Banksia crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 153 offences in Banksia in 2025-26, including 24 violent offences and 2 break-ins. That is about 4,669 per 100,000 of its 3,277 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Bayside council area.

Banksia is a suburb in the Bayside council area of New South Wales (about 187,770 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 30 out of 100 (low), 293rd of 362 councils nationally.

The score blends national percentile ranks for each published offence category with fixed severity weights; here it is driven most by robbery (68th percentile), homicide (47th percentile), assault (26th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 33.

In 2025-26: violent 741 per 100,000 (-3% vs five years earlier); property 2,136 per 100,000 (-3% vs five years earlier); break-ins 140 per 100,000 (-16% vs five years earlier); theft 1,097 per 100,000 (+25% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 108th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Bayside council area is 5.5% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.4% of occupied homes (1,812 public and 415 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 862 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 48.4 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 50.8% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in China, Nepal, Indonesia. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 5.5% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 3.1% of homes; about 47.6 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 51.6% born overseas. Confidence falls with distance from the last published figure, and the map's Estimates toggle shows every year back to 1994-95.

New South Wales publishes suburb-level counts: 153 offences were recorded in Banksia in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Bayside council area.

OffencesPer 100,000Count5-yr change
Violent7411,391-3%
Property2,1364,011-3%
Break-ins140262-16%
Theft1,0972,060+25%

Of 595 Sydney suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, Banksia has the 258th highest recorded crime rate: about 4,340 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 3,900. Sydney suburb rankings.

Bayside council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

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Questions

Is Banksia safe?

Banksia recorded about 4,340 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, about 11% higher than the median of 3,900 for Sydney suburbs: the 258th highest rate of 595. In 2025-26 police recorded 24 violent offences (732 per 100,000 residents) and 2 break-ins there. These are offences recorded by police per resident: they describe the area as a whole, not the risk on any particular street, and places with a busy centre record more because offences are counted where they happen.

What is the crime rate in Banksia?

In 2025-26 police recorded 153 offences in Banksia, about 4,670 per 100,000 of its 3,277 residents (2021 Census), including 24 violent offences and 2 break-ins.

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