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Newcastle West is a NSW suburb in Newcastle LGA, matched to postcode 2302. 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. Newcastle West recorded 953 criminal incidents in the 12 months to March 2026, down 12.2% from 1,085 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 $700 a week and flats/units at $675. Townhouse bonds sat at $900 a week. Two-bedroom bonds had a median of $750; three-bedroom bonds $950. One-bedroom bonds sat at $650 a week. Half of new bonds sat between $620 and $770 a week. Fair Trading recorded 197 new bonds in the postcode in 2025. Over 2021–2025 the postcode median moved from $500 to $700 a week. Property offences totalled 589 and violent-related offences 207. Theft made up the largest published share (422 incidents, 44%). Next was Malicious damage to property (164). 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. Sources: NSW Fair Trading rental bond lodgements, calendar 2025; NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Apr 2025 – Mar 2026.
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+7.7% year-on-year
-12.2% year-on-year
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