Arumpo crime statistics

About Arumpo

Arumpo is a remote rural locality in the far south-west of New South Wales, situated within the Wentworth Shire local government area and bearing the postcode 2715. Geographically, the area is characterized by arid to semi-arid plains, dominated by native mallee scrub, saltbush, and extensive pastoral lands. Due to the extreme remoteness and harsh environmental conditions, the population is extremely sparse, consisting primarily of individuals engaged in broadacre sheep grazing and extensive land management.

Due to its isolation, Arumpo lacks commercial amenities, retail centers, or concentrated residential townships. Day-to-day services, health care, and educational facilities are typically accessed in larger regional hubs such as Mildura (across the Victorian border) or the town of Wentworth. Infrastructure within the locality is minimal, largely comprising unsealed pastoral tracks and the Arumpo Road, which connects the remote properties to regional transit networks.

Historically, the region is part of the traditional lands of Indigenous Australian language groups who inhabited the semi-arid corridor between the Murray-Darling river systems and the expansive mallee country. European settlement arrived in the 19th century as explorers and pastoralists pushed into the interior to establish sheep runs. The locality's heritage is closely tied to the struggles of pastoral expansion in marginal environments, historic station tracks, and the ecological transition zone leading toward the Willandra Lakes Region World Heritage Area located further to the north.

Sources and interpretation

These are police-recorded incident or victim counts, not every unreported incident or a prediction of personal safety. Percentage changes are not tests of statistical significance; small counts need particular care.

• NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research
• ABS 2021 Census · SAL 10093
• NSW Spatial Services
• Methodology, updates and corrections