North Shore crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

North Shore is a suburb in the Port Macquarie-Hastings council area of New South Wales (about 92,432 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 44 out of 100 (moderate), 215th 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 (52nd percentile), sexual offences (56th percentile), robbery (48th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 44.

In 2024-25: violent 1,246 per 100,000 (+36% vs five years earlier); property 2,736 per 100,000 (-5% vs five years earlier); break-ins 392 per 100,000 (+5% vs five years earlier); theft 1,096 per 100,000 (-7% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 69th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Port Macquarie-Hastings council area is 4.8% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.2% of occupied homes (462 public and 644 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 297 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 33.6 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 12.9% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, New Zealand, Scotland. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.7% (confidence 83 of 100); social housing about 2.9% of homes; about 33 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 13.2% 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 Shore are those of the Port Macquarie-Hastings council area.

Port Macquarie-Hastings council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

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