Naremburn crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

Naremburn is a suburb in the North Sydney council area of New South Wales (about 73,705 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 18 out of 100 (very low), 342nd 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 (47th percentile), sexual offences (25th percentile), homicide (18th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 25.

In 2024-25: violent 490 per 100,000 (+11% vs five years earlier); property 1,505 per 100,000 (-36% vs five years earlier); break-ins 185 per 100,000 (-16% vs five years earlier); theft 670 per 100,000 (-31% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 124th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the North Sydney council area is 3.5% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.7% of occupied homes (328 public and 212 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 328 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 47.1 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 41.6% 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 3.4% (confidence 84 of 100); social housing about 1.5% of homes; about 46.4 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 42.3% 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 Naremburn are those of the North Sydney council area.

North Sydney council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

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