Berringer Lake crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 0 offences in Berringer Lake in 2025-26, including 0 violent offences and 0 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Shoalhaven council area.
Berringer Lake is a suburb in the Shoalhaven council area of New South Wales (about 111,755 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 47 out of 100 (moderate), 202nd 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 assault (54th percentile), sexual offences (70th percentile), homicide (43rd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 52.
In 2025-26: violent 1,456 per 100,000 (+24% vs five years earlier); property 3,013 per 100,000 (+6% vs five years earlier); break-ins 381 per 100,000 (+10% vs five years earlier); theft 1,213 per 100,000 (+9% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 52nd of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Shoalhaven council area is 4.9% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.7% of occupied homes (791 public and 772 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 441 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 40.2 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 14.4% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, New Zealand, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.9% (confidence 84 of 100); social housing about 3.3% of homes; about 39.5 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 14.7% 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: 0 offences were recorded in Berringer Lake in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Shoalhaven council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,456 | 1,627 | +24% |
| Property | 3,013 | 3,367 | +6% |
| Break-ins | 381 | 426 | +10% |
| Theft | 1,213 | 1,356 | +9% |
Shoalhaven council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Questions
Is Berringer Lake safe?
Police recorded 0 offences in Berringer Lake in 2025-26, including 0 violent offences and 0 break-ins. Berringer Lake is not ranked against other suburbs: with 30 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Shoalhaven council area as a whole recorded 1,460 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 27% higher than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 14% higher 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.
What is the crime rate in Berringer Lake?
In 2025-26 police recorded 0 offences in Berringer Lake, including 0 violent offences and 0 break-ins.
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