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Suburb - Crime

Recorded crime (NSW)

GET/v1/suburbs/{suburb_name}/crime/recorded-offences-nsw5¢ per call

Police-recorded offences in New South Wales by suburb and by council area, per year for 2016-2025, by offence type.

Coverage: NSW: 4,479 suburbs and 129 council areas; calendar years 2016-2025. Current to 2025-12-31. Full description, field list and method: /v1/datasets/recorded-crime-nsw.

Exact suburb identifier required. Exact official suburb name (SAL), e.g. Burwood (NSW) — many suburbs carry a state suffix. If starting from free text or an unverified bare name, first call GET /v1/geocode/suburb?q=<text>, then use the exact data[].area_name it returns. Suburb data endpoints do not guess a state or typo-correct names.

Authorization

Bearer tokentest

Sandbox key test works for the allowlisted GNAF + SAL — no signup.

Request

The only values you send. Fields under Responses below are what comes back — you never pass those.

Path parameters

suburb_namestringrequired

Exact official suburb name (SAL), e.g. `Burwood (NSW)` — many suburbs carry a state suffix. If starting from free text or an unverified bare name, first call `GET /v1/geocode/suburb?q=<text>`, then use the exact `data[].area_name` it returns. Suburb data endpoints do not guess a state or typo-correct names.

Query parameters

fieldsstringoptional

Comma-separated subset of: total_offences, abduction_and_kidnapping, arson, assault_police, attempted_murder, betting_and_gaming_offences, blackmail_and_extortion, breach_apprehended_violence_order, breach_bail_conditions, break_and_enter_dwelling, break_and_enter_non_dwelling, coercive_control, criminal_intent, cultivating_cannabis, dealing_trafficking_in_amphetamines, dealing_trafficking_in_cannabis, dealing_trafficking_in_cocaine, dealing_trafficking_in_ecstasy, dealing_trafficking_in_narcotics, dealing_trafficking_in_other_drugs, domestic_violence_related_assault, escape_custody, fail_to_appear, fraud, importing_drugs, intimidation_stalking_and_harassment, liquor_offences, malicious_damage_to_property, manslaughter, manufacture_drug, motor_vehicle_theft, murder, murder_accessory_conspiracy, non_domestic_violence_related_assault, offensive_conduct, offensive_language, other_drug_offences, other_offences, other_offences_against_justice_procedures, other_offences_against_the_person, other_theft, pornography_offences, possession_and_or_use_of_amphetamines, possession_and_or_use_of_cannabis, possession_and_or_use_of_cocaine, possession_and_or_use_of_ecstasy, possession_and_or_use_of_narcotics, possession_and_or_use_of_other_drugs, prohibited_and_regulated_weapons_offences, receiving_or_handling_stolen_goods, resist_or_hinder_officer, robbery_with_a_firearm, robbery_with_a_weapon_not_a_firearm, robbery_without_a_weapon, sexual_assault, sexual_touching_sexual_act_and_other_sexual_offences, steal_from_dwelling, steal_from_motor_vehicle, steal_from_person, steal_from_retail_store, stock_theft, transport_regulatory_offences, trespass. Omit for all.

fromstringoptional

First period to include: 2020, 2020-Q3, 2020-07 or 2020-07-01.

tostringoptional

Last period to include, same formats as `from`.

Responses

Successful Response

application/json

DatasetValuesfields returned to you

datasetstringalways returned

Dataset slug; describe it with /v1/datasets/{slug}.

levelstringalways returned

suburb, lga or block.

areastringalways returned

Canonical name (or mesh-block code) of the area answered.

period_typestringalways returned

snapshot, year, financial_year, quarter or month.

as_ofstring · datealways returned

Date the dataset is current to. Values are never withheld for age; check this instead.

modelledbooleanalways returned

True when the figures are estimates from a model rather than counts or measurements.

fieldsarray of DatasetFieldSeriesalways returned

GET/v1/suburbs/{suburb_name}/crime/recorded-offences-nsw

cURL

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://api.microburbs.com.au/v1/suburbs/Belmont%20North/crime/recorded-offences-nsw' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer test'

