Man arrested after allegedly carrying knife in public - Griffith
Where: Jondaryan Avenue, Griffith, the street the release names · See the street on the map
The release
A man has been charged after allegedly carrying a knife in a public place in the state’s south.
About 5.20pm yesterday (Thursday 24 September 2026), police were called to Jondaryan Avenue, Griffith, following reports an off-duty police officer had observed a man carrying a large knife in the street.
On arrival, officers attached to Murrumbidgee Police District located a 29-year-old man in a car park on Jondaryan Avenue.
When police approached the man, he allegedly put down a knife before running from police.
He was arrested following a short foot pursuit and was taken to Griffith Police Station where he was charged with hinder or resist police officer in the execution of duty, custody of knife in a public place, and use knife in public place – cause person to fear for safety.
He was refused bail to appear before Bail Division Local Court 5 today (Friday 25 September 2026), where he was formally refused bail to appear before Griffith Local Court on Wednesday 30 September 2026.
— NSW PoliceCrime in the Griffith council area
Griffith is a council area in New South Wales with about 27,458 residents. It has a Crime Score 58 out of 100 (moderate), 135th 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 (67th percentile), robbery (83rd percentile), sexual offences (60th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 70.
- Violent
- 1,570 per 100k
- Property
- 3,536 per 100k
- Break-ins
- 488 per 100k
- Theft
- 1,275 per 100k
See the full Griffith crime profile
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