Hawkesbury crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales council area
Hawkesbury is a council area in New South Wales with about 69,299 residents. It has a Crime Score 37 out of 100 (low), 265th 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 sexual offences (64th percentile), assault (40th percentile), homicide (44th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 37.
In 2025-26: violent 1,017 per 100,000 (+7% vs five years earlier); property 2,146 per 100,000 (-1% vs five years earlier); break-ins 193 per 100,000 (-25% vs five years earlier); theft 834 per 100,000 (+29% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 85th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Hawkesbury council area is 3.2% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.5% of occupied homes (536 public and 264 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 236 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 34.8 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 13.9% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, New Zealand, India. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.2% (confidence 83 of 100); social housing about 3.1% of homes; about 34.2 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 14.1% 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 | 1,017 | 705 | +7% |
| Property | 2,146 | 1,487 | -1% |
| Break-ins | 193 | 134 | -25% |
| Theft | 834 | 578 | +29% |
Questions
Is Hawkesbury safe?
Hawkesbury recorded 1,020 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 12% lower than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 21% lower than the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 36.8 out of 100 (low), 265th 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 Hawkesbury?
134 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 193 per 100,000 residents, about 36% lower than the New South Wales rate (301).
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Police news near Hawkesbury
- Teen charged over alleged stabbing - Marsden Park · Marsden Park, 31 Oct 2026 · 25 km away
- Fatal single vehicle crash - Mellong · Mellong, 27 Sept 2026 · 41 km away
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Suburbs in the Hawkesbury council area
Berambing · Bilpin · Blaxlands Ridge · Bligh Park · Bowen Mountain · Central Colo · Central MacDonald · Clarendon · Colo · Colo Heights · Cornwallis · Cumberland Reach · East Kurrajong · Ebenezer · Fernances · Freemans Reach · Glossodia · Grose Vale · Grose Wold · Higher MacDonald · Hobartville · Kurmond · Kurrajong · Kurrajong Heights · Kurrajong Hills · Leets Vale · Lower Macdonald · Lower Portland · McGraths Hill · Mellong · Mogo Creek · Mountain Lagoon · Mulgrave · North Richmond · Oakville · Perrys Crossing · Pitt Town · Pitt Town Bottoms · Richmond · Richmond Lowlands · Saint Albans · Scheyville · South Windsor · Ten Mile Hollow · Tennyson · The Slopes · Upper Colo · Upper Macdonald · Vineyard · Webbs Creek · Wheeny Creek · Wilberforce · Windsor · Windsor Downs · Womerah · Wrights Creek · Yarramundi
Postcodes in the Hawkesbury council area
2250 · 2753 · 2754 · 2756 · 2757 · 2758 · 2765 · 2775
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