Bulli crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 311 offences in Bulli in 2025-26, including 45 violent offences and 14 break-ins. That is about 4,575 per 100,000 of its 6,798 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Wollongong council area.

Bulli is a suburb in the Wollongong council area of New South Wales (about 224,327 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 45 out of 100 (moderate), 208th 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 (69th percentile), sexual offences (57th percentile), assault (37th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 49.

In 2025-26: violent 1,099 per 100,000 (+17% vs five years earlier); property 2,948 per 100,000 (-7% vs five years earlier); break-ins 316 per 100,000 (-15% vs five years earlier); theft 1,440 per 100,000 (-1% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 75th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Wollongong council area is 4.9% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 7% of occupied homes (5,120 public and 545 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 821 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 37.9 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 21.9% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, North Macedonia, Italy. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.8% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 6.4% of homes; about 37.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 22.3% 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: 311 offences were recorded in Bulli in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Wollongong council area.

OffencesPer 100,000Count5-yr change
Violent1,0992,466+17%
Property2,9486,613-7%
Break-ins316708-15%
Theft1,4403,231-1%

Of 45 Wollongong suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, Bulli has the 20th lowest recorded crime rate: about 4,670 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 5,900. Wollongong suburb rankings.

Wollongong council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

Crime in postcode 2516: every suburb and council it covers.

Questions

Is Bulli safe?

Bulli recorded about 4,670 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, about 21% lower than the median of 5,900 for Wollongong suburbs: the 20th lowest rate of 45. In 2025-26 police recorded 45 violent offences (662 per 100,000 residents) and 14 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 Bulli?

In 2025-26 police recorded 311 offences in Bulli, about 4,570 per 100,000 of its 6,798 residents (2021 Census), including 45 violent offences and 14 break-ins.

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