Waverley crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 300 offences in Waverley in 2025-26, including 53 violent offences and 3 break-ins. That is about 7,116 per 100,000 of its 4,216 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Waverley council area.

Waverley 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: 300 offences were recorded in Waverley in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Waverley council area.

OffencesPer 100,000Count5-yr change
Violent907665+2%
Property2,7081,986-19%
Break-ins168123+12%
Theft1,6241,191-18%

Of 595 Sydney suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, Waverley has the 89th highest recorded crime rate: about 8,290 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 Waverley safe?

Waverley recorded about 8,290 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, 2.1 times the median of 3,900 for Sydney suburbs: the 89th highest rate of 595. In 2025-26 police recorded 53 violent offences (1,260 per 100,000 residents) and 3 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 Waverley?

In 2025-26 police recorded 300 offences in Waverley, about 7,120 per 100,000 of its 4,216 residents (2021 Census), including 53 violent offences and 3 break-ins.

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