Mosman crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

Mosman is a suburb in the Mosman council area of New South Wales (about 29,374 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 robbery (29th percentile), sexual offences (23rd percentile), homicide (18th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 17.

In 2024-25: violent 392 per 100,000 (+27% vs five years earlier); property 1,229 per 100,000 (-39% vs five years earlier); break-ins 112 per 100,000 (-55% vs five years earlier); theft 494 per 100,000 (-39% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 126th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Mosman council area is 3.6% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 0.8% of occupied homes (51 public and 43 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 43 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 15.2 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 36.5% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, China, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.5% (confidence 81 of 100); social housing about 0.7% of homes; about 15 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 37.1% 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 Mosman are those of the Mosman council area.

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

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