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Wollongong crime rate and crime map

Wollongong recorded 1,081 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, close to the New South Wales rate and 16% below the national rate. Up 19% on five years earlier.

The figures cover Wollongong and Shellharbour council areas, about 307,555 residents.

Shellharbour: 1,031 violent offences per 100,000Wollongong: 1,099 violent offences per 100,000
Council areas shaded by violent crime rate against the national rate, 2025-26. Select a council for its full figures and Crime Score.

Wollongong against NSW and Australia

Violent 1,081 per 100k

Property 2,763 per 100k

Break-ins 295 per 100k

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Australia: every council area with published figures.

Violent crime over ten years

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WollongongNew South Wales
Wollongong violent crime rate from 2016-17 to 2025-26: 908 to 1,081 per 100,000. Violent offences per 100,000 residents.

Street-level crime map of Wollongong

BOCSAR's hotspot map shows where break-ins, car theft, theft, robbery, assault and malicious damage concentrated across Wollongong in the 12 months to June 2026: low, medium and high-density areas for each offence. Hotspots show where incidents cluster, not how many there were or the risk at any address.

Open the Wollongong hotspot map, pick an offence, and zoom in to the streets; suburb outlines show each suburb's own recorded rate (source: BOCSAR, CC BY 4.0).

Wollongong's council areas

Per 100,000 residents, 2025-26, highest violent crime rate first. Score: Crime Score, 0 lowest to 100 highest recorded crime.
CouncilViolentPropertyBreak-insScore
Wollongong1,0992,94831645
Shellharbour1,0312,26623936

Questions about crime in Wollongong

What is the crime rate in Wollongong?

Wollongong recorded 1,081 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, close to the New South Wales rate and 16% below the national rate. Property crime was 2,763 per 100,000. The figures cover Wollongong and Shellharbour council areas.

Which part of Wollongong has the highest crime rate?

Of Wollongong's 2 council areas, Wollongong had the highest recorded violent crime rate in 2025-26 (1,099 per 100,000) and Shellharbour the lowest (1,031). Rates in central council areas are raised by the number of visitors and workers who are not residents.

Is crime going up in Wollongong?

Wollongong's recorded violent crime rate went from 906 per 100,000 in 2020-21 to 1,081 in 2025-26 (+19%). Changes in reporting and police recording affect these trends as well as offending.

Where do these figures come from?

Offence counts from New South Wales's official police or crime statistics agency, by council area, standardised to national offence categories, with ABS population. Figures describe recorded offences, not personal risk.

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