Heckenberg crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 207 offences in Heckenberg in 2025-26, including 64 violent offences and 10 break-ins. That is about 6,344 per 100,000 of its 3,263 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Liverpool council area.

Heckenberg is a suburb in the Liverpool council area of New South Wales (about 261,231 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 41 out of 100 (moderate), 239th 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 (49th percentile), robbery (69th percentile), homicide (40th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 49.

In 2025-26: violent 1,142 per 100,000 (+12% vs five years earlier); property 2,411 per 100,000 (-16% vs five years earlier); break-ins 209 per 100,000 (-30% vs five years earlier); theft 1,039 per 100,000 (-9% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 73rd of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Liverpool council area is 6.6% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 6.7% of occupied homes (3,889 public and 776 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 1,039 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 43.3 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 45.8% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in Iraq, Vietnam, Fiji. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 6.5% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 6.1% of homes; about 42.6 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 46.5% 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: 207 offences were recorded in Heckenberg in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Liverpool council area.

OffencesPer 100,000Count5-yr change
Violent1,1422,983+12%
Property2,4116,298-16%
Break-ins209545-30%
Theft1,0392,714-9%

Of 595 Sydney suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, Heckenberg has the 122nd highest recorded crime rate: about 6,930 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 Heckenberg safe?

Heckenberg recorded about 6,930 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, about 78% higher than the median of 3,900 for Sydney suburbs: the 122nd highest rate of 595. In 2025-26 police recorded 64 violent offences (1,960 per 100,000 residents) and 10 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 Heckenberg?

In 2025-26 police recorded 207 offences in Heckenberg, about 6,340 per 100,000 of its 3,263 residents (2021 Census), including 64 violent offences and 10 break-ins.

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