Australian Crime Rate

Postcode · New South Wales · 2025-26

Crime in postcode 2049

Postcode 2049 covers Lewisham and Petersham 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: Inner West.

Suburbs in 2049

Recorded crime in the council area

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 Lewisham, Petersham in postcode 2049.

Open Inner West on the map

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 2049

What is the crime rate in postcode 2049?

Recorded crime is published for the Inner West council area, which covers postcode 2049. In 2025-26 it recorded 896 violent offences, 2,728 property offences and 245 break-ins per 100,000 residents.

How does postcode 2049 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 2049?

Lewisham and Petersham.

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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