Example Responses

Show schema

{
  "data": {
    "dataset": "recorded-crime-nsw",
    "level": "suburb",
    "area": "Bondi",
    "period_type": "year",
    "as_of": "2025-12-31",
    "modelled": false,
    "fields": [
      {
        "field": "total_offences",
        "name": "Total recorded offences",
        "unit": "count",
        "values": [
          {
            "period": "2023",
            "period_start": "2023-01-01",
            "value": 537
          },
          {
            "period": "2024",
            "period_start": "2024-01-01",
            "value": 506
          },
          {
            "period": "2025",
            "period_start": "2025-01-01",
            "value": 511
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "field": "abduction_and_kidnapping",
        "name": "Abduction and kidnapping",
        "unit": "count",
        "values": [
          {
            "period": "2023",
            "period_start": "2023-01-01",
            "value": 0
          },
          {
            "period": "2024",
            "period_start": "2024-01-01",
            "value": 0
          },
          {
            "period": "2025",
            "period_start": "2025-01-01",
            "value": 0
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "field": "arson",
        "name": "Arson",
        "unit": "count",
        "values": [
          {
            "period": "2023",
            "period_start": "2023-01-01",
            "value": 0
          },
          {
            "period": "2024",
            "period_start": "2024-01-01",
            "value": 1
          },
          {
            "period": "2025",
            "period_start": "2025-01-01",
            "value": 0
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Successful Response200

application/json

About this dataset

NSW: 4,479 suburbs and 129 council areas; calendar years 2016-2025. Current to 2025-12-31; refreshed yearly.

What it is

Offences recorded by police in New South Wales, counted per calendar year for the last ten complete years, by suburb and by council area. Each offence type is its own field, plus a total.

What it shows

The number of criminal incidents police recorded for each offence type in each year: assaults (split into domestic and non-domestic where recorded), break-ins, vehicle theft, theft from shops, homes and cars, property damage, drug, weapons, fraud, sexual and public-order offences, and a total of all offences. NSW counts for each suburb sum to the council figures within a fraction of a percent.

Why use it

Real recorded counts, not a model, for checking whether an area is getting safer or worse, comparing an area with its neighbours, and backing a suburb or council report with official-grade numbers. Use it alongside our modelled crime rates per mesh block, which spread these totals down to individual blocks.

How it is built

We take the monthly incident counts police publish, sum them to calendar years and match each area to our suburb or council names. Counts are incidents recorded, not convictions, and they rise when police target an offence (drug and weapons detections especially). Counts are not divided by population; a busy commercial centre records far more than a residential suburb of the same size. A year with no recorded incident of a type is returned as 0. Offence categories follow the state's own scheme and are not comparable one-to-one between states.

