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Teenager charged over alleged assault at railway station - Seven Hills

Teenager charged over alleged assault at railway station - Seven Hills
Seven Hills, New South Wales · NSW Police

The release

A teenage boy has been charged after another boy was assaulted at a railway station in Sydney’s west last week.

Just after 2pm on Friday 4 September 2026, emergency services were called to Seven Hills Railway Station, following reports of an assault at a platform.

Officers attached to Blacktown Police Area Command were told a 15-year-old boy was allegedly assaulted by two teenagers – known to the boy - before they left the scene prior to police arrival.

The boy was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics with head and facial injuries before being taken to a hospital for further treatment.

Officer attached to Police Transport Command were later notified and commenced an investigation into the incident.

Following inquiries, about 8am today (Tuesday 8 September 2026), police arrested a 17-year-old boy at Blacktown Police Station.

He was charged with destroy or damage property less than or equal to $2000, and assault occasioning actual bodily harm in company of other.

He was granted conditional bail to appear at Children’s Court on Friday 25 September 2026.

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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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