Lane Cove DC crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
Lane Cove DC is a suburb in the Lane Cove council area of New South Wales (about 43,094 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 12 out of 100 (very low), 358th 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 (22nd percentile), robbery (23rd percentile), homicide (18th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 13.
In 2025-26: violent 343 per 100,000 (+33% vs five years earlier); property 1,188 per 100,000 (-26% vs five years earlier); break-ins 181 per 100,000 (-7% vs five years earlier); theft 506 per 100,000 (-25% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 129th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Lane Cove council area is 3.6% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.7% of occupied homes (111 public and 147 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 92 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 22.9 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 40% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in China, England, India. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.6% (confidence 82 of 100); social housing about 1.5% of homes; about 22.5 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 40.6% 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 Lane Cove DC are those of the Lane Cove council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 343 | 148 | +33% |
| Property | 1,188 | 512 | -26% |
| Break-ins | 181 | 78 | -7% |
| Theft | 506 | 218 | -25% |
Lane Cove council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
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Questions
Is Lane Cove DC safe?
New South Wales publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Lane Cove DC is in the Lane Cove council area, which recorded 343 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 70% lower than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 73% 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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Nearby suburbs
Greenwich · Lane Cove · Lane Cove North · Lane Cove West · Linley Point · Longueville · Northwood · Riverview
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