Australian Crime Rate

Postcode · New South Wales · 2025-26

Crime in postcode 2021

Postcode 2021 covers Centennial Park, Moore Park and Paddington in New South Wales. Police publish crime figures by council area, not by postcode, so this page shows the council areas the postcode falls in: Randwick, Sydney and Woollahra.

Suburbs in 2021

Recorded crime in the council areas

35/100

Randwick

Low275 of 362 nationally · 96 of 129 in NSW · 146,484 residents

Violent 788 per 100k

▼ -11% vs five years earlier

Property 2,540 per 100k

▲ +12% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 251 per 100k

▲ +37% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Centennial Park in postcode 2021.

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72/100

Sydney

High55 of 362 nationally · 21 of 129 in NSW · 241,797 residents

Violent 2,409 per 100k

▲ +17% vs five years earlier

Property 6,505 per 100k

▲ +9% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 424 per 100k

▲ +16% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Moore Park in postcode 2021.

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24/100

Woollahra

Low319 of 362 nationally · 112 of 129 in NSW · 55,218 residents

Violent 623 per 100k

▲ +16% vs five years earlier

Property 1,713 per 100k

▼ -16% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 154 per 100k

▼ -17% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Paddington in postcode 2021.

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The Crime Score (0 to 100) ranks each council's three-year offence rates against every Australian council, weighted towards serious offences; 50 is the national middle. It describes recorded crime, not personal risk. See the council rankings.

Questions about postcode 2021

What is the crime rate in postcode 2021?

Recorded crime is published for the Randwick council area, which covers most of postcode 2021. In 2025-26 it recorded 788 violent offences, 2,540 property offences and 251 break-ins per 100,000 residents.

How does postcode 2021 compare with the rest of Australia?

The Randwick council area's violent crime rate is 38% below the national rate and 31% below the New South Wales rate (788 against 1,280 nationally, 2025-26). Its Crime Score of 35 ranks 275 of 362 councils nationally, where 1 is the highest recorded crime.

Which suburbs are in postcode 2021?

Centennial Park, Moore Park and Paddington.

Where do these figures come from?

Offence counts come from New South Wales's official police or crime statistics agency, standardised to national offence categories; rates use ABS estimated resident population. Figures describe recorded offences, not personal risk, and recording practices differ between states.

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