Woolwich crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

Woolwich is a suburb in the Hunters Hill council area of New South Wales (about 13,983 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 17 out of 100 (very low), 345th 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 sexual offences (31st percentile), robbery (27th percentile), homicide (18th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 28.

In 2024-25: violent 544 per 100,000 (-7% vs five years earlier); property 1,430 per 100,000 (-35% vs five years earlier); break-ins 257 per 100,000 (-39% vs five years earlier); theft 379 per 100,000 (-54% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 118th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Hunters Hill council area is 3.3% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 5.5% of occupied homes (147 public and 111 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 2 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 1.4 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 29.3% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, China, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.3% (confidence 77 of 100); social housing about 5% of homes; about 1.4 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 29.8% 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 crime statistics by council area, not by suburb, so the figures shown for Woolwich are those of the Hunters Hill council area.

Hunters Hill council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

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