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NSW property crime by suburb: the highest and lowest recorded rates

Recorded incidents for five property offences (break-ins to homes, car theft, theft from cars, theft from homes, malicious property damage), combined into a single rate per 100,000 residents, for the period Apr 2025 to Mar 2026. The NSW combined average is 1,429. Every suburb links to its own data page with the five offences broken out.

The twenty highest combined rates

#	Suburb	Combined rate per 100,000
1	Albury	9,385
2	West Tamworth	8,920
3	Moree	8,422
4	West Kempsey	7,786
5	Hamilton South	7,617
6	Lismore	7,535
7	South Tamworth	7,522
8	Newcastle	6,776
9	Wagga Wagga	6,724
10	Cooks Hill	6,492
11	Gosford	6,074
12	Hamilton	5,939
13	South Grafton	5,852
14	Jesmond	5,545
15	Ashmont	5,044
16	North Albury	5,039
17	Wyong	4,998
18	Nowra	4,899
19	Warrawong	4,679
20	Lethbridge Park	4,609

A high rate is a fact about recorded incidents, not a verdict on a community. Suburbs with large shopping and entertainment precincts record offences against visitors as well as residents, which pushes rates up.

The twenty lowest combined rates

#	Suburb	Combined rate per 100,000
1	Westleigh	67
2	Glenhaven	106
3	East Lindfield	162
4	South Turramurra	187
5	Elanora Heights	197
6	North Balgowlah	210
7	North Turramurra	215
8	Cherrybrook	226
9	Pitt Town	233
10	North Willoughby	240
11	Riverview	254
12	Gymea Bay	258
13	Lugarno	273
14	Killara	273
15	Newington	283
16	Kellyville Ridge	285
17	Oyster Bay	299
18	Padstow Heights	306
19	Wheeler Heights	309
20	Picnic Point	312

Method, in full

Source: NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research recorded incident data at suburb level, Apr 2025 to Mar 2026, converted to rates per 100,000 residents using 2021 Census populations, adjusted where the suburb matches an ABS SA2 area with a current population estimate. The same figures, method and rounding appear on each suburb's own page. Only suburbs with more than 3,000 residents are ranked here, because small populations make rates swing on a handful of incidents. Recorded incidents undercount real offending everywhere, and reporting rates differ between communities; treat every number as a lower bound.

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Sources

BOCSAR recorded crime by suburb (NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research) — recorded incidents for the five property offences, per suburb, with rates per population
ABS regional population (suburb denominators) — population used for the per 1,000 resident rates

All sources queried or checked on 22 August 2026. If a figure on this page and a source disagree, tell us at hello@propertyflags.com.au and we will correct the page.

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