Elderly man arrested following alleged stabbing in shopping centre - Blacktown
Where: Patrick Street, Blacktown, the street the release names · See the street on the map
The release
An elderly man has been arrested and a police operation is underway after a woman was allegedly stabbed in a shopping centre in Blacktown this morning.
About 10am today (Sunday 18 October 2026), emergency services were called to a shopping centre on Patrick Street, Blacktown, following reports of an armed offender.
Officers attached to Blacktown Police Area Command attended and were told a woman had been allegedly stabbed multiple times.
A 79-year-old woman was treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics before being taken to hospital in a serious condition.
A 93-year-old man – believed to be known to the woman – was arrested nearby and taken to Blacktown Police Station where inquiries are ongoing.
A crime scene has been established to be examined by specialist police.
Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au . Information is managed on a confidential basis. The public is reminded not to report information via NSW Police social media pages.
— NSW PoliceCrime in the Blacktown council area
Blacktown is a council area in New South Wales with about 449,385 residents. It has a Crime Score 44 out of 100 (moderate), 216th 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 (54th percentile), robbery (86th percentile), homicide (47th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 55.
- Violent
- 1,322 per 100k
- Property
- 2,500 per 100k
- Break-ins
- 220 per 100k
- Theft
- 1,124 per 100k
See the full Blacktown crime profile
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