Northern Beaches crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales council area

Northern Beaches is a council area in New South Wales with about 272,656 residents. It has a Crime Score 20 out of 100 (low), 333rd 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 (56th percentile), homicide (36th percentile), sexual offences (25th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 23.

In 2024-25: violent 521 per 100,000 (+1% vs five years earlier); property 1,523 per 100,000 (-22% vs five years earlier); break-ins 119 per 100,000 (-15% vs five years earlier); theft 688 per 100,000 (-21% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 122nd of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Northern Beaches council area is 3.2% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.7% of occupied homes (911 public and 659 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 433 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 16.4 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 31.2% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, New Zealand, South Africa. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.1% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 1.5% of homes; about 16.1 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 31.7% born overseas. Confidence falls with distance from the last published figure, and the map's Estimates toggle shows every year back to 1994-95.

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Suburbs in the Northern Beaches council area

Allambie Heights · Avalon Beach · Balgowlah · Balgowlah Heights · Bayview · Beacon Hill · Belrose · Bilgola Beach · Bilgola Plateau · Brookvale · Church Point · Clareville · Clontarf · Coasters Retreat · Collaroy · Collaroy Plateau · Cottage Point · Cromer · Curl Curl · Currawong Beach · Davidson · Dee Why · Duffys Forest · Elanora Heights · Elvina Bay · Fairlight · Forestville · Frenchs Forest · Frenchs Forest East · Freshwater · Great Mackerel Beach · Ingleside · Killarney Heights · Ku-Ring-Gai Chase · Lovett Bay · Manly · Manly Vale · Mccarrs Creek · Mona Vale · Morning Bay · Narrabeen · Narraweena · Newport · North Balgowlah · North Curl Curl · North Manly · North Narrabeen · Oxford Falls · Palm Beach · Pittwater · Queenscliff · Scotland Island · Seaforth · Terrey Hills · Warriewood · Warriewood DC · Warriewood Shopping Square · Warringah Mall · Whale Beach · Wheeler Heights

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