Fairfield crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales council area
Fairfield is a council area in New South Wales with about 213,677 residents. It has a Crime Score 33 out of 100 (low), 281st of 362 councils nationally.
The score blends national percentile ranks for each published offence category with fixed severity weights; here it is driven most by assault (35th percentile), homicide (50th percentile), robbery (53rd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 43.
In 2025-26: violent 860 per 100,000 (+1% vs five years earlier); property 1,974 per 100,000 (-17% vs five years earlier); break-ins 119 per 100,000 (-38% vs five years earlier); theft 888 per 100,000 (-14% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 99th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Fairfield council area is 8.7% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 8.1% of occupied homes (3,912 public and 1,005 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 1,554 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 75 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 59.2% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in Vietnam, Iraq, Cambodia. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 8.6% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 7.3% of homes; about 73.8 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 60.2% born overseas. Confidence falls with distance from the last published figure, and the map's Estimates toggle shows every year back to 1994-95.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 860 | 1,838 | +1% |
| Property | 1,974 | 4,219 | -17% |
| Break-ins | 119 | 255 | -38% |
| Theft | 888 | 1,898 | -14% |
Questions
Is Fairfield safe?
Fairfield recorded 860 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 25% lower than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 33% lower than the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 32.7 out of 100 (low), 281st of 362 councils. These are offences recorded by police per resident: they describe the area as a whole, not the risk on any particular street, and places with a busy centre record more because offences are counted where they happen.
How many break-ins are there in Fairfield?
255 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 119 per 100,000 residents, about 60% lower than the New South Wales rate (301).
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Police news near Fairfield
- Rider dies following crash - Smithfield · Smithfield, 27 Oct 2026 · 4 km away
- Three teens charged after alleged shooting - Lansvale · Lansvale, 16 Oct 2026 · 5 km away
- Homicide Squad detectives charge second man with murder following fatal shooting - Canley Heights · Canley Heights, 23 Sept 2026 · 1 km away
- Two men, two teens charged following alleged carjacking - Cabramatta · Cabramatta, 16 Sept 2026 · 3 km away
- Man and woman assaulted during home invasion - Guildford West · Guildford West, 7 Sept 2026 · 5 km away
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Suburbs in the Fairfield council area
Abbotsbury · Bonnyrigg · Bonnyrigg Heights · Bossley Park · Cabramatta · Cabramatta West · Canley Heights · Canley Vale · Carramar · Edensor Park · Fairfield · Fairfield East · Fairfield Heights · Fairfield West · Greenfield Park · Horsley Park · Mount Pritchard · Old Guildford · Prairiewood · Saint Johns Park · Smithfield · Wakeley · Wetherill Park
Postcodes in the Fairfield council area
2161 · 2163 · 2164 · 2165 · 2166 · 2170 · 2175 · 2176 · 2177
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