Hornsby crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales council area
Hornsby is a council area in New South Wales with about 155,484 residents. It has a Crime Score 16 out of 100 (very low), 349th 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 homicide (35th percentile), robbery (41st percentile), sexual offences (25th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 18.
In 2025-26: violent 460 per 100,000 (+3% vs five years earlier); property 1,255 per 100,000 (-17% vs five years earlier); break-ins 107 per 100,000 (-22% vs five years earlier); theft 518 per 100,000 (-12% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 126th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Hornsby council area is 4.1% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2% of occupied homes (499 public and 514 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 199 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 13.1 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 41.6% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in China, India, England. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.1% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 1.8% of homes; about 12.9 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 42.2% 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 | 460 | 716 | +3% |
| Property | 1,255 | 1,951 | -17% |
| Break-ins | 107 | 167 | -22% |
| Theft | 518 | 805 | -12% |
Questions
Is Hornsby safe?
Hornsby recorded 460 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 60% lower than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 64% lower than the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 15.9 out of 100 (very low), 349th 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 Hornsby?
167 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 107 per 100,000 residents, about 64% lower than the New South Wales rate (301).
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Police news near Hornsby
- Man dies following truck crash - Hornsby · Hornsby, 17 Sept 2026 · 7 km away
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Suburbs in the Hornsby council area
Arcadia · Asquith · Beecroft · Berowra · Berowra Creek · Berowra Heights · Berowra Waters · Berrilee · Brooklyn · Canoelands · Cheltenham · Cherrybrook · Cowan · Dangar Island · Dural · Dural DC · Fiddletown · Forest Glen · Galston · Hornsby · Hornsby Heights · Laughtondale · Little Wobby · Milsons Passage · Mount Colah · Mount Kuring-Gai · Normanhurst · North Epping · Pennant Hills · Round Corner · Singletons Mill · Thornleigh · Waitara · Westleigh
Postcodes in the Hornsby council area
2076 · 2077 · 2079 · 2080 · 2081 · 2082 · 2083 · 2119 · 2120 · 2121 · 2126 · 2157 · 2158 · 2159 · 2256 · 2775
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