Faulconbridge crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 88 offences in Faulconbridge in 2025-26, including 20 violent offences and 5 break-ins. That is about 2,117 per 100,000 of its 4,156 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Blue Mountains council area.
Faulconbridge is a suburb in the Blue Mountains council area of New South Wales (about 79,236 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 26 out of 100 (low), 306th 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 sexual offences (50th percentile), homicide (41st percentile), robbery (43rd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 30.
In 2025-26: violent 772 per 100,000 (+3% vs five years earlier); property 1,560 per 100,000 (-26% vs five years earlier); break-ins 153 per 100,000 (-27% vs five years earlier); theft 535 per 100,000 (-9% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 106th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Blue Mountains council area is 3.9% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.9% of occupied homes (207 public and 387 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 118 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 15.1 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 18% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, New Zealand, Germany. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.8% (confidence 83 of 100); social housing about 1.8% of homes; about 14.9 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 18.3% 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: 88 offences were recorded in Faulconbridge in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Blue Mountains council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 772 | 612 | +3% |
| Property | 1,560 | 1,236 | -26% |
| Break-ins | 153 | 121 | -27% |
| Theft | 535 | 424 | -9% |
Of 595 Sydney suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, Faulconbridge has the 161st lowest recorded crime rate: about 2,450 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 3,900. Sydney suburb rankings.
Blue Mountains council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 2776: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Faulconbridge safe?
Faulconbridge recorded about 2,450 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, about 37% lower than the median of 3,900 for Sydney suburbs: the 161st lowest rate of 595. In 2025-26 police recorded 20 violent offences (481 per 100,000 residents) and 5 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 Faulconbridge?
In 2025-26 police recorded 88 offences in Faulconbridge, about 2,120 per 100,000 of its 4,156 residents (2021 Census), including 20 violent offences and 5 break-ins.
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