Rookwood crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 31 offences in Rookwood in 2025-26, including 4 violent offences and 0 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Cumberland council area.
Rookwood is a suburb in the Cumberland council area of New South Wales (about 256,906 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 41 out of 100 (moderate), 241st 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 (81st percentile), assault (40th percentile), homicide (58th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 46.
In 2025-26: violent 999 per 100,000 (+5% vs five years earlier); property 2,299 per 100,000 (-13% vs five years earlier); break-ins 212 per 100,000 (-25% vs five years earlier); theft 1,108 per 100,000 (+17% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 88th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Cumberland council area is 8.3% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 7.1% of occupied homes (3,940 public and 1,147 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 2,265 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 95.2 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 57.3% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in India, China, Lebanon. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 8.2% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 6.4% of homes; about 93.7 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 58.2% 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: 31 offences were recorded in Rookwood in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Cumberland council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 999 | 2,566 | +5% |
| Property | 2,299 | 5,906 | -13% |
| Break-ins | 212 | 545 | -25% |
| Theft | 1,108 | 2,847 | +17% |
Cumberland council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
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Questions
Is Rookwood safe?
Police recorded 31 offences in Rookwood in 2025-26, including 4 violent offences and 0 break-ins. Rookwood is not ranked against other suburbs: with 3 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Cumberland council area as a whole recorded 999 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 13% lower than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 22% lower than the national rate (1,280). 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 Rookwood?
In 2025-26 police recorded 31 offences in Rookwood, including 4 violent offences and 0 break-ins.
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