Fields

Field	Unit	Description
`total_offences` Total recorded offences	count	All police-recorded offences in the area for the calendar year, summed across every offence type.
`abduction_and_kidnapping` Abduction and kidnapping	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of abduction and kidnapping in the area during the calendar year.
`arson` Arson	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of arson in the area during the calendar year.
`assault_police` Assault police	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of assault police in the area during the calendar year.
`attempted_murder` Attempted murder	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of attempted murder in the area during the calendar year.
`betting_and_gaming_offences` Betting and gaming offences	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of betting and gaming offences in the area during the calendar year.
`blackmail_and_extortion` Blackmail and extortion	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of blackmail and extortion in the area during the calendar year.
`breach_apprehended_violence_order` Breach apprehended violence order	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of breach apprehended violence order in the area during the calendar year.
`breach_bail_conditions` Breach bail conditions	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of breach bail conditions in the area during the calendar year.
`break_and_enter_dwelling` Break and enter dwelling	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of break and enter dwelling in the area during the calendar year.
`break_and_enter_non_dwelling` Break and enter non-dwelling	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of break and enter non-dwelling in the area during the calendar year.
`coercive_control` Coercive control	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of coercive control in the area during the calendar year.
`criminal_intent` Criminal intent	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of criminal intent in the area during the calendar year.
`cultivating_cannabis` Cultivating cannabis	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of cultivating cannabis in the area during the calendar year.
`dealing_trafficking_in_amphetamines` Dealing, trafficking in amphetamines	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of dealing, trafficking in amphetamines in the area during the calendar year.
`dealing_trafficking_in_cannabis` Dealing, trafficking in cannabis	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of dealing, trafficking in cannabis in the area during the calendar year.
`dealing_trafficking_in_cocaine` Dealing, trafficking in cocaine	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of dealing, trafficking in cocaine in the area during the calendar year.
`dealing_trafficking_in_ecstasy` Dealing, trafficking in ecstasy	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of dealing, trafficking in ecstasy in the area during the calendar year.
`dealing_trafficking_in_narcotics` Dealing, trafficking in narcotics	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of dealing, trafficking in narcotics in the area during the calendar year.
`dealing_trafficking_in_other_drugs` Dealing, trafficking in other drugs	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of dealing, trafficking in other drugs in the area during the calendar year.
`domestic_violence_related_assault` Domestic violence related assault	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of domestic violence related assault in the area during the calendar year.
`escape_custody` Escape custody	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of escape custody in the area during the calendar year.
`fail_to_appear` Fail to appear	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of fail to appear in the area during the calendar year.
`fraud` Fraud	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of fraud in the area during the calendar year.
`importing_drugs` Importing drugs	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of importing drugs in the area during the calendar year.
`intimidation_stalking_and_harassment` Intimidation, stalking and harassment	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of intimidation, stalking and harassment in the area during the calendar year.
`liquor_offences` Liquor offences	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of liquor offences in the area during the calendar year.
`malicious_damage_to_property` Malicious damage to property	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of malicious damage to property in the area during the calendar year.
`manslaughter` Manslaughter	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of manslaughter in the area during the calendar year.
`manufacture_drug` Manufacture drug	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of manufacture drug in the area during the calendar year.
`motor_vehicle_theft` Motor vehicle theft	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of motor vehicle theft in the area during the calendar year.
`murder` Murder	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of murder in the area during the calendar year.
`murder_accessory_conspiracy` Murder accessory, conspiracy	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of murder accessory, conspiracy in the area during the calendar year.
`non_domestic_violence_related_assault` Non-domestic violence related assault	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of non-domestic violence related assault in the area during the calendar year.
`offensive_conduct` Offensive conduct	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of offensive conduct in the area during the calendar year.
`offensive_language` Offensive language	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of offensive language in the area during the calendar year.
`other_drug_offences` Other drug offences	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of other drug offences in the area during the calendar year.
`other_offences` Other offences	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of other offences in the area during the calendar year.
`other_offences_against_justice_procedures` Other offences against justice procedures	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of other offences against justice procedures in the area during the calendar year.
`other_offences_against_the_person` Other offences against the person	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of other offences against the person in the area during the calendar year.
`other_theft` Other theft	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of other theft in the area during the calendar year.
`pornography_offences` Pornography offences	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of pornography offences in the area during the calendar year.
`possession_and_or_use_of_amphetamines` Possession and/or use of amphetamines	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of possession and/or use of amphetamines in the area during the calendar year.
`possession_and_or_use_of_cannabis` Possession and/or use of cannabis	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of possession and/or use of cannabis in the area during the calendar year.
`possession_and_or_use_of_cocaine` Possession and/or use of cocaine	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of possession and/or use of cocaine in the area during the calendar year.
`possession_and_or_use_of_ecstasy` Possession and/or use of ecstasy	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of possession and/or use of ecstasy in the area during the calendar year.
`possession_and_or_use_of_narcotics` Possession and/or use of narcotics	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of possession and/or use of narcotics in the area during the calendar year.
`possession_and_or_use_of_other_drugs` Possession and/or use of other drugs	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of possession and/or use of other drugs in the area during the calendar year.
`prohibited_and_regulated_weapons_offences` Prohibited and regulated weapons offences	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of prohibited and regulated weapons offences in the area during the calendar year.
`receiving_or_handling_stolen_goods` Receiving or handling stolen goods	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of receiving or handling stolen goods in the area during the calendar year.
`resist_or_hinder_officer` Resist or hinder officer	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of resist or hinder officer in the area during the calendar year.
`robbery_with_a_firearm` Robbery with a firearm	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of robbery with a firearm in the area during the calendar year.
`robbery_with_a_weapon_not_a_firearm` Robbery with a weapon not a firearm	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of robbery with a weapon not a firearm in the area during the calendar year.
`robbery_without_a_weapon` Robbery without a weapon	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of robbery without a weapon in the area during the calendar year.
`sexual_assault` Sexual assault	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of sexual assault in the area during the calendar year.
`sexual_touching_sexual_act_and_other_sexual_offences` Sexual touching, sexual act and other sexual offences	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of sexual touching, sexual act and other sexual offences in the area during the calendar year.
`steal_from_dwelling` Steal from dwelling	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of steal from dwelling in the area during the calendar year.
`steal_from_motor_vehicle` Steal from motor vehicle	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of steal from motor vehicle in the area during the calendar year.
`steal_from_person` Steal from person	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of steal from person in the area during the calendar year.
`steal_from_retail_store` Steal from retail store	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of steal from retail store in the area during the calendar year.
`stock_theft` Stock theft	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of stock theft in the area during the calendar year.
`transport_regulatory_offences` Transport regulatory offences	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of transport regulatory offences in the area during the calendar year.
`trespass` Trespass	count	Number of police-recorded incidents of trespass in the area during the calendar year.