Botany Bay crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
Botany Bay 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 crime statistics by council area, not by suburb, so the figures shown for Botany Bay are those of the Bayside council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 741 | 1,391 | -3% |
| Property | 2,136 | 4,011 | -3% |
| Break-ins | 140 | 262 | -16% |
| Theft | 1,097 | 2,060 | +25% |
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Questions
Is Botany Bay safe?
New South Wales publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Botany Bay is in the Bayside council area, which recorded 741 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 36% lower than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 42% 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.
Police news near Botany Bay
- Three charged, two extradited after fatal stabbing - Waterloo · Waterloo, 23 Oct 2026 · 9 km away
- Woman charged following alleged stabbing - Newtown · Newtown, 5 Oct 2026 · 9 km away
- CCTV released as investigation into fatal stabbing continues - Waterloo · Waterloo, 30 Sept 2026 · 9 km away
- Man charged following alleged arson attacks - Taren Point · Taren Point, 28 Sept 2026 · 7 km away
- Robbery and Serious Crime Squad charge two men over alleged armed robbery of container truck - Botany · Botany, 25 Sept 2026 · 4 km away
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