Canada Bay crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

Canada Bay is a suburb in the Canada Bay council area of New South Wales (about 93,006 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 21 out of 100 (low), 328th 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 (44th percentile), robbery (30th percentile), sexual offences (21st percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 22.

In 2024-25: violent 520 per 100,000 (+28% vs five years earlier); property 1,878 per 100,000 (-11% vs five years earlier); break-ins 296 per 100,000 (+16% vs five years earlier); theft 772 per 100,000 (-4% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 123rd of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Canada Bay council area is 4.1% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.4% of occupied homes (626 public and 211 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 266 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 29.8 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 41.7% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in China, Italy, South Korea. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4% (confidence 84 of 100); social housing about 2.2% of homes; about 29.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 42.4% 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 Canada Bay are those of the Canada Bay council area.

Canada Bay council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

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