drugs, traffic and public-order matters).

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Crime in Mid-Coast

Reported offences in the Mid-Coast council area, from NSW BOCSAR data. Showing the 12 months to Mar 2026 and the trend since 2001.

8,378

offences (last 12 mo)

8,689

per 100k residents

#103

of areas ranked

Monthly offences over time

Total reported offences per month — the long-run trend for Mid-Coast.

Showing all crime — tap an offence type below to plot it over time.

Breakdown — last 12 months

Every reported offence by type. These add up to the 8,378 total. Tap any type to chart it.

School catchments in Mid-CoastBrowse the most in-demand school zones in this council.

Suburbs in Mid-Coast

Flood and bushfire exposure, crime, school catchments and zoning for each suburb in this council area.

Forster Taree Tuncurry Old Bar Wingham Tea Gardens Harrington Gloucester Hawks Nest Bulahdelah Diamond Beach Smiths Lake North Arm Cove Cundletown Pindimar Boomerang Beach Coomba Park Nabiac Tallwoods Village Boat Harbour Red Head Stroud Black Head Tinonee Lansdowne Wallabi Point Failford Blueys Beach Manning Point Krambach Coolongolook Hallidays Point Charlotte Bay Rainbow Flat Booral Darawank Coopernook Upper Lansdowne Moorland Mitchells Island Wherrol Flat Mount George Elizabeth Beach Barrington Johns River Lambs Valley Elands Taree South Wootton Bundabah Bungwahl Limeburners Creek Dyers Crossing Pampoolah Oxley Island Nerong Cedar Party Firefly Stratford Bunyah Tarbuck Bay Burrell Creek Stroud Road Wards River Minimbah Killabakh Hillville Marlee Glenthorne Hannam Vale Belbora Girvan Allworth The Branch Bootawa Craven Coomba Bay Possum Brush Brimbin Melinga Monkerai Forbesdale Bobin Kimbriki Bucca Wauka Koorainghat Kundle Kundle Boolambayte Killawarra Markwell Seal Rocks Bowman Bundook Crowdy Head Caffreys Flat Waukivory Mondrook Wang Wauk Moto Kundibakh Coralville Copeland Caparra Stewarts River Faulkland Tipperary Jones Island Whoota Cooplacurripa Shallow Bay Mooral Creek Langley Vale The Bight Dollys Flat Cedar Creek Yarras Crawford River Knorrit Flat Tugrabakh Topi Topi Purfleet Rookhurst Waitui Cabbage Tree Island Nooroo Wallanbah

Reported offences reflect police-recorded crime, not all crime; reporting rates vary by area and offence type. Counts are for the whole council area, not any specific suburb or address — indicative only. Source: NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) crime statistics (CC BY 4.0).