Katoomba DC crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
Katoomba DC 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 crime statistics by council area, not by suburb, so the figures shown for Katoomba DC are those of the 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% |
Blue Mountains council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 2780: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Katoomba DC safe?
New South Wales publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Katoomba DC is in the Blue Mountains council area, which recorded 772 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 33% lower than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 40% lower than the national rate (1,280). 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.
Police news near Katoomba DC
- Child dies in hospital as woman remains before court over alleged fatal stabbing - Blue Mountains · Blue Mountains, 24 Sept 2026 · 14 km away
- Woman charged with murder after child dies, two critical after alleged stabbing - Blue Mountains PAC · Blue Mountains, 22 Sept 2026 · 14 km away
- One child deceased; two other children and woman in critical condition after stabbing - Blue Mountains PAC · Blue Mountains, 20 Sept 2026 · 14 km away
- Investigation underway after fatal fail to stop crash - Katoomba · Katoomba, 17 Sept 2026 · 2 km away
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