Bella Vista crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 297 offences in Bella Vista in 2025-26, including 47 violent offences and 15 break-ins. That is about 3,542 per 100,000 of its 8,384 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole The Hills council area.

Bella Vista is a suburb in the The Hills council area of New South Wales (about 222,675 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 15 out of 100 (very low), 354th 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 homicide (38th percentile), robbery (42nd percentile), sexual offences (20th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 16.

In 2025-26: violent 398 per 100,000 (-10% vs five years earlier); property 1,151 per 100,000 (-26% vs five years earlier); break-ins 107 per 100,000 (-35% vs five years earlier); theft 496 per 100,000 (-18% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 127th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the The Hills council area is 4.1% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 0.4% of occupied homes (157 public and 108 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 195 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 9.8 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 41.2% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in India, China, England. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.1% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 0.4% of homes; about 9.6 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 41.9% 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: 297 offences were recorded in Bella Vista in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole The Hills council area.

OffencesPer 100,000Count5-yr change
Violent398886-10%
Property1,1512,562-26%
Break-ins107239-35%
Theft4961,105-18%

Of 595 Sydney suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, Bella Vista has the 235th lowest recorded crime rate: about 3,140 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 3,900. Sydney suburb rankings.

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Questions

Is Bella Vista safe?

Bella Vista recorded about 3,140 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, about 20% lower than the median of 3,900 for Sydney suburbs: the 235th lowest rate of 595. In 2025-26 police recorded 47 violent offences (561 per 100,000 residents) and 15 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 Bella Vista?

In 2025-26 police recorded 297 offences in Bella Vista, about 3,540 per 100,000 of its 8,384 residents (2021 Census), including 47 violent offences and 15 break-ins.

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