Australian Crime Rate

Postcode · New South Wales · 2025-26

Crime in postcode 2065

Postcode 2065 covers Crows Nest, Greenwich, Naremburn, St Leonards and Wollstonecraft 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: North Sydney, Willoughby and Lane Cove.

Suburbs in 2065

Recorded crime in the council areas

16/100

North Sydney

Very low352 of 362 nationally · 125 of 129 in NSW · 73,705 residents

Violent 471 per 100k

▲ +9% vs five years earlier

Property 1,680 per 100k

▼ -21% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 163 per 100k

▼ -1% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Crows Nest, Wollstonecraft in postcode 2065.

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24/100

Willoughby

Low320 of 362 nationally · 113 of 129 in NSW · 80,520 residents

Violent 589 per 100k

▲ +29% vs five years earlier

Property 2,425 per 100k

▼ -7% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 215 per 100k

▲ +37% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Naremburn, St Leonards in postcode 2065.

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12/100

Lane Cove

Very low358 of 362 nationally · 128 of 129 in NSW · 43,094 residents

Violent 343 per 100k

▲ +33% vs five years earlier

Property 1,188 per 100k

▼ -26% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 181 per 100k

▼ -7% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Greenwich in postcode 2065.

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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 2065

What is the crime rate in postcode 2065?

Recorded crime is published for the North Sydney council area, which covers most of postcode 2065. In 2025-26 it recorded 471 violent offences, 1,680 property offences and 163 break-ins per 100,000 residents.

How does postcode 2065 compare with the rest of Australia?

The North Sydney council area's violent crime rate is 63% below the national rate and 59% below the New South Wales rate (471 against 1,280 nationally, 2025-26). Its Crime Score of 16 ranks 352 of 362 councils nationally, where 1 is the highest recorded crime.

Which suburbs are in postcode 2065?

Crows Nest, Greenwich, Naremburn, St Leonards and Wollstonecraft.

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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