Cooneys Creek crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
Cooneys Creek is a suburb in the Hilltops council area of New South Wales (about 19,347 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 48 out of 100 (moderate), 189th 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 assault (59th percentile), sexual offences (69th percentile), homicide (52nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 46.
In 2025-26: violent 1,416 per 100,000 (+5% vs five years earlier); property 2,528 per 100,000 (+2% vs five years earlier); break-ins 264 per 100,000 (-17% vs five years earlier); theft 791 per 100,000 (+24% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 57th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Hilltops council area is 4.4% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.3% of occupied homes (98 public and 72 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 67 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 34.7 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 8.2% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, New Zealand, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.4% (confidence 78 of 100); social housing about 2.1% of homes; about 34.2 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 8.4% 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 Cooneys Creek are those of the Hilltops council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,416 | 274 | +5% |
| Property | 2,528 | 489 | +2% |
| Break-ins | 264 | 51 | -17% |
| Theft | 791 | 153 | +24% |
Hilltops council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 2726: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Cooneys Creek safe?
New South Wales publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Cooneys Creek is in the Hilltops council area, which recorded 1,420 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 23% higher than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 11% higher than the national rate (1,280). 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.
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