Carlton crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 326 offences in Carlton in 2025-26, including 74 violent offences and 13 break-ins. That is about 3,067 per 100,000 of its 10,631 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Georges River council area.

Carlton is a suburb in the Georges River council area of New South Wales (about 163,919 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 24 out of 100 (low), 311th 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 (56th percentile), homicide (39th percentile), assault (15th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 28.

In 2025-26: violent 670 per 100,000 (+1% vs five years earlier); property 1,905 per 100,000 (+6% vs five years earlier); break-ins 151 per 100,000 (-18% vs five years earlier); theft 967 per 100,000 (+48% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 114th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Georges River council area is 5.2% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.9% of occupied homes (1,207 public and 329 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 496 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 32.3 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 47.8% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in China, Nepal, Hong Kong. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 5.2% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 2.7% of homes; about 31.8 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 48.6% 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 suburb-level counts: 326 offences were recorded in Carlton in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Georges River council area.

OffencesPer 100,000Count5-yr change
Violent6701,099+1%
Property1,9053,122+6%
Break-ins151247-18%
Theft9671,585+48%

Of 595 Sydney suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, Carlton has the 190th lowest recorded crime rate: about 2,670 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 3,900. Sydney suburb rankings.

Georges River council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

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Questions

Is Carlton safe?

Carlton recorded about 2,670 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, about 32% lower than the median of 3,900 for Sydney suburbs: the 190th lowest rate of 595. In 2025-26 police recorded 74 violent offences (696 per 100,000 residents) and 13 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 Carlton?

In 2025-26 police recorded 326 offences in Carlton, about 3,070 per 100,000 of its 10,631 residents (2021 Census), including 74 violent offences and 13 break-ins.

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