Kirrawee DC crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
Kirrawee DC is a suburb in the Sutherland council area of New South Wales (about 241,327 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 22 out of 100 (low), 323rd 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 (51st percentile), homicide (39th percentile), sexual offences (27th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 28.
In 2025-26: violent 674 per 100,000 (+1% vs five years earlier); property 1,378 per 100,000 (-20% vs five years earlier); break-ins 104 per 100,000 (-19% vs five years earlier); theft 627 per 100,000 (-11% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 112th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Sutherland council area is 3.1% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.4% of occupied homes (1,518 public and 471 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 249 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 10.7 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 19.8% 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 3.1% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 2.2% of homes; about 10.6 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 20.2% 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 Kirrawee DC are those of the Sutherland council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 674 | 1,627 | +1% |
| Property | 1,378 | 3,325 | -20% |
| Break-ins | 104 | 251 | -19% |
| Theft | 627 | 1,512 | -11% |
Sutherland council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 2232: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Kirrawee DC safe?
New South Wales publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Kirrawee DC is in the Sutherland council area, which recorded 674 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 41% lower than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 47% 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.
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