Beacon Hill crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 140 offences in Beacon Hill in 2025-26, including 23 violent offences and 3 break-ins. That is about 1,792 per 100,000 of its 7,814 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Northern Beaches council area.

Beacon Hill is a suburb in the Northern Beaches council area of New South Wales (about 272,656 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 19 out of 100 (very low), 338th 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 (48th percentile), homicide (36th percentile), sexual offences (26th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 23.

In 2025-26: violent 518 per 100,000 (+3% vs five years earlier); property 1,334 per 100,000 (-30% vs five years earlier); break-ins 95 per 100,000 (-40% vs five years earlier); theft 585 per 100,000 (-24% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 123rd of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Northern Beaches council area is 3.2% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.7% of occupied homes (911 public and 659 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 433 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 16.4 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 31.2% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, New Zealand, South Africa. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.2% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 1.5% of homes; about 16.1 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 31.7% 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: 140 offences were recorded in Beacon Hill in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Northern Beaches council area.

OffencesPer 100,000Count5-yr change
Violent5181,413+3%
Property1,3343,636-30%
Break-ins95260-40%
Theft5851,595-24%

Of 595 Sydney suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, Beacon Hill has the 93rd lowest recorded crime rate: about 1,920 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 3,900. Sydney suburb rankings.

Northern Beaches council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

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Questions

Is Beacon Hill safe?

Beacon Hill recorded about 1,920 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, about 51% lower than the median of 3,900 for Sydney suburbs: the 93rd lowest rate of 595. In 2025-26 police recorded 23 violent offences (294 per 100,000 residents) and 3 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 Beacon Hill?

In 2025-26 police recorded 140 offences in Beacon Hill, about 1,790 per 100,000 of its 7,814 residents (2021 Census), including 23 violent offences and 3 break-ins.

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