Paddington crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 594 offences in Paddington in 2025-26, including 89 violent offences and 26 break-ins. That is about 4,677 per 100,000 of its 12,701 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Woollahra council area.

Paddington is a suburb in the Woollahra council area of New South Wales (about 55,218 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 24 out of 100 (low), 319th 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 homicide (46th percentile), sexual offences (36th percentile), robbery (29th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 22.

In 2025-26: violent 623 per 100,000 (+16% vs five years earlier); property 1,713 per 100,000 (-16% vs five years earlier); break-ins 154 per 100,000 (-17% vs five years earlier); theft 822 per 100,000 (+1% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 118th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Woollahra council area is 3.3% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 0.4% of occupied homes (60 public and 35 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 345 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 64.3 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 35.9% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, South Africa, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.3% (confidence 83 of 100); social housing about 0.4% of homes; about 63.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 36.5% 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: 594 offences were recorded in Paddington in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Woollahra council area.

OffencesPer 100,000Count5-yr change
Violent623344+16%
Property1,713946-16%
Break-ins15485-17%
Theft822454+1%

Of 595 Sydney suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, Paddington has the 234th highest recorded crime rate: about 4,660 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 3,900. Sydney suburb rankings.

Woollahra council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

Crime in postcode 2021: every suburb and council it covers.

Questions

Is Paddington safe?

Paddington recorded about 4,660 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, about 19% higher than the median of 3,900 for Sydney suburbs: the 234th highest rate of 595. In 2025-26 police recorded 89 violent offences (701 per 100,000 residents) and 26 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 Paddington?

In 2025-26 police recorded 594 offences in Paddington, about 4,680 per 100,000 of its 12,701 residents (2021 Census), including 89 violent offences and 26 break-ins.

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