Killara crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

Killara is a suburb in the Ku-ring-gai council area of New South Wales (about 128,542 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 9 out of 100 (very low), 360th 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 (20th percentile), homicide (18th percentile), robbery (20th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 15.

In 2024-25: violent 332 per 100,000 (+15% vs five years earlier); property 997 per 100,000 (-28% vs five years earlier); break-ins 141 per 100,000 (-49% vs five years earlier); theft 363 per 100,000 (-9% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 129th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Ku-ring-gai council area is 4.2% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 0.3% of occupied homes (23 public and 88 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 51 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 4.1 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 43.5% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in China, England, South Africa. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.1% (confidence 84 of 100); social housing about 0.2% of homes; about 4 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 44.2% 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 crime statistics by council area, not by suburb, so the figures shown for Killara are those of the Ku-ring-gai council area.

Ku-ring-gai council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

Nearby suburbs

Castle Cove · East Killara · East Lindfield · Gordon · Lindfield · Normanhurst · North Turramurra · North Wahroonga · Pymble · Roseville · Roseville Chase · Saint Ives · Saint Ives Chase · South Turramurra · Turramurra · Wahroonga · Warrawee · West Pymble

australiancrimerate.com.au/suburb/nsw/killara/ · Australian Crime Map