Kosciuszko National Park crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
Kosciuszko National Park is a suburb in the Snowy Monaro council area of New South Wales (about 22,396 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 37 out of 100 (low), 264th 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 (56th percentile), robbery (62nd percentile), homicide (48th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 38.
In 2025-26: violent 1,018 per 100,000 (+25% vs five years earlier); property 1,625 per 100,000 (-12% vs five years earlier); break-ins 179 per 100,000 (-8% vs five years earlier); theft 545 per 100,000 (-13% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 84th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Snowy Monaro council area is 2.8% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.5% of occupied homes (62 public and 57 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 122 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 55.9 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 14.8% 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 2.8% (confidence 79 of 100); social housing about 1.3% of homes; about 55 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 15% 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 Kosciuszko National Park are those of the Snowy Monaro council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,018 | 228 | +25% |
| Property | 1,625 | 364 | -12% |
| Break-ins | 179 | 40 | -8% |
| Theft | 545 | 122 | -13% |
Snowy Monaro council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 2627: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Kosciuszko National Park safe?
New South Wales publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Kosciuszko National Park is in the Snowy Monaro council area, which recorded 1,020 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 12% lower than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 20% 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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