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Is North Sydney safe? What the numbers say

What BOCSAR's recorded incident data says about North Sydney, read without the scare tactics.

The short answer

Recorded incidents in North Sydney were lower than the same period last year on this stub dataset.. The detail below comes from BOCSAR's recorded incident data for July 2025 to June 2026 (stub period), and like all recorded crime data it needs reading with care, the notes at the bottom explain how.

What the data shows

North Sydney recorded 2,140 criminal incidents in July 2025 to June 2026 (stub period). The largest categories were stealing, malicious damage, assault. Against the same period last year, recorded incidents were down about five percent.

About North Sydney

North Sydney is a commercial centre first and a residential suburb second. Office towers concentrate around Miller and Walker Streets, the daytime population swells with workers and empties in the evening, and construction around the Victoria Cross metro precinct has kept sites active for years. That shape shows up in the incident mix: premises-related offences cluster after hours when the towers and sites sit quiet. The security work here follows the same logic, concierge desks and corporate guarding through business hours, patrols and alarm response overnight, and site security through the build cycle.

What local businesses use security for

Local demand concentrates on corporate security and concierge security through the towers, mobile patrols after hours, and construction site security around the metro precinct. Start from the North Sydney suburb hub for licensed providers covering the area.

How to read this data

Recorded incidents are those reported to and recorded by police, which understates some offence types. Raw counts run high in suburbs with large daytime or visitor populations without meaning any one person or premises faces unusual risk. Use the mix and the trend, not the headline total.