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Galston is a NSW suburb in Hornsby LGA, matched to postcode 2159 — also covering Arcadia, Berrilee, Fiddletown. New rental bonds in that postcode had a median weekly rent of $680 in 2025, down 2.9% from $700 in 2024. That is close to the NSW median of $695. Bond medians describe new lodgements with Fair Trading, not every current lease in the suburb. Galston recorded 62 criminal incidents in the 12 months to March 2026, down 31.1% from 90 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 $790 a week. Two-bedroom bonds had a median of $595; three-bedroom bonds $790. Four-bedroom bonds sat at $890 a week. Half of new bonds sat between $578 and $885 a week. Fair Trading recorded 40 new bonds in the postcode in 2025. Over 2021–2025 the postcode median moved from $550 to $680 a week. Because several suburbs share the postcode, the rent charts are a postcode picture, not a street-level one. Property offences totalled 34 and violent-related offences 19. Theft made up the largest published share (19 incidents, 31%). Next was Assault (9). The crime series is coded to this suburb name; the rent series, where shown, is the whole postcode. The two windows are not identical: rents are calendar year, recorded crime is the 12 months to March 2026. Sources: NSW Fair Trading rental bond lodgements, calendar 2025; NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Apr 2025 – Mar 2026.
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These figures describe rental bonds recorded across postcode 2159, not an individual property quote.
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Postcode-wide figure for 2159
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Postcode-wide figure for 2159
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Postcode-wide figure for 2159
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