Rhodes crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 633 offences in Rhodes in 2025-26, including 97 violent offences and 71 break-ins. That is about 5,527 per 100,000 of its 11,453 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Canada Bay council area.

Rhodes is a suburb in the Canada Bay council area of New South Wales (about 93,006 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 22 out of 100 (low), 327th 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 (54th percentile), robbery (32nd percentile), sexual offences (21st percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 19.

In 2025-26: violent 572 per 100,000 (+46% vs five years earlier); property 1,855 per 100,000 (-8% vs five years earlier); break-ins 237 per 100,000 (+21% vs five years earlier); theft 886 per 100,000 (+27% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 121st of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Canada Bay council area is 4.1% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.4% of occupied homes (626 public and 211 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 266 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 29.8 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 41.7% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in China, Italy, South Korea. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4% (confidence 84 of 100); social housing about 2.2% of homes; about 29.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 42.4% 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: 633 offences were recorded in Rhodes in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Canada Bay council area.

OffencesPer 100,000Count5-yr change
Violent572532+46%
Property1,8551,725-8%
Break-ins237220+21%
Theft886824+27%

Of 595 Sydney suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, Rhodes has the 218th highest recorded crime rate: about 4,900 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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Questions

Is Rhodes safe?

Rhodes recorded about 4,900 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, about 26% higher than the median of 3,900 for Sydney suburbs: the 218th highest rate of 595. In 2025-26 police recorded 97 violent offences (847 per 100,000 residents) and 71 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 Rhodes?

In 2025-26 police recorded 633 offences in Rhodes, about 5,530 per 100,000 of its 11,453 residents (2021 Census), including 97 violent offences and 71 break-ins.

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