🚔 The 10 Safest LGAs in NSW
Ranking the 10 New South Wales Local Government Areas with the lowest weighted crime rate in 2025, based on BOCSAR recorded incidents per 100,000 residents.
This ranking covers all 111 NSW Local Government Areas with at least 5,000 residents and reliable BOCSAR rate data for 2025. The safety score sums 20 personal-safety offence rates per 100,000 residents, weighted by severity (the full weights are at the bottom of the page).
Lower scores rank as safer. The LGAs that top this list are typically affluent commuter belts or mature residential councils with low property-crime rates and very few violent incidents.
#1
Ku-ring-gai
Safety score 2735
(weighted sum of offence rates per 100k — lower is safer)
Break & enter (dwelling)
95.8 /100k
Down 29.7%
Motor vehicle theft
25.7 /100k
Down 59.8%
Non-DV assault
96.6 /100k
Stable
Robbery (unarmed)
3.1 /100k
—
Steal from vehicle
106 /100k
Stable
Biggest score drivers:
Non-domestic violence related assault 97/100k Sexual assault 46/100k Domestic violence related assault 132/100k
#2
Hornsby
Safety score 3586
(weighted sum of offence rates per 100k — lower is safer)
Break & enter (dwelling)
72.3 /100k
Stable
Motor vehicle theft
43.3 /100k
Stable
Non-DV assault
135 /100k
Stable
Robbery (unarmed)
7.8 /100k
—
Steal from vehicle
101.4 /100k
Stable
Biggest score drivers:
Non-domestic violence related assault 135/100k Sexual assault 63/100k Domestic violence related assault 165/100k
#3
The Hills Shire
Safety score 3589
(weighted sum of offence rates per 100k — lower is safer)
Break & enter (dwelling)
88.1 /100k
Stable
Motor vehicle theft
50.1 /100k
Stable
Non-DV assault
119.2 /100k
Stable
Robbery (unarmed)
11.1 /100k
Stable
Steal from vehicle
103.9 /100k
Stable
Biggest score drivers:
Non-domestic violence related assault 119/100k Sexual assault 57/100k Intimidation, stalking and harassment 258/100k
#4
Lane Cove
Safety score 3699
(weighted sum of offence rates per 100k — lower is safer)
Break & enter (dwelling)
166.8 /100k
Stable
Motor vehicle theft
51.7 /100k
Stable
Non-DV assault
101 /100k
Stable
Robbery (unarmed)
nc /100k
—
Steal from vehicle
129.2 /100k
Stable
Biggest score drivers:
Break and enter dwelling 167/100k Sexual assault 54/100k Non-domestic violence related assault 101/100k
#5
Mosman
Safety score 3917
(weighted sum of offence rates per 100k — lower is safer)
Break & enter (dwelling)
119.6 /100k
Stable
Motor vehicle theft
75.2 /100k
—
Non-DV assault
191.4 /100k
Stable
Robbery (unarmed)
3.4 /100k
—
Steal from vehicle
129.9 /100k
Stable
Biggest score drivers:
Non-domestic violence related assault 191/100k Sexual assault 55/100k Break and enter dwelling 120/100k
#6
Northern Beaches
Safety score 4222
(weighted sum of offence rates per 100k — lower is safer)
Break & enter (dwelling)
62 /100k
Stable
Motor vehicle theft
55.4 /100k
Stable
Non-DV assault
204.6 /100k
Stable
Robbery (unarmed)
4.4 /100k
—
Steal from vehicle
130.4 /100k
Down 23.8%
Biggest score drivers:
Non-domestic violence related assault 205/100k Sexual assault 80/100k Domestic violence related assault 164/100k
#7
North Sydney
Safety score 4233
(weighted sum of offence rates per 100k — lower is safer)
Break & enter (dwelling)
116.6 /100k
Stable
Motor vehicle theft
56.2 /100k
Stable
Non-DV assault
179.7 /100k
Stable
Robbery (unarmed)
5.5 /100k
—
Steal from vehicle
135.8 /100k
Stable
Biggest score drivers:
Non-domestic violence related assault 180/100k Sexual assault 60/100k Break and enter dwelling 117/100k
#8
Kiama
Safety score 4359
(weighted sum of offence rates per 100k — lower is safer)
Break & enter (dwelling)
103.6 /100k
Down 50.0%
Motor vehicle theft
142.4 /100k
Stable
Non-DV assault
151 /100k
Stable
Robbery (unarmed)
4.3 /100k
—
Steal from vehicle
194.2 /100k
Down 48.3%
Biggest score drivers:
Sexual assault 82/100k Non-domestic violence related assault 151/100k Sexual touching, sexual act and other sexual offences 86/100k
#9
Willoughby
Safety score 4513
(weighted sum of offence rates per 100k — lower is safer)
Break & enter (dwelling)
123.1 /100k
Stable
Motor vehicle theft
38.9 /100k
Stable
Non-DV assault
249.9 /100k
Stable
Robbery (unarmed)
6.3 /100k
—
Steal from vehicle
135.6 /100k
Stable
Biggest score drivers:
Non-domestic violence related assault 250/100k Sexual assault 50/100k Break and enter dwelling 123/100k
#10
Sutherland Shire
Safety score 5095
(weighted sum of offence rates per 100k — lower is safer)
Break & enter (dwelling)
82.6 /100k
Stable
Motor vehicle theft
49.9 /100k
Stable
Non-DV assault
243.5 /100k
Up 16.2%
Robbery (unarmed)
6.3 /100k
—
Steal from vehicle
101.8 /100k
Stable
Biggest score drivers:
Non-domestic violence related assault 244/100k Domestic violence related assault 279/100k Intimidation, stalking and harassment 354/100k
📊 How the safety score works
For each NSW Local Government Area we take BOCSAR's 2025 recorded incident rates (per 100,000 residents) for 20 offences that materially affect personal safety, multiply each by a severity weight, and sum the result. Lower scores rank as safer.
Offences classified as nc (counts too small for a reliable BOCSAR rate) contribute 0. LGAs with fewer than 5,000 residents are excluded because small populations make rates statistically noisy.
This is an ordinal ranking, not a victimisation estimate. It reflects recorded police incidents, which understate some offences (sexual assault, DV) and overstate others where reporting culture or police presence varies between LGAs.
Show offence weights
| Offence | Weight |
|---|---|
| Murder * | 50 |
| Manslaughter * | 30 |
| Attempted murder | 30 |
| Robbery with a firearm | 12 |
| Sexual assault | 10 |
| Robbery with a weapon not a firearm | 10 |
| Robbery without a weapon | 8 |
| Sexual touching, sexual act and other sexual offences | 5 |
| Non-domestic violence related assault | 5 |
| Break and enter dwelling | 4 |
| Domestic violence related assault | 3 |
| Assault Police | 3 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 3 |
| Intimidation, stalking and harassment | 2 |
| Steal from dwelling | 2 |
| Steal from person | 2 |
| Arson | 2 |
| Break and enter non-dwelling | 1 |
| Steal from motor vehicle | 1 |
| Malicious damage to property | 1 |
Source: NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) · Reference: LGA_trends25Q4