Australian Crime Rate

Postcode · New South Wales · 2025-26

Crime in postcode 2024

Postcode 2024 covers Bronte and Waverley 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: Waverley.

Suburbs in 2024

Recorded crime in the council area

45/100

Waverley

Moderate212 of 362 nationally · 71 of 129 in NSW · 73,345 residents

Violent 907 per 100k

▲ +2% vs five years earlier

Property 2,708 per 100k

▼ -19% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 168 per 100k

▲ +12% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Bronte, Waverley in postcode 2024.

Open Waverley 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 2024

What is the crime rate in postcode 2024?

Recorded crime is published for the Waverley council area, which covers postcode 2024. In 2025-26 it recorded 907 violent offences, 2,708 property offences and 168 break-ins per 100,000 residents.

How does postcode 2024 compare with the rest of Australia?

The Waverley council area's violent crime rate is 29% below the national rate and 21% below the New South Wales rate (907 against 1,280 nationally, 2025-26). Its Crime Score of 45 ranks 212 of 362 councils nationally, where 1 is the highest recorded crime.

Which suburbs are in postcode 2024?

Bronte and Waverley.

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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