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West Wallsend is a NSW suburb in Lake Macquarie LGA, matched to postcode 2286 — also covering Holmesville, Seahampton. New rental bonds in that postcode had a median weekly rent of $650 in 2025, up 8.3% from $600 in 2024. That is about 6% below the NSW median of $695. Bond medians describe new lodgements with Fair Trading, not every current lease in the suburb. West Wallsend recorded 151 criminal incidents in the 12 months to March 2026, down 2.6% from 155 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 $650 a week. Four-bedroom bonds sat at $760 a week. Half of new bonds sat between $596 and $694 a week. Fair Trading recorded 70 new bonds in the postcode in 2025. Over 2021–2025 the postcode median moved from $470 to $650 a week. Because several suburbs share the postcode, the rent charts are a postcode picture, not a street-level one. Property offences totalled 64 and violent-related offences 62. Theft made up the largest published share (36 incidents, 24%). Next was Intimidation, stalking and harassment (24). 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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+8.3% year-on-year
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Postcode-wide figure for 2286
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Postcode-wide figure for 2286
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