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Wickham is a NSW suburb in Newcastle LGA, matched to postcode 2293 — also covering Maryville. New rental bonds in that postcode had a median weekly rent of $720 in 2025, up 5.9% from $680 in 2024. That is about 4% above the NSW median of $695. Bond medians describe new lodgements with Fair Trading, not every current lease in the suburb. Wickham recorded 1,847 criminal incidents in the 12 months to March 2026, up 35.7% from 1,361 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 $715 a week and flats/units at $725. Townhouse bonds sat at $800 a week. Two-bedroom bonds had a median of $725; three-bedroom bonds $850. One-bedroom bonds sat at $590 a week. Half of new bonds sat between $630 and $800 a week. Fair Trading recorded 260 new bonds in the postcode in 2025. Over 2021–2025 the postcode median moved from $550 to $720 a week. Because several suburbs share the postcode, the rent charts are a postcode picture, not a street-level one. Transport regulatory offences were 1,512 (82% of the total); excluding them, the count is 335. Fare and parking enforcement can move that category independently of neighbourhood property or violent crime. Transport regulatory offences made up the largest published share (1,512 incidents, 82%). Sources: NSW Fair Trading rental bond lodgements, calendar 2025; NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Apr 2025 – Mar 2026.
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