Hunters Hill crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 292 offences in Hunters Hill in 2025-26, including 68 violent offences and 27 break-ins. That is about 3,239 per 100,000 of its 9,014 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Hunters Hill council area.

Hunters Hill is a suburb in the Hunters Hill council area of New South Wales (about 13,983 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 18 out of 100 (very low), 345th 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 (49th percentile), sexual offences (32nd percentile), homicide (18th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 27.

In 2025-26: violent 629 per 100,000 (+32% vs five years earlier); property 1,244 per 100,000 (-31% vs five years earlier); break-ins 250 per 100,000 (-5% vs five years earlier); theft 386 per 100,000 (-40% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 117th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Hunters Hill council area is 3.3% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 5.5% of occupied homes (147 public and 111 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 2 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 1.4 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 29.3% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, China, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.3% (confidence 77 of 100); social housing about 5% of homes; about 1.4 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 29.8% 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: 292 offences were recorded in Hunters Hill in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Hunters Hill council area.

OffencesPer 100,000Count5-yr change
Violent62988+32%
Property1,244174-31%
Break-ins25035-5%
Theft38654-40%

Of 595 Sydney suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, Hunters Hill has the 195th lowest recorded crime rate: about 2,740 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 3,900. Sydney suburb rankings.

Hunters Hill council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

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Questions

Is Hunters Hill safe?

Hunters Hill recorded about 2,740 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, about 30% lower than the median of 3,900 for Sydney suburbs: the 195th lowest rate of 595. In 2025-26 police recorded 68 violent offences (754 per 100,000 residents) and 27 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 Hunters Hill?

In 2025-26 police recorded 292 offences in Hunters Hill, about 3,240 per 100,000 of its 9,014 residents (2021 Census), including 68 violent offences and 27 break-ins.

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