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Broadmeadow is a NSW suburb in Newcastle LGA, matched to postcode 2292 — also covering Hamilton North. New rental bonds in that postcode had a median weekly rent of $620 in 2025, up 11.7% from $555 in 2024. That is about 11% below the NSW median of $695. Bond medians describe new lodgements with Fair Trading, not every current lease in the suburb. Broadmeadow recorded 675 criminal incidents in the 12 months to March 2026, down 7.9% from 733 a year earlier. These are police-recorded incidents, not convictions, and they are not adjusted for how many people live or visit here. House bonds typically leased at $695 a week and flats/units at $475. Townhouse bonds sat at $720 a week. Two-bedroom bonds had a median of $600; three-bedroom bonds $740. One-bedroom bonds sat at $270 a week. Half of new bonds sat between $420 and $725 a week. Fair Trading recorded 191 new bonds in the postcode in 2025. Over 2021–2025 the postcode median moved from $490 to $620 a week. Because several suburbs share the postcode, the rent charts are a postcode picture, not a street-level one. Property offences totalled 263 and violent-related offences 129. Theft made up the largest published share (213 incidents, 32%). Next was Transport regulatory offences (157). The crime series is coded to this suburb name; the rent series, where shown, is the whole postcode. Sources: NSW Fair Trading rental bond lodgements, calendar 2025; NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Apr 2025 – Mar 2026.
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Postcode-wide figure for 2292
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Postcode-wide figure for 2292
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Postcode-wide figure for 2292
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