Australian Crime Rate

Postcode · New South Wales · 2025-26

Crime in postcode 2008

Postcode 2008 covers Chippendale and Darlington in New South Wales. Police publish crime figures by council area, not by postcode, so this page shows the council area the postcode falls in: Sydney.

Suburbs in 2008

Recorded crime in the council area

72/100

Sydney

High55 of 362 nationally · 21 of 129 in NSW · 241,797 residents

Violent 2,409 per 100k

▲ +17% vs five years earlier

Property 6,505 per 100k

▲ +9% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 424 per 100k

▲ +16% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Chippendale, Darlington in postcode 2008.

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The Crime Score (0 to 100) ranks each council's three-year offence rates against every Australian council, weighted towards serious offences; 50 is the national middle. It describes recorded crime, not personal risk. See the council rankings.

Questions about postcode 2008

What is the crime rate in postcode 2008?

Recorded crime is published for the Sydney council area, which covers postcode 2008. In 2025-26 it recorded 2,409 violent offences, 6,505 property offences and 424 break-ins per 100,000 residents.

How does postcode 2008 compare with the rest of Australia?

The Sydney council area's violent crime rate is 88% above the national rate and 2.1 times the New South Wales rate (2,409 against 1,280 nationally, 2025-26). Its Crime Score of 72 ranks 55 of 362 councils nationally, where 1 is the highest recorded crime.

Which suburbs are in postcode 2008?

Chippendale and Darlington.

Where do these figures come from?

Offence counts come from New South Wales's official police or crime statistics agency, standardised to national offence categories; rates use ABS estimated resident population. Figures describe recorded offences, not personal risk, and recording practices differ between states.

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