Sutherland crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
Sutherland is a suburb in the Sutherland council area of New South Wales (about 241,327 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 24 out of 100 (low), 316th 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 (60th percentile), homicide (37th percentile), sexual offences (28th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 28.
In 2024-25: violent 697 per 100,000 (0% vs five years earlier); property 1,454 per 100,000 (-27% vs five years earlier); break-ins 109 per 100,000 (-32% vs five years earlier); theft 648 per 100,000 (-21% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 110th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Sutherland council area is 3.1% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.4% of occupied homes (1,518 public and 471 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 249 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 10.7 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 19.8% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, China, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 2.2% of homes; about 10.6 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 20.2% 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 crime statistics by council area, not by suburb, so the figures shown for Sutherland are those of the Sutherland council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 697 | 1,681 | -0% |
| Property | 1,454 | 3,510 | -27% |
| Break-ins | 109 | 262 | -32% |
| Theft | 648 | 1,564 | -21% |
Sutherland council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
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