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Cromer

Ranked #121 of 422 Sydney suburbs for safety. Every number below comes from open data — official crime statistics, ABS census and GPS activity traces — not opinion.

By BestSuburbs research · Updated October 2026 · Sydney
Cromer suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Sydney
Safety71#121 of 422
Active68#113 of 422
Wealth64#153 of 422
Active & healthy56#162 of 422

Cromer suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
68
#113 of 422
Safety
71
#121 of 422
Wealth
64
#153 of 422
Value
20
#332 of 422
Parks
46
#240 of 422
Cafés
41
#259 of 422
Transit
13
#368 of 422
Green space
38
#280 of 422
Active & healthy
56
#162 of 422
Schools nearby (OSM)
12
#384 of 422

Cromer crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population8,030
Area6.24 km²
Postcode2099
Median household income$2,483/wk
Median rent$650/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)$2,920,000 (39 sales this quarter; up 22.1% YoY, up 8.2% QoQ; postcode 2099, not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)$1,100,000 (116 sales this quarter; up 15.6% YoY, down 2.2% QoQ; postcode 2099, not suburb-level)
Crime rate23.7 incidents per 1,000 people — 54% of offences are against property, 46% against the person
Parks14 (3.07 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)2 — 1 primary, 1 secondary; nearest primary 0.98 km, secondary 1.49 km
Families score59/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park58.1% of the suburb
Cafés2
Gyms & sport venues74
Public transport stops57 (57 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunCurl Curl parkrun (4.22 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)2 schools in the suburb, plus 1 kindergarten — nearest is Cromer Public School (1.03 km)

Sale prices: NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, January - March 2026 quarter — © State of New South Wales (Department of Communities and Justice), Rent and Sales Report, CC BY 4.0; suburb-to-postcode mapping © GeoNames.org, CC BY 4.0. NSW publishes no free suburb-level sale medians, so this is the median for the suburb's POSTCODE (non-strata sales = houses, strata = units), which can span several suburbs. Low-volume figures rest on 30 or fewer sales in the quarter; postcodes with 10 or fewer sales are withheld by DCJ.

Who lives in Cromer

Population
8,030
Median age
41 years
Median household income
$2,483/wk
Median rent
$650/wk
Median house price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$2,920,000
Median unit price (Jan–Mar 2026)
$1,100,000

Source: ABS Census 2021; sale prices NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, January - March 2026 quarter. We do not hold a suburb-level renter/owner split, families-with-children rate, born-overseas rate or dwelling-type breakdown for Cromer — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.

Common questions about Cromer

What is the postcode for Cromer?

The postcode for Cromer, Sydney is 2099.

Is Cromer a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Cromer is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is safety, ranking #121 of 422 Sydney suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Sydney for 4 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Cromer safe?

Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Sydney, scoring 71/100 for safety and ranking #121 of 422 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 24 per 1,000 residents. That score is recorded offences per 1,000 residents from official crime statistics, as a percentile against every other suburb in the city.

Is Cromer good for families?

It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 71/100, parks 46/100 and green space 38/100, with a median age of 41. It has 2 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 1.0 km from its centre. School counts and distances feed the families score; catchment zoning and school results do not (we cannot publish those) — see our Sydney families ranking for the full method.

Is Cromer expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $2,920,000 in Jan–Mar 2026 (NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report, postcode-level), up 22.1% YoY, up 8.2% QoQ. Median rent is $650 a week, and household income ranks #153 of 422 in Sydney. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 20/100 for value.

Does Cromer have good public transport?

It scores 13/100 for transit, #368 of 422 in Sydney. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Cromer?

58% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 3.1 hectares per 1,000 residents — 38/100 for green space.

Is Cromer good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Curl Curl parkrun, 4.2 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 68/100 for how much walking, running and riding actually happens there.

Scores are percentiles against every other suburb in Sydney: 100 is the best in the city, 50 is mid-table. Updated October 2026 (last updated 2026-10-12). Sources: open GPS activity traces, official crime statistics, ABS census, OpenStreetMap.
About this data: every number on this page is computed from public sources — it is not an opinion or a sponsored placement. See how we rank suburbs for the full method.
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