Bayside crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales council area
Bayside is a council area in New South Wales with about 187,770 residents. It has a Crime Score 30 out of 100 (low), 293rd of 362 councils nationally.
The score blends national percentile ranks for each published offence category with fixed severity weights; here it is driven most by robbery (68th percentile), homicide (47th percentile), assault (26th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 33.
In 2025-26: violent 741 per 100,000 (-3% vs five years earlier); property 2,136 per 100,000 (-3% vs five years earlier); break-ins 140 per 100,000 (-16% vs five years earlier); theft 1,097 per 100,000 (+25% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 108th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Bayside council area is 5.5% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.4% of occupied homes (1,812 public and 415 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 862 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 48.4 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 50.8% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in China, Nepal, Indonesia. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 5.5% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 3.1% of homes; about 47.6 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 51.6% born overseas. Confidence falls with distance from the last published figure, and the map's Estimates toggle shows every year back to 1994-95.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 741 | 1,391 | -3% |
| Property | 2,136 | 4,011 | -3% |
| Break-ins | 140 | 262 | -16% |
| Theft | 1,097 | 2,060 | +25% |
Questions
Is Bayside safe?
Bayside recorded 741 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 36% lower than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 42% lower than the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 29.9 out of 100 (low), 293rd of 362 councils. These are offences recorded by police per resident: they describe the area as a whole, not the risk on any particular street, and places with a busy centre record more because offences are counted where they happen.
How many break-ins are there in Bayside?
262 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 140 per 100,000 residents, about 54% lower than the New South Wales rate (301).
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Police news near Bayside
- Man charged following investigation into reports of man allegedly armed with firearm at Dulwich Hill · Dulwich Hill, 19 Oct 2026 · 6 km away
- Man arrested following investigation into reports of man armed with firearm at Dulwich Hill · Dulwich Hill, 19 Oct 2026 · 6 km away
- Three people arrested after alleged armed robbery - Hurlstone Park · Hurlstone Park, 29 Sept 2026 · 6 km away
- Robbery and Serious Crime Squad charge two men over alleged armed robbery of container truck - Botany · Botany, 25 Sept 2026 · 4 km away
- Three charged over alleged stabbing in Canterbury · Canterbury, 8 Sept 2026 · 6 km away
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Suburbs in the Bayside council area
Arncliffe · Banksia · Banksmeadow · Bardwell Park · Bardwell Valley · Bexley · Bexley North · Bexley South · Botany · Botany Bay · Brighton-Le-Sands · Daceyville · Dolls Point · Eastgardens · Eastlakes · Hillsdale · Kogarah · Kyeemagh · Mascot · Monterey · Pagewood · Ramsgate · Ramsgate Beach · Rockdale · Sandringham · Sans Souci · Turrella · Wolli Creek
Postcodes in the Bayside council area
2018 · 2019 · 2020 · 2032 · 2035 · 2036 · 2205 · 2207 · 2216 · 2217 · 2219
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