Macquarie Park crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 1,088 offences in Macquarie Park in 2025-26, including 145 violent offences and 39 break-ins. That is about 9,827 per 100,000 of its 11,071 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Ryde council area.

Macquarie Park is a suburb in the Ryde council area of New South Wales (about 141,693 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 20 out of 100 (very low), 337th 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 (45th percentile), homicide (36th percentile), sexual offences (24th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 20.

In 2025-26: violent 579 per 100,000 (+7% vs five years earlier); property 1,916 per 100,000 (0% vs five years earlier); break-ins 210 per 100,000 (+31% vs five years earlier); theft 977 per 100,000 (+20% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 120th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Ryde council area is 5.1% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.2% of occupied homes (954 public and 608 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 356 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 27.1 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 50.8% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in China, India, South Korea. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 5% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 2.9% of homes; about 26.7 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 51.6% 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 suburb-level counts: 1,088 offences were recorded in Macquarie Park in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Ryde council area.

OffencesPer 100,000Count5-yr change
Violent579820+7%
Property1,9162,715+0%
Break-ins210298+31%
Theft9771,384+20%

Of 595 Sydney suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, Macquarie Park has the 79th highest recorded crime rate: about 8,870 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 3,900. Sydney suburb rankings.

Ryde council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

Crime in postcode 2109: every suburb and council it covers.

Questions

Is Macquarie Park safe?

Macquarie Park recorded about 8,870 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, 2.3 times the median of 3,900 for Sydney suburbs: the 79th highest rate of 595. In 2025-26 police recorded 145 violent offences (1,310 per 100,000 residents) and 39 break-ins there. 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 Macquarie Park?

In 2025-26 police recorded 1,088 offences in Macquarie Park, about 9,830 per 100,000 of its 11,071 residents (2021 Census), including 145 violent offences and 39 break-ins.

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