Australian Crime Rate

Postcode · New South Wales · 2025-26

Crime in postcode 2042

Postcode 2042 covers Enmore and Newtown in New South Wales. Police publish crime figures by council area, not by postcode, so this page shows the council areas the postcode falls in: Inner West and Sydney.

Suburbs in 2042

Recorded crime in the council areas

38/100

Inner West

Low258 of 362 nationally · 89 of 129 in NSW · 193,125 residents

Violent 896 per 100k

▲ +12% vs five years earlier

Property 2,728 per 100k

▼ -2% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 245 per 100k

▲ +14% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Enmore in postcode 2042.

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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 Newtown in postcode 2042.

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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 2042

What is the crime rate in postcode 2042?

Recorded crime is published for the Inner West council area, which covers most of postcode 2042. In 2025-26 it recorded 896 violent offences, 2,728 property offences and 245 break-ins per 100,000 residents.

How does postcode 2042 compare with the rest of Australia?

The Inner West council area's violent crime rate is 30% below the national rate and 22% below the New South Wales rate (896 against 1,280 nationally, 2025-26). Its Crime Score of 38 ranks 258 of 362 councils nationally, where 1 is the highest recorded crime.

Which suburbs are in postcode 2042?

Enmore and Newtown.

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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