Australian Crime Rate

Postcode · New South Wales · 2025-26

Crime in postcode 2070

Postcode 2070 covers East Lindfield and Lindfield 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: Ku-ring-gai.

Suburbs in 2070

Recorded crime in the council area

10/100

Ku-ring-gai

Very low361 of 362 nationally · 129 of 129 in NSW · 128,542 residents

Violent 349 per 100k

▲ +7% vs five years earlier

Property 832 per 100k

▼ -33% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 90 per 100k

▼ -53% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers East Lindfield, Lindfield in postcode 2070.

Open Ku-ring-gai 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 2070

What is the crime rate in postcode 2070?

Recorded crime is published for the Ku-ring-gai council area, which covers postcode 2070. In 2025-26 it recorded 349 violent offences, 832 property offences and 90 break-ins per 100,000 residents.

How does postcode 2070 compare with the rest of Australia?

The Ku-ring-gai council area's violent crime rate is 73% below the national rate and 70% below the New South Wales rate (349 against 1,280 nationally, 2025-26). Its Crime Score of 10 ranks 361 of 362 councils nationally, where 1 is the highest recorded crime.

Which suburbs are in postcode 2070?

East Lindfield and Lindfield.

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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