Warriewood Shopping Square crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
Warriewood Shopping Square is a suburb in the Northern Beaches council area of New South Wales (about 272,656 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 19 out of 100 (very low), 338th 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 (48th percentile), homicide (36th percentile), sexual offences (26th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 23.
In 2025-26: violent 518 per 100,000 (+3% vs five years earlier); property 1,334 per 100,000 (-30% vs five years earlier); break-ins 95 per 100,000 (-40% vs five years earlier); theft 585 per 100,000 (-24% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 123rd of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Northern Beaches council area is 3.2% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.7% of occupied homes (911 public and 659 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 433 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 16.4 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 31.2% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, New Zealand, South Africa. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.2% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 1.5% of homes; about 16.1 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 31.7% 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 crime statistics by council area, not by suburb, so the figures shown for Warriewood Shopping Square are those of the Northern Beaches council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 518 | 1,413 | +3% |
| Property | 1,334 | 3,636 | -30% |
| Break-ins | 95 | 260 | -40% |
| Theft | 585 | 1,595 | -24% |
Northern Beaches council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 2102: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Warriewood Shopping Square safe?
New South Wales publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Warriewood Shopping Square is in the Northern Beaches council area, which recorded 518 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 55% lower than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 60% 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.
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