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Man critical after stabbing - Bidwill

NSW Police·
Man critical after stabbing - Bidwill
Bidwill, New South Wales · NSW Police

The release

A man is in a critical condition after being stabbed in Sydney’s west.

About 8.10pm yesterday (Sunday 6 September 2026), emergency services responded to reports that a man had been located with a stab wound to the stomach on Moreton Bay Square, Bidwill.

NSW Ambulance paramedics treated the 38-year-old man at the scene before he was taken to Westmead Hospital with life threatening injuries.

Officers from Mt Druitt Police Area Command established a crime scene at the location.

Whilst the crime scene was being secured a group of about ten males and females attended the location and allegedly attempted to interfere with the investigation. However, the crowd dispersed without any further incident after police intervention.

As investigations commence police are urging anyone with information about the incident – or was in the area with any relevant dashcam/mobile phone footage – to contact Mt Druitt Police Station or 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 Police
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Crime 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

2016-17: 1,308 per 100,0002017-18: 1,297 per 100,0002018-19: 1,322 per 100,0002019-20: 1,322 per 100,0002020-21: 1,365 per 100,0002021-22: 1,067 per 100,0002022-23: 1,173 per 100,0002023-24: 1,227 per 100,0002024-25: 1,251 per 100,0002025-26: 1,322 per 100,0002016-172021-222025-26
Recorded violent offences per 100,000 residents in Blacktown, 2016-17 to 2025-26 — little changed over the period. Source: recorded crime published for New South Wales.

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