Man charged following alleged assault - Five Dock
Where: Ingham Avenue, Five Dock, the street the release names · See the street on the map
The release
A man will face court following an alleged assault in Sydney Inner West.
About 8pm yesterday (Sunday 6 September 2026), emergency services responded to reports of an alleged assault outside a home on Ingham Avenue, Five Dock.
Officers attached to Burwood Police Area Command were told three men, aged 19, 36, 63, and a 36-year-old woman attended the home where an alleged altercation with an occupant, a 36-year-old man, occurred.
NSW Ambulance paramedics treated the 19-year-old man and the 36-year-old occupant, at the scene before they were taken to hospital for further treatment.
A crime scene was established, and a pole was seized to undergo forensic examination.
The 36-year-old man and 63-year-old man, who both attended the home, were arrested at the scene and taken to Burwood Police Station.
The younger man was charged with affray and destroy or damage property. He was granted strict conditional bail to appear before Burwood Local Court on Tuesday 15 September 2026.
As inquiries continue police are urging anyone with information about the incident – or has any relevant dashcam/mobile phone footage – to contact Burwood Police Station or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
— NSW PoliceCrime in the Canada Bay council area
Canada Bay is a council area in New South Wales with about 93,006 residents. It has a Crime Score 22 out of 100 (low), 327th 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 (54th percentile), robbery (32nd percentile), sexual offences (21st percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 19.
- Violent
- 572 per 100k
- Property
- 1,855 per 100k
- Break-ins
- 237 per 100k
- Theft
- 886 per 100k
See the full Canada Bay crime profile
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