North Richmond crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
North Richmond is a suburb in the Hawkesbury council area of New South Wales (about 69,299 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 assault (44th percentile), sexual offences (63rd percentile), homicide (42nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 39.
In 2024-25: violent 1,140 per 100,000 (+34% vs five years earlier); property 2,123 per 100,000 (-13% vs five years earlier); break-ins 222 per 100,000 (-12% vs five years earlier); theft 843 per 100,000 (-10% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 76th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Hawkesbury council area is 3.2% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.5% of occupied homes (536 public and 264 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 236 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 34.8 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 13.9% 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 3.1% (confidence 83 of 100); social housing about 3.1% of homes; about 34.2 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 14.1% 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 Richmond are those of the Hawkesbury council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,140 | 790 | +34% |
| Property | 2,123 | 1,471 | -13% |
| Break-ins | 222 | 154 | -12% |
| Theft | 843 | 584 | -10% |
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