Australian Crime Rate

Postcode · New South Wales · 2025-26

Crime in postcode 2165

Postcode 2165 covers Fairfield, Fairfield East, Fairfield Heights and Fairfield West 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: Fairfield.

Suburbs in 2165

Recorded crime in the council area

33/100

Fairfield

Low281 of 362 nationally · 98 of 129 in NSW · 213,677 residents

Violent 860 per 100k

▲ +1% vs five years earlier

Property 1,974 per 100k

▼ -17% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 119 per 100k

▼ -38% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Fairfield, Fairfield East, Fairfield Heights, Fairfield West in postcode 2165.

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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 2165

What is the crime rate in postcode 2165?

Recorded crime is published for the Fairfield council area, which covers postcode 2165. In 2025-26 it recorded 860 violent offences, 1,974 property offences and 119 break-ins per 100,000 residents.

How does postcode 2165 compare with the rest of Australia?

The Fairfield council area's violent crime rate is 33% below the national rate and 25% below the New South Wales rate (860 against 1,280 nationally, 2025-26). Its Crime Score of 33 ranks 281 of 362 councils nationally, where 1 is the highest recorded crime.

Which suburbs are in postcode