Riverview crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 35 offences in Riverview in 2025-26, including 9 violent offences and 4 break-ins. That is about 1,112 per 100,000 of its 3,148 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Lane Cove council area.

Riverview is a suburb in the Lane Cove council area of New South Wales (about 43,094 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 12 out of 100 (very low), 358th 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 sexual offences (22nd percentile), robbery (23rd percentile), homicide (18th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 13.

In 2025-26: violent 343 per 100,000 (+33% vs five years earlier); property 1,188 per 100,000 (-26% vs five years earlier); break-ins 181 per 100,000 (-7% vs five years earlier); theft 506 per 100,000 (-25% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 129th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Lane Cove council area is 3.6% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.7% of occupied homes (111 public and 147 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 92 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 22.9 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 40% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in China, England, India. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.6% (confidence 82 of 100); social housing about 1.5% of homes; about 22.5 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 40.6% 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: 35 offences were recorded in Riverview in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Lane Cove council area.

OffencesPer 100,000Count5-yr change
Violent343148+33%
Property1,188512-26%
Break-ins18178-7%
Theft506218-25%

Of 595 Sydney suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, Riverview has the 38th lowest recorded crime rate: about 1,440 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 3,900. Sydney suburb rankings.

Lane Cove council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

Crime in postcode 2066: every suburb and council it covers.

Questions

Is Riverview safe?

Riverview recorded about 1,440 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, about 63% lower than the median of 3,900 for Sydney suburbs: the 38th lowest rate of 595. In 2025-26 police recorded 9 violent offences (286 per 100,000 residents) and 4 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 Riverview?

In 2025-26 police recorded 35 offences in Riverview, about 1,110 per 100,000 of its 3,148 residents (2021 Census), including 9 violent offences and 4 break-ins.

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