Teens charged following alleged armed robbery - Blacktown
Where: Second Avenue, Blacktown, the street the release names · See the street on the map
The release
Two teenage boys have been charged following an alleged armed robbery and pursuit in Sydney’s west.
About 5:45pm yesterday (Thursday 3 September 2026), officers from Blacktown Police Area Command commenced an investigation after a silver Audi was stolen in Second Avenue, Blacktown.
Officers were informed that the driver – a 17-year-old boy – was parked at the location when he was allegedly threatened by two teenage boys armed with a knife.
A third teen arrived at the scene in a silver Mercedes, and the group drove from the scene in the two vehicles.
Police will allege about 11.30pm yesterday, the Audi was seen in St Marys where the driver failed to pay for fuel.
Officers attached to Nepean Highway Patrol attempted to stop the vehicle, but when the driver allegedly failed to stop as directed, a pursuit commenced.
The pursuit was terminated a short time later due to the manner of driving.
Polair tracked the vehicle through Doonside, Blacktown, Toongabbie, Seven Hills and Glendenning where road spikes were successfully deployed to stop the car.
Two boys – aged 14 and 16 – were arrested at the scene and taken to Blacktown Police Station.
The stolen vehicle was located a short time later, unattended on Fourth Avenue, Blacktown. It has been taken for forensic examination.
— NSW PoliceCrime 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
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