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Croom is a NSW suburb in Kiama LGA, matched to postcode 2527 — also covering Albion Park, Albion Park Rail, Calderwood and nearby localities. New rental bonds in that postcode had a median weekly rent of $700 in 2025, up 7.7% from $650 in 2024. That is close to the NSW median of $695. Bond medians describe new lodgements with Fair Trading, not every current lease in the suburb. Croom recorded 18 criminal incidents in the 12 months to March 2026. 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 $720 a week and flats/units at $550. Townhouse bonds sat at $680 a week. Two-bedroom bonds had a median of $550; three-bedroom bonds $680. One-bedroom bonds sat at $425 a week. Four-bedroom bonds sat at $800 a week. Half of new bonds sat between $630 and $760 a week. Fair Trading recorded 635 new bonds in the postcode in 2025. Over 2021–2025 the postcode median moved from $530 to $700 a week. Because several suburbs share the postcode, the rent charts are a postcode picture, not a street-level one. Counts this small swing easily from year to year and should not be read as a trend on their own. Property offences: 11. Violent-related offences: 1. 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 2527
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