The Oaks crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 74 offences in The Oaks in 2025-26, including 16 violent offences and 0 break-ins. That is about 2,482 per 100,000 of its 2,982 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Wollondilly council area.
The Oaks is a suburb in the Wollondilly council area of New South Wales (about 62,080 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 21 out of 100 (low), 333rd 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 (38th percentile), sexual offences (34th percentile), robbery (35th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 19.
In 2025-26: violent 664 per 100,000 (+19% vs five years earlier); property 1,300 per 100,000 (0% vs five years earlier); break-ins 90 per 100,000 (-27% vs five years earlier); theft 343 per 100,000 (-16% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 115th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Wollondilly council area is 2.9% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.1% of occupied homes (87 public and 95 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 110 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 19.7 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 11.7% 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 2.8% (confidence 83 of 100); social housing about 1% of homes; about 19.4 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 11.8% 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: 74 offences were recorded in The Oaks in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Wollondilly council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 664 | 412 | +19% |
| Property | 1,300 | 807 | +0% |
| Break-ins | 90 | 56 | -27% |
| Theft | 343 | 213 | -16% |
Of 595 Sydney suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, The Oaks has the 191st lowest recorded crime rate: about 2,710 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 The Oaks safe?
The Oaks recorded about 2,710 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, about 31% lower than the median of 3,900 for Sydney suburbs: the 191st lowest rate of 595. In 2025-26 police recorded 16 violent offences (537 per 100,000 residents) and 0 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 The Oaks?
In 2025-26 police recorded 74 offences in The Oaks, about 2,480 per 100,000 of its 2,982 residents (2021 Census), including 16 violent offences and 0 break-ins.
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