Hornsby crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 1,439 offences in Hornsby in 2025-26, including 218 violent offences and 42 break-ins. That is about 6,406 per 100,000 of its 22,462 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Hornsby council area.

Hornsby is a suburb in the Hornsby council area of New South Wales (about 155,484 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 16 out of 100 (very low), 349th 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 homicide (35th percentile), robbery (41st percentile), sexual offences (25th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 18.

In 2025-26: violent 460 per 100,000 (+3% vs five years earlier); property 1,255 per 100,000 (-17% vs five years earlier); break-ins 107 per 100,000 (-22% vs five years earlier); theft 518 per 100,000 (-12% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 126th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Hornsby council area is 4.1% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2% of occupied homes (499 public and 514 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 199 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 13.1 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 41.6% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in China, India, England. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.1% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 1.8% of homes; about 12.9 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 42.2% 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: 1,439 offences were recorded in Hornsby in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Hornsby council area.

OffencesPer 100,000Count5-yr change
Violent460716+3%
Property1,2551,951-17%
Break-ins107167-22%
Theft518805-12%

Of 595 Sydney suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, Hornsby has the 140th highest recorded crime rate: about 6,200 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 Hornsby safe?

Hornsby recorded about 6,200 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, about 59% higher than the median of 3,900 for Sydney suburbs: the 140th highest rate of 595. In 2025-26 police recorded 218 violent offences (971 per 100,000 residents) and 42 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 Hornsby?

In 2025-26 police recorded 1,439 offences in Hornsby, about 6,410 per 100,000 of its 22,462 residents (2021 Census), including 218 violent offences and 42 break-ins.

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