Burwood crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

Burwood is a suburb in the Burwood council area of New South Wales (about 43,927 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 41 out of 100 (moderate), 235th 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 (84th percentile), homicide (62nd percentile), assault (31st percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 37.

In 2024-25: violent 872 per 100,000 (+80% vs five years earlier); property 3,310 per 100,000 (-4% vs five years earlier); break-ins 262 per 100,000 (-14% vs five years earlier); theft 1,796 per 100,000 (0% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 97th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Burwood council area is 7.1% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.9% of occupied homes (312 public and 103 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 531 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 129.8 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 60.9% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in China, Nepal, India. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 6.9% (confidence 82 of 100); social housing about 2.7% of homes; about 127.7 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 61.9% 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 crime statistics by council area, not by suburb, so the figures shown for Burwood are those of the Burwood council area.

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

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