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Three people arrested after alleged armed robbery - Hurlstone Park

Where: Crinan Street, Hurlstone Park, the street the release names · See the street on the map

Three people arrested after alleged armed robbery - Hurlstone Park
Hurlstone Park, New South Wales · NSW Police

The release

Two men and a teenage boy have been arrested following an alleged armed robbery in Sydney’s Inner West.

About 1pm today (Tuesday 29 September 2026), emergency services were called to Crinan Street, Hurlstone Park, following reports of an armed robbery at a business.

Officers from Burwood Police Area Command were told a staff member was allegedly threatened with a screwdriver by a man, who allegedly stole money and left the scene.

Police established a crime scene and began an investigation.

Following inquiries, about 2.20pm, police attended two locations in Dulwich Hill, and arrested two men – aged 38 and 18 – and a 13-year-old boy.

They were taken to Burwood Police Station, where inquiries continue.

— NSW Police
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Crime in the Canterbury-Bankstown council area

Canterbury-Bankstown is a council area in New South Wales with about 389,687 residents. It has a Crime Score 36 out of 100 (low), 269th 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 robbery (70th percentile), assault (38th percentile), homicide (55th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 38.

Violent
949 per 100k
Property
1,947 per 100k
Break-ins
152 per 100k
Theft
762 per 100k

See the full Canterbury-Bankstown crime profile

2016-17: 839 per 100,0002017-18: 758 per 100,0002018-19: 736 per 100,0002019-20: 771 per 100,0002020-21: 827 per 100,0002021-22: 723 per 100,0002022-23: 879 per 100,0002023-24: 996 per 100,0002024-25: 954 per 100,0002025-26: 949 per 100,0002016-172021-222025-26
Recorded violent offences per 100,000 residents in Canterbury-Bankstown, 2016-17 to 2025-26 — up 13% over the period. Source: recorded crime published for New South Wales.

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