Maimuru crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 4 offences in Maimuru in 2025-26, including 1 violent offences and 0 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Hilltops council area.
Maimuru is a suburb in the Hilltops council area of New South Wales (about 19,347 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 48 out of 100 (moderate), 189th 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 assault (59th percentile), sexual offences (69th percentile), homicide (52nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 46.
In 2025-26: violent 1,416 per 100,000 (+5% vs five years earlier); property 2,528 per 100,000 (+2% vs five years earlier); break-ins 264 per 100,000 (-17% vs five years earlier); theft 791 per 100,000 (+24% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 57th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Hilltops council area is 4.4% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.3% of occupied homes (98 public and 72 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 67 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 34.7 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 8.2% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, New Zealand, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.4% (confidence 78 of 100); social housing about 2.1% of homes; about 34.2 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 8.4% 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: 4 offences were recorded in Maimuru in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Hilltops council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,416 | 274 | +5% |
| Property | 2,528 | 489 | +2% |
| Break-ins | 264 | 51 | -17% |
| Theft | 791 | 153 | +24% |
Hilltops council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 2594: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Maimuru safe?
Police recorded 4 offences in Maimuru in 2025-26, including 1 violent offences and 0 break-ins. Maimuru is not ranked against other suburbs: with 145 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Hilltops council area as a whole recorded 1,420 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 23% higher than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 11% higher 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 Maimuru?
In 2025-26 police recorded 4 offences in Maimuru, including 1 violent offences and 0 break-ins.
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