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Freshwater is a NSW suburb in Northern Beaches LGA, matched to postcode 2096 — also covering Curl Curl, Harbord, Queenscliff. New rental bonds in that postcode had a median weekly rent of $875 in 2025, up 3.2% from $848 in 2024. That is about 26% above the NSW median of $695. Bond medians describe new lodgements with Fair Trading, not every current lease in the suburb. Freshwater recorded 169 criminal incidents in the 12 months to March 2026, down 13.3% from 195 a year earlier. These are police-recorded incidents, not convictions, and they are not adjusted for how many people live or visit here. House bonds typically leased at $1,625 a week and flats/units at $850. Townhouse bonds sat at $1,500 a week. Two-bedroom bonds had a median of $895; three-bedroom bonds $1,600. One-bedroom bonds sat at $700 a week. Four-bedroom bonds sat at $2,000 a week. Half of new bonds sat between $750 and $1,135 a week. Fair Trading recorded 716 new bonds in the postcode in 2025. Over 2021–2025 the postcode median moved from $675 to $875 a week. Because several suburbs share the postcode, the rent charts are a postcode picture, not a street-level one. Property offences totalled 96 and violent-related offences 43. Theft made up the largest published share (72 incidents, 43%). Next was Malicious damage to property (22). The crime series is coded to this suburb name; the rent series, where shown, is the whole postcode. Sources: NSW Fair Trading rental bond lodgements, calendar 2025; NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Apr 2025 – Mar 2026.
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+3.2% year-on-year
-13.3% year-on-year
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