Katoomba crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 964 offences in Katoomba in 2025-26, including 178 violent offences and 22 break-ins. That is about 11,659 per 100,000 of its 8,268 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Blue Mountains council area.

Katoomba 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: 964 offences were recorded in Katoomba in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Blue Mountains council area.

OffencesPer 100,000Count5-yr change
Violent772612+3%
Property1,5601,236-26%
Break-ins153121-27%
Theft535424-9%

Of 595 Sydney suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, Katoomba has the 58th highest recorded crime rate: about 10,900 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.

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Questions

Is Katoomba safe?

Katoomba recorded about 10,900 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, 2.8 times the median of 3,900 for Sydney suburbs: the 58th highest rate of 595. In 2025-26 police recorded 178 violent offences (2,150 per 100,000 residents) and 22 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 Katoomba?

In 2025-26 police recorded 964 offences in Katoomba, about 11,700 per 100,000 of its 8,268 residents (2021 Census), including 178 violent offences and 22 break-ins.

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