North Sydney crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 561 offences in North Sydney in 2025-26, including 75 violent offences and 23 break-ins. That is about 6,258 per 100,000 of its 8,964 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole North Sydney council area.

North Sydney 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 suburb-level counts: 561 offences were recorded in North Sydney in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole North Sydney council area.

OffencesPer 100,000Count5-yr change
Violent471347+9%
Property1,6801,238-21%
Break-ins163120-1%
Theft887654-5%

Of 595 Sydney suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, North Sydney has the 146th highest recorded crime rate: about 6,090 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 3,900. Sydney suburb rankings.

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Is North Sydney safe?

North Sydney recorded about 6,090 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, about 56% higher than the median of 3,900 for Sydney suburbs: the 146th highest rate of 595. In 2025-26 police recorded 75 violent offences (837 per 100,000 residents) and 23 break-ins there. 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.

What is the crime rate in North Sydney?

In 2025-26 police recorded 561 offences in North Sydney, about 6,260 per 100,000 of its 8,964 residents (2021 Census), including 75 violent offences and 23 break-ins.

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