Saddleback Mountain crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

Saddleback Mountain is a suburb in the Kiama council area of New South Wales (about 23,139 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 22 out of 100 (low), 326th 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 (42nd percentile), robbery (45th percentile), vehicle theft (31st percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 17.

In 2024-25: violent 545 per 100,000 (+86% vs five years earlier); property 1,776 per 100,000 (-12% vs five years earlier); break-ins 272 per 100,000 (-3% vs five years earlier); theft 756 per 100,000 (-14% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 117th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Kiama council area is 3.4% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.2% of occupied homes (62 public and 45 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 55 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 23.9 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 15.2% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, New Zealand, Scotland. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.3% (confidence 79 of 100); social housing about 1.1% of homes; about 23.5 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 15.4% 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 crime statistics by council area, not by suburb, so the figures shown for Saddleback Mountain are those of the Kiama council area.

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

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