Australian Crime Rate

Postcode · New South Wales · 2025-26

Crime in postcode 2096

Postcode 2096 covers Curl Curl, Freshwater and Queenscliff 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: Northern Beaches.

Suburbs in 2096

Recorded crime in the council area

19/100

Northern Beaches

Very low338 of 362 nationally · 121 of 129 in NSW · 272,656 residents

Violent 518 per 100k

▲ +3% vs five years earlier

Property 1,334 per 100k

▼ -30% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 95 per 100k

▼ -40% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Curl Curl, Freshwater, Queenscliff in postcode 2096.

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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 2096

What is the crime rate in postcode 2096?

Recorded crime is published for the Northern Beaches council area, which covers postcode 2096. In 2025-26 it recorded 518 violent offences, 1,334 property offences and 95 break-ins per 100,000 residents.

How does postcode 2096 compare with the rest of Australia?

The Northern Beaches council area's violent crime rate is 60% below the national rate and 55% below the New South Wales rate (518 against 1,280 nationally, 2025-26). Its Crime Score of 19 ranks 338 of 362 councils nationally, where 1 is the highest recorded crime.

Which suburbs are in postcode 2096?

Curl Curl, Freshwater and Queenscliff.

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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