Berowra Creek crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
Berowra Creek is a suburb in the Hornsby council area of New South Wales (about 155,484 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 16 out of 100 (very low), 349th 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 (35th percentile), robbery (41st percentile), sexual offences (25th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 18.
In 2025-26: violent 460 per 100,000 (+3% vs five years earlier); property 1,255 per 100,000 (-17% vs five years earlier); break-ins 107 per 100,000 (-22% vs five years earlier); theft 518 per 100,000 (-12% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 126th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Hornsby council area is 4.1% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2% of occupied homes (499 public and 514 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 199 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 13.1 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 41.6% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in China, India, England. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.1% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 1.8% of homes; about 12.9 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 42.2% 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 crime statistics by council area, not by suburb, so the figures shown for Berowra Creek are those of the Hornsby council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 460 | 716 | +3% |
| Property | 1,255 | 1,951 | -17% |
| Break-ins | 107 | 167 | -22% |
| Theft | 518 | 805 | -12% |
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Questions
Is Berowra Creek safe?
New South Wales publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Berowra Creek is in the Hornsby council area, which recorded 460 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 60% lower than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 64% lower than the national rate (1,280). 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.
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