North Macquarie crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
North Macquarie is a suburb in the Shellharbour council area of New South Wales (about 83,228 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 36 out of 100 (low), 267th 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 (59th percentile), assault (32nd percentile), robbery (47th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 40.
In 2025-26: violent 1,031 per 100,000 (+25% vs five years earlier); property 2,266 per 100,000 (-16% vs five years earlier); break-ins 239 per 100,000 (-1% vs five years earlier); theft 959 per 100,000 (-14% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 81st of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Shellharbour council area is 4.3% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 6.5% of occupied homes (1,598 public and 179 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 166 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 21.2 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 16.9% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, North Macedonia, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.3% (confidence 83 of 100); social housing about 5.8% of homes; about 20.8 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 17.1% 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 North Macquarie are those of the Shellharbour council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,031 | 858 | +25% |
| Property | 2,266 | 1,886 | -16% |
| Break-ins | 239 | 199 | -1% |
| Theft | 959 | 798 | -14% |
Shellharbour council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 2527: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is North Macquarie safe?
New South Wales publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. North Macquarie is in the Shellharbour council area, which recorded 1,030 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 10% lower than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 19% 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.
Nearby suburbs
Albion Park · Albion Park Rail · Barrack Heights · Barrack Point · Blackbutt · Calderwood · Croom · Dunmore · Flinders · Lake Illawarra · Macquarie Pass · Mount Warrigal · Oak Flats · Shell Cove · Shellharbour · Shellharbour City Centre · Tongarra · Tullimbar · Warilla · Yellow Rock
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