Croydon crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 305 offences in Croydon in 2025-26, including 59 violent offences and 14 break-ins. That is about 2,836 per 100,000 of its 10,755 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Burwood council area.

Croydon 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 42 out of 100 (moderate), 236th 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 (88th percentile), homicide (61st percentile), assault (33rd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 35.

In 2025-26: violent 917 per 100,000 (+40% vs five years earlier); property 3,173 per 100,000 (-12% vs five years earlier); break-ins 255 per 100,000 (+15% vs five years earlier); theft 1,833 per 100,000 (-1% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 93rd 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 7% (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 suburb-level counts: 305 offences were recorded in Croydon in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Burwood council area.

OffencesPer 100,000Count5-yr change
Violent917403+40%
Property3,1731,394-12%
Break-ins255112+15%
Theft1,833805-1%

Of 595 Sydney suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, Croydon has the 232nd lowest recorded crime rate: about 3,100 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 3,900. Sydney suburb rankings.

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

Crime in postcode 2132: every suburb and council it covers.

Questions

Is Croydon safe?

Croydon recorded about 3,100 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, about 20% lower than the median of 3,900 for Sydney suburbs: the 232nd lowest rate of 595. In 2025-26 police recorded 59 violent offences (549 per 100,000 residents) and 14 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 Croydon?

In 2025-26 police recorded 305 offences in Croydon, about 2,840 per 100,000 of its 10,755 residents (2021 Census), including 59 violent offences and 14 break-ins.

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