Mount Lindsey crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
Mount Lindsey is a suburb in the Wingecarribee council area of New South Wales (about 53,840 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 20 out of 100 (very low), 335th 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 (46th percentile), robbery (22nd percentile), homicide (18th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 26.
In 2025-26: violent 702 per 100,000 (+16% vs five years earlier); property 1,382 per 100,000 (-13% vs five years earlier); break-ins 91 per 100,000 (-37% vs five years earlier); theft 429 per 100,000 (-11% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 111th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Wingecarribee council area is 3% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.5% of occupied homes (223 public and 272 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 93 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 17.6 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 19% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, New Zealand, India. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 2.9% (confidence 82 of 100); social housing about 2.2% of homes; about 17.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 19.3% 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 Mount Lindsey are those of the Wingecarribee council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 702 | 378 | +16% |
| Property | 1,382 | 744 | -13% |
| Break-ins | 91 | 49 | -37% |
| Theft | 429 | 231 | -11% |
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Questions
Is Mount Lindsey safe?
New South Wales publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Mount Lindsey is in the Wingecarribee council area, which recorded 702 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 39% lower than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 45% 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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