Tamarama crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 57 offences in Tamarama in 2025-26, including 11 violent offences and 3 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Waverley council area.
Tamarama is a suburb in the Waverley council area of New South Wales (about 73,345 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 45 out of 100 (moderate), 212th 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 homicide (91st percentile), robbery (72nd percentile), assault (32nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 43.
In 2025-26: violent 907 per 100,000 (+2% vs five years earlier); property 2,708 per 100,000 (-19% vs five years earlier); break-ins 168 per 100,000 (+12% vs five years earlier); theft 1,624 per 100,000 (-18% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 94th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Waverley council area is 3.7% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.7% of occupied homes (341 public and 122 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 371 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 53.4 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 44% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, South Africa, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.7% (confidence 84 of 100); social housing about 1.5% of homes; about 52.5 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 44.7% 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: 57 offences were recorded in Tamarama in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Waverley council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 907 | 665 | +2% |
| Property | 2,708 | 1,986 | -19% |
| Break-ins | 168 | 123 | +12% |
| Theft | 1,624 | 1,191 | -18% |
Waverley council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 2026: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Tamarama safe?
Police recorded 57 offences in Tamarama in 2025-26, including 11 violent offences and 3 break-ins. Tamarama is not ranked against other suburbs: with 1,478 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Waverley council area as a whole recorded 907 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 21% lower than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 29% 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 Tamarama?
In 2025-26 police recorded 57 offences in Tamarama, including 11 violent offences and 3 break-ins.
Police news near Tamarama
- Three charged, two extradited after fatal stabbing - Waterloo · Waterloo, 23 Oct 2026 · 6 km away
- CCTV released as investigation into fatal stabbing continues - Waterloo · Waterloo, 30 Sept 2026 · 6 km away
- Two charged following alleged assault - Double Bay · Double Bay, 24 Sept 2026 · 3 km away
- Man charged with domestic violence murder - Bondi Beach · Bondi Beach, 20 Sept 2026 · 1 km away
- Man arrested after woman dies - Bondi Beach · Bondi Beach, 19 Sept 2026 · 1 km away
Nearby suburbs
Bondi · Bondi Beach · Bondi Junction · Bronte · Dover Heights · North Bondi · Queens Park · Waverley
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