Goodnight crime statistics
Reporting period: 2025-07 – 2026-06
1 recorded in this period, compared with 3 in the preceding period.
LGA totals use the selected offence categories. Locality counts and population-adjusted LGA rates are different measures.
About Goodnight
Goodnight is a small rural locality situated in the Riverina region of southwestern New South Wales, within the Murray River Council local government area and bearing the postcode 2736. Positioned near the Victorian border along the Murray River system, the area is characterized by a flat, arid-to-semi-arid landscape heavily reliant on irrigation for its primary industry. Due to its remote and predominantly agricultural setting, the population is very small, largely consisting of residents engaged in farming, horticulture, and related rural enterprises.
As a sparsely populated rural community, Goodnight lacks extensive commercial amenities, relying instead on nearby larger townships—such as Balranald or Swan Hill across the border in Victoria—for retail, healthcare, educational, and professional services. Local life is centered around primary production, particularly viticulture, citrus growing, and broadacre agriculture facilitated by the region's river networks. Infrastructure within the locality is minimal, primarily comprising local access roads, farm homesteads, and irrigation-management installations.
The history of the area is tied to the broader European settlement and agricultural development of the Murray-Darling basin in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Land use transitioned from extensive pastoral runs to intensive irrigation farming following the development of river regulation and weir systems along the Murray River. While the locality does not feature major urban heritage listings, its historical footprint is reflected in its long-established farming families, older irrigation infrastructure, and the traditional custodianship of the region's Indigenous peoples.
Recorded offence categories
| Category | Current period | Previous period |
|---|---|---|
| Prohibited and regulated weapons offences | 1 | 1 |
Community context
The 2021 Census recorded 86 residents. This is not a current population estimate.
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.