Woolwich crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 31 offences in Woolwich in 2025-26, including 6 violent offences and 1 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Hunters Hill council area.
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 18 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 robbery (49th percentile), sexual offences (32nd percentile), homicide (18th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 27.
In 2025-26: violent 629 per 100,000 (+32% vs five years earlier); property 1,244 per 100,000 (-31% vs five years earlier); break-ins 250 per 100,000 (-5% vs five years earlier); theft 386 per 100,000 (-40% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 117th 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 suburb-level counts: 31 offences were recorded in Woolwich in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Hunters Hill council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 629 | 88 | +32% |
| Property | 1,244 | 174 | -31% |
| Break-ins | 250 | 35 | -5% |
| Theft | 386 | 54 | -40% |
Hunters Hill council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 2110: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Woolwich safe?
Police recorded 31 offences in Woolwich in 2025-26, including 6 violent offences and 1 break-ins. Woolwich is not ranked against other suburbs: with 833 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Hunters Hill council area as a whole recorded 629 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 45% lower than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 51% 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.
What is the crime rate in Woolwich?
In 2025-26 police recorded 31 offences in Woolwich, including 6 violent offences and 1 break-ins.
Police news near Woolwich
- Two men charged following Sydney CBD ram raid investigation · Sydney, 27 Oct 2026 · 5 km away
- Man charged following alleged ferry assault - Sydney CBD · Sydney, 15 Oct 2026 · 5 km away
- Man charged following alleged carjacking - Sydney CBD · Sydney, 9 Oct 2026 · 5 km away
- Man arrested following alleged carjacking - Sydney CDB · Sydney, 9 Oct 2026 · 5 km away
- Man dies after being struck by vehicle - Chatswood · Chatswood, 15 Sept 2026 · 5 km away
Nearby suburbs
Henley · Hunters Hill · Huntleys Cove · Huntleys Point
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