Wahroonga crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 267 offences in Wahroonga in 2025-26, including 69 violent offences and 12 break-ins. That is about 1,496 per 100,000 of its 17,853 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Ku-ring-gai council area.

Wahroonga is a suburb in the Ku-ring-gai council area of New South Wales (about 128,542 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 10 out of 100 (very low), 361st 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 (28th percentile), sexual offences (20th percentile), homicide (18th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 16.

In 2025-26: violent 349 per 100,000 (+7% vs five years earlier); property 832 per 100,000 (-33% vs five years earlier); break-ins 90 per 100,000 (-53% vs five years earlier); theft 274 per 100,000 (-33% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 128th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Ku-ring-gai council area is 4.2% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 0.3% of occupied homes (23 public and 88 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 51 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 4.1 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 43.5% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in China, England, South Africa. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.2% (confidence 84 of 100); social housing about 0.2% of homes; about 4 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 44.2% 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: 267 offences were recorded in Wahroonga in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Ku-ring-gai council area.

OffencesPer 100,000Count5-yr change
Violent349449+7%
Property8321,069-33%
Break-ins90116-53%
Theft274352-33%

Of 595 Sydney suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, Wahroonga has the 59th lowest recorded crime rate: about 1,670 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 3,900. Sydney suburb rankings.

Ku-ring-gai council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

Crime in postcode 2076: every suburb and council it covers.

Questions

Is Wahroonga safe?

Wahroonga recorded about 1,670 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, about 57% lower than the median of 3,900 for Sydney suburbs: the 59th lowest rate of 595. In 2025-26 police recorded 69 violent offences (386 per 100,000 residents) and 12 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 Wahroonga?

In 2025-26 police recorded 267 offences in Wahroonga, about 1,500 per 100,000 of its 17,853 residents (2021 Census), including 69 violent offences and 12 break-ins.

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