Riverstone crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 1,066 offences in Riverstone in 2025-26, including 167 violent offences and 15 break-ins. That is about 12,357 per 100,000 of its 8,627 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Blacktown council area.

Riverstone is a suburb in the Blacktown council area of New South Wales (about 449,385 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 44 out of 100 (moderate), 216th 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 (54th percentile), robbery (86th percentile), homicide (47th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 55.

In 2025-26: violent 1,322 per 100,000 (-3% vs five years earlier); property 2,500 per 100,000 (-22% vs five years earlier); break-ins 220 per 100,000 (-21% vs five years earlier); theft 1,124 per 100,000 (-10% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 63rd of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Blacktown council area is 5.8% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 6.5% of occupied homes (7,073 public and 758 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 1,607 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 39 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 46.8% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in India, Philippines, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 5.8% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 5.8% of homes; about 38.4 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 47.6% 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: 1,066 offences were recorded in Riverstone in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Blacktown council area.

OffencesPer 100,000Count5-yr change
Violent1,3225,941-3%
Property2,50011,234-22%
Break-ins220987-21%
Theft1,1245,053-10%

Of 595 Sydney suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, Riverstone has the 45th highest recorded crime rate: about 12,400 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 3,900. Sydney suburb rankings.

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

Crime in postcode 2765: every suburb and council it covers.

Questions

Is Riverstone safe?

Riverstone recorded about 12,400 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, 3.2 times the median of 3,900 for Sydney suburbs: the 45th highest rate of 595. In 2025-26 police recorded 167 violent offences (1,940 per 100,000 residents) and 15 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 Riverstone?

In 2025-26 police recorded 1,066 offences in Riverstone, about 12,400 per 100,000 of its 8,627 residents (2021 Census), including 167 violent offences and 15 break-ins.

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