Australian Crime Rate

Postcode · New South Wales · 2025-26

Crime in postcode 2023

Postcode 2023 covers Bellevue Hill in New South Wales. Police publish crime figures by council area, not by postcode, so this page shows the council area the postcode falls in: Woollahra.

Suburbs in 2023

Recorded crime in the council area

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 Bellevue Hill in postcode 2023.

Open Woollahra on the map

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 2023

What is the crime rate in postcode 2023?

Recorded crime is published for the Woollahra council area, which covers postcode 2023. In 2025-26 it recorded 623 violent offences, 1,713 property offences and 154 break-ins per 100,000 residents.

How does postcode 2023 compare with the rest of Australia?

The Woollahra council area's violent crime rate is 51% below the national rate and 46% below the New South Wales rate (623 against 1,280 nationally, 2025-26). Its Crime Score of 24 ranks 319 of 362 councils nationally, where 1 is the highest recorded crime.

Which suburbs are in postcode 2023?

Bellevue Hill.

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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