Sylvania Waters crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 89 offences in Sylvania Waters in 2025-26, including 7 violent offences and 8 break-ins. That is about 2,781 per 100,000 of its 3,200 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Sutherland council area.

Sylvania Waters 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 22 out of 100 (low), 323rd 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 (51st percentile), homicide (39th percentile), sexual offences (27th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 28.

In 2025-26: violent 674 per 100,000 (+1% vs five years earlier); property 1,378 per 100,000 (-20% vs five years earlier); break-ins 104 per 100,000 (-19% vs five years earlier); theft 627 per 100,000 (-11% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 112th 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 3.1% (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 suburb-level counts: 89 offences were recorded in Sylvania Waters in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Sutherland council area.

OffencesPer 100,000Count5-yr change
Violent6741,627+1%
Property1,3783,325-20%
Break-ins104251-19%
Theft6271,512-11%

Of 595 Sydney suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, Sylvania Waters has the 208th lowest recorded crime rate: about 2,850 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 3,900. Sydney suburb rankings.

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

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Questions

Is Sylvania Waters safe?

Sylvania Waters recorded about 2,850 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, about 27% lower than the median of 3,900 for Sydney suburbs: the 208th lowest rate of 595. In 2025-26 police recorded 7 violent offences (219 per 100,000 residents) and 8 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 Sylvania Waters?

In 2025-26 police recorded 89 offences in Sylvania Waters, about 2,780 per 100,000 of its 3,200 residents (2021 Census), including 7 violent offences and 8 break-ins.

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