South Windsor crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 612 offences in South Windsor in 2025-26, including 131 violent offences and 17 break-ins. That is about 10,289 per 100,000 of its 5,948 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Hawkesbury council area.

South Windsor is a suburb in the Hawkesbury council area of New South Wales (about 69,299 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 37 out of 100 (low), 265th 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 (64th percentile), assault (40th percentile), homicide (44th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 37.

In 2025-26: violent 1,017 per 100,000 (+7% vs five years earlier); property 2,146 per 100,000 (-1% vs five years earlier); break-ins 193 per 100,000 (-25% vs five years earlier); theft 834 per 100,000 (+29% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 85th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Hawkesbury council area is 3.2% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.5% of occupied homes (536 public and 264 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 236 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 34.8 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 13.9% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, New Zealand, India. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.2% (confidence 83 of 100); social housing about 3.1% of homes; about 34.2 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 14.1% 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: 612 offences were recorded in South Windsor in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Hawkesbury council area.

OffencesPer 100,000Count5-yr change
Violent1,017705+7%
Property2,1461,487-1%
Break-ins193134-25%
Theft834578+29%

Of 595 Sydney suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, South Windsor has the 65th highest recorded crime rate: about 10,100 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 South Windsor safe?

South Windsor recorded about 10,100 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, 2.6 times the median of 3,900 for Sydney suburbs: the 65th highest rate of 595. In 2025-26 police recorded 131 violent offences (2,200 per 100,000 residents) and 17 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 South Windsor?

In 2025-26 police recorded 612 offences in South Windsor, about 10,300 per 100,000 of its 5,948 residents (2021 Census), including 131 violent offences and 17 break-ins.

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