North Sydney Shoppingworld crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
North Sydney Shoppingworld 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 16 out of 100 (very low), 352nd 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 (36th percentile), sexual offences (24th percentile), homicide (18th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 21.
In 2025-26: violent 471 per 100,000 (+9% vs five years earlier); property 1,680 per 100,000 (-21% vs five years earlier); break-ins 163 per 100,000 (-1% vs five years earlier); theft 887 per 100,000 (-5% 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 3.5% (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 North Sydney Shoppingworld are those of the North Sydney council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 471 | 347 | +9% |
| Property | 1,680 | 1,238 | -21% |
| Break-ins | 163 | 120 | -1% |
| Theft | 887 | 654 | -5% |
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Questions
Is North Sydney Shoppingworld safe?
New South Wales publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. North Sydney Shoppingworld is in the North Sydney council area, which recorded 471 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 59% lower than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 63% 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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