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Shortland is a NSW suburb in Newcastle LGA, matched to postcode 2307. New rental bonds in that postcode had a median weekly rent of $510 in 2025, down 5.6% from $540 in 2024. That is about 27% below the NSW median of $695. Bond medians describe new lodgements with Fair Trading, not every current lease in the suburb. Shortland recorded 361 criminal incidents in the 12 months to March 2026, up 20.7% from 299 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 $620 a week and flats/units at $490. Townhouse bonds sat at $650 a week. Two-bedroom bonds had a median of $538; three-bedroom bonds $650. One-bedroom bonds sat at $290 a week. Four-bedroom bonds sat at $695 a week. Half of new bonds sat between $290 and $650 a week. Fair Trading recorded 295 new bonds in the postcode in 2025. Over 2021–2025 the postcode median moved from $400 to $510 a week. Property offences totalled 158 and violent-related offences 109. Theft made up the largest published share (113 incidents, 31%). Next was Assault (50). 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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Postcode-wide figure for 2307
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Postcode-wide figure for 2307
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