Safest suburbs in Sydney

East Lindfield is Sydney's safest ranked suburb, with the city's lowest recorded crime. Willoughby East and Roseville Chase follow. These 15 suburbs came from a field of 541 eligible Sydney suburbs.

This page ranks Sydney suburbs from safest, leading on recorded crime and factoring in bushfire and flood risk. Each risk is measured relative to other suburbs in the same state, and suburbs without crime data are excluded rather than shown as risk-free. Only suburbs with at least 1,000 residents are ranked.

The score is crime-led: 60% recorded-crime safety, 20% bushfire and 20% flood, because the dominant question behind "safest suburbs" is crime — but a leafy suburb with serious bushfire exposure shouldn't top a safety list on low crime alone. Each leg is an inverted percentile within Sydney's pool, so a suburb reads as "safer than X% of Sydney" on that hazard. Crime is recorded-offence rate per resident from state police data, ranked within the state — it reflects reported offences, not your personal risk, and collection differs between states, so we never compare across state lines. Bushfire and flood come from mapped hazard overlays; a suburb with no mapped overlay scores as low-risk on that leg. This is descriptive risk data, not a guarantee about any individual street or property.

The safest suburbs in Sydney

Ranked on recorded crime (weighted heaviest), bushfire and flood risk — each measured relative to other suburbs in the same state. Suburbs without crime data are excluded rather than shown as risk-free.

East Lindfield

NSW 2070 · 3,710 residents

83/100 safety · among Sydney's lowest recorded crime

Willoughby East

NSW 2068 · 1,864 residents

82/100 safety · lower recorded crime than 99% of Sydney

Roseville Chase

NSW 2069 · 1,618 residents

82/100 safety · lower recorded crime than 99% of Sydney

Beaumont Hills

NSW 2155 · 9,041 residents

82/100 safety · lower recorded crime than 97% of Sydney

Breakfast Point

NSW 2137 · 4,678 residents

82/100 safety · lower recorded crime than 97% of Sydney

North Balgowlah

NSW 2093 · 3,816 residents

82/100 safety · lower recorded crime than 97% of Sydney

Bilgola Plateau

NSW 2107 · 3,650 residents

82/100 safety · lower recorded crime than 97% of Sydney

Riverview

NSW 2066 · 3,148 residents

82/100 safety · lower recorded crime than 97% of Sydney

Wheeler Heights

NSW 2097 · 3,232 residents

81/100 safety · lower recorded crime than 96% of Sydney

Castlecrag

NSW 2068 · 2,965 residents

81/100 safety · lower recorded crime than 96% of Sydney

Beecroft

NSW 2119 · 10,291 residents

80/100 safety · lower recorded crime than 94% of Sydney

Willoughby

NSW 2068 · 7,124 residents

80/100 safety · lower recorded crime than 94% of Sydney

Collaroy Plateau

NSW 2097 · 4,805 residents

80/100 safety · lower recorded crime than 94% of Sydney

East Ryde

NSW 2113 · 2,522 residents

80/100 safety · lower recorded crime than 94% of Sydney

Bonnet Bay

NSW 2226 · 2,238 residents

80/100 safety · lower recorded crime than 94% of Sydney

Ranked from 541 qualifying suburbs.

How we ranked these

60% recorded crime · 20% bushfire · 20% flood. Each risk is turned into an inverted percentile within Sydney's candidate pool — the lowest-risk suburb scores highest on that leg — then blended, crime-led. Crime is the recorded-offence rate per resident from state police data, ranked within the state; it reflects reported offences, not personal risk, and is never compared across state lines. Bushfire and flood come from mapped hazard overlays. Suburbs without crime data are excluded rather than shown as risk-free. See how we calculate for the full methodology.

Common questions about this ranking

What are the safest suburbs in Sydney?

East Lindfield is Sydney's safest ranked suburb, with the city's lowest recorded crime. Willoughby East and Roseville Chase follow. These 15 suburbs came from a field of 541 eligible Sydney suburbs.

How is this ranking scored?

Each eligible Sydney suburb is scored on three risks, crime-led: 60% recorded crime, 20% recorded bushfire history, and 20% flood overlays. Each is turned into an inverted percentile within Sydney — a suburb with the lowest recorded crime scores highest on the crime leg — then blended. Crime leads because it's the risk most people mean by 'safest'. NSW publishes no suburb-level flood overlay, so flood does not separate suburbs here; the order comes from crime and bushfire history.

What does the crime figure actually measure?

It's the rate of recorded offences per resident from state police data, ranked against other suburbs in the same state. Two important limits: it counts reported offences, not your personal risk, and different states record and categorise crime differently — so we only ever compare suburbs within the same state, never across state lines.

Why are some suburbs missing from the list?

A suburb only appears if it has crime data and at least 1,000 residents. Suburbs without a crime record are excluded rather than shown as risk-free — otherwise a data gap would masquerade as a perfectly safe suburb. In states where suburb-level crime data isn't published, this ranking isn't produced at all.

How often is this list updated?

The top 15 is recomputed whenever the underlying risk data refreshes — crime data on each state police release, and bushfire and flood as their mapped hazard overlays update. See the footer for the last computed date.

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Rankings last computed 28 September 2026. Recomputed after each ACARA schools data refresh.

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