Australian Crime Rate

Postcode · New South Wales · 2025-26

Crime in postcode 2153

Postcode 2153 covers Baulkham Hills, Bella Vista and Winston Hills 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: The Hills and Parramatta.

Suburbs in 2153

Recorded crime in the council areas

15/100

The Hills

Very low354 of 362 nationally · 126 of 129 in NSW · 222,675 residents

Violent 398 per 100k

▼ -10% vs five years earlier

Property 1,151 per 100k

▼ -26% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 107 per 100k

▼ -35% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Baulkham Hills, Bella Vista in postcode 2153.

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42/100

Parramatta

Moderate230 of 362 nationally · 80 of 129 in NSW · 279,014 residents

Violent 923 per 100k

▲ +10% vs five years earlier

Property 3,042 per 100k

▲ +9% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 313 per 100k

▼ -2% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Winston Hills in postcode 2153.

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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 2153

What is the crime rate in postcode 2153?

Recorded crime is published for the The Hills council area, which covers most of postcode 2153. In 2025-26 it recorded 398 violent offences, 1,151 property offences and 107 break-ins per 100,000 residents.

How does postcode 2153 compare with the rest of Australia?

The The Hills council area's violent crime rate is 69% below the national rate and 65% below the New South Wales rate (398 against 1,280 nationally, 2025-26). Its Crime Score of 15 ranks 354 of 362 councils nationally, where 1 is the highest recorded crime.

Which suburbs are in postcode 2153?

Baulkham Hills, Bella Vista and Winston Hills.

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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