Chatswood crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 2,116 offences in Chatswood in 2025-26, including 235 violent offences and 65 break-ins. That is about 8,281 per 100,000 of its 25,553 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Willoughby council area.

Chatswood is a suburb in the Willoughby council area of New South Wales (about 80,520 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 24 out of 100 (low), 320th 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 (45th percentile), homicide (37th percentile), sexual offences (27th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 26.

In 2025-26: violent 589 per 100,000 (+29% vs five years earlier); property 2,425 per 100,000 (-7% vs five years earlier); break-ins 215 per 100,000 (+37% vs five years earlier); theft 1,405 per 100,000 (-2% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 119th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Willoughby council area is 4.4% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.8% of occupied homes (266 public and 232 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 128 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 16.9 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 48% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in China, Hong Kong, England. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.4% (confidence 84 of 100); social housing about 1.6% of homes; about 16.6 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 48.7% 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: 2,116 offences were recorded in Chatswood in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Willoughby council area.

OffencesPer 100,000Count5-yr change
Violent589474+29%
Property2,4251,953-7%
Break-ins215173+37%
Theft1,4051,131-2%

Of 595 Sydney suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, Chatswood has the 100th highest recorded crime rate: about 7,640 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 3,900. Sydney suburb rankings.

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Questions

Is Chatswood safe?

Chatswood recorded about 7,640 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, about 96% higher than the median of 3,900 for Sydney suburbs: the 100th highest rate of 595. In 2025-26 police recorded 235 violent offences (920 per 100,000 residents) and 65 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 Chatswood?

In 2025-26 police recorded 2,116 offences in Chatswood, about 8,280 per 100,000 of its 25,553 residents (2021 Census), including 235 violent offences and 65 break-ins.

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