At a glance: NSW recorded crime trends (December 2025)

NSW statewide trends

Over the two years to December 2025, recorded crime in NSW remained largely stable. Two major offences increased over this period: sexual assault (up 7.9%) and steal from retail store (up 9.3%). Three major offences showed clear declines: robbery (down 9.0%), break and enter non‑dwelling (down 8.2%), and steal from motor vehicle (down 5.9%). All other major crime categories showed no change when compared with the previous 12-month period.

Regional NSW

Crime trends in Regional NSW were more favourable than in Greater Sydney over the two years to December 2025. No major offence categories increased, and four declined, including robbery (down 12.9%), break and enter dwelling (down 10.9%), break and enter non‑dwelling (down 14.1%), and steal from motor vehicle (down 7.4%).

Greater Sydney

In the two years to December 2025, Greater Sydney recorded only one major offence in decline, steal from motor vehicle (down 4.6%). Over the same period, steal from retail store increased (up 13.5%), while all other major offence categories remained stable.