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Hamilton East is a NSW suburb in Newcastle LGA, matched to postcode 2303 — also covering Hamilton, Hamilton Dc, Hamilton South. New rental bonds in that postcode had a median weekly rent of $675 in 2025, up 8.9% from $620 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. Hamilton East recorded 101 criminal incidents in the 12 months to March 2026, down 19.8% from 126 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 $755 a week and flats/units at $550. Townhouse bonds sat at $712 a week. Two-bedroom bonds had a median of $650; three-bedroom bonds $780. One-bedroom bonds sat at $470 a week. Four-bedroom bonds sat at $945 a week. Half of new bonds sat between $535 and $800 a week. Fair Trading recorded 383 new bonds in the postcode in 2025. Over 2021–2025 the postcode median moved from $525 to $675 a week. Because several suburbs share the postcode, the rent charts are a postcode picture, not a street-level one. Property offences totalled 69 and violent-related offences 20. Theft made up the largest published share (54 incidents, 54%). Next was Malicious damage to property (15). 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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These figures describe rental bonds recorded across postcode 2303, not an individual property quote.
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Postcode-wide figure for 2303
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Postcode-wide figure for 2303
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Postcode-wide figure for 2303
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