Knights Hill crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 1 offences in Knights Hill in 2025-26, including 0 violent offences and 0 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Kiama council area.
Knights Hill is a suburb in the Kiama council area of New South Wales (about 23,139 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 20 out of 100 (very low), 336th 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 (38th percentile), robbery (39th percentile), homicide (18th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 15.
In 2025-26: violent 527 per 100,000 (+3% vs five years earlier); property 1,564 per 100,000 (-8% vs five years earlier); break-ins 160 per 100,000 (-25% vs five years earlier); theft 653 per 100,000 (+12% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 122nd of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Kiama council area is 3.4% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.2% of occupied homes (62 public and 45 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 55 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 23.9 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 15.2% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, New Zealand, Scotland. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.4% (confidence 79 of 100); social housing about 1.1% of homes; about 23.5 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 15.4% 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: 1 offences were recorded in Knights Hill in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Kiama council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 527 | 122 | +3% |
| Property | 1,564 | 362 | -8% |
| Break-ins | 160 | 37 | -25% |
| Theft | 653 | 151 | +12% |
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Questions
Is Knights Hill safe?
Police recorded 1 offences in Knights Hill in 2025-26, including 0 violent offences and 0 break-ins. Knights Hill is not ranked against other suburbs: with 39 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Kiama council area as a whole recorded 527 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 54% lower than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 59% 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.
What is the crime rate in Knights Hill?
In 2025-26 police recorded 1 offences in Knights Hill, including 0 violent offences and 0 break-ins.
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