Man arrested after woman dies - Bondi Beach
Where: Chambers Avenue, Bondi Beach, the street the release names · See the street on the map
The release
A man has been arrested after a woman was allegedly fatally stabbed in Sydney’s east today.
About 5.15pm today (Saturday 19 September 2026), emergency services were called to a unit on Chambers Avenue, Bondi Beach, following reports of a stabbing.
Officers attached to Eastern Suburbs Police Area Command attended and found a woman – aged in her 90s - with significant injuries.
She was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics, however, died at the scene.
A 47-year-old man was arrested at the scene. He has been taken to Surry Hills Police Station.
Police have established a crime scene and detectives have commenced inquiries into the circumstances surrounding the incident.
As inquiries are ongoing, anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
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 Waverley council area
Waverley is a council area in New South Wales with about 73,345 residents. It has a Crime Score 45 out of 100 (moderate), 212th 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 homicide (91st percentile), robbery (72nd percentile), assault (32nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 43.
- Violent
- 907 per 100k
- Property
- 2,708 per 100k
- Break-ins
- 168 per 100k
- Theft
- 1,624 per 100k
See the full Waverley crime profile
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