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Howlong is a NSW suburb in Federation LGA, matched to postcode 2643. New rental bonds in that postcode had a median weekly rent of $492 in 2025, up 10.6% from $445 in 2024. That is about 29% below the NSW median of $695. Bond medians describe new lodgements with Fair Trading, not every current lease in the suburb. Howlong recorded 133 criminal incidents in the 12 months to March 2026, down 22.7% from 172 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 $500 a week. Four-bedroom bonds sat at $560 a week. Half of new bonds sat between $464 and $550 a week. Fair Trading recorded 64 new bonds in the postcode in 2025. Over 2021–2025 the postcode median moved from $330 to $492 a week. Property offences totalled 61 and violent-related offences 34. Theft made up the largest published share (47 incidents, 35%). Next was Against justice procedures (15). The crime series is coded to this suburb name; the rent series, where shown, is the whole postcode. The two windows are not identical: rents are calendar year, recorded crime is the 12 months to March 2026. Some person-offence categories are not itemised here because suburb geography under-counts them. Do not rank this suburb as more or less dangerous from the raw incident total. Sources: NSW Fair Trading rental bond lodgements, calendar 2025; NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Apr 2025 – Mar 2026.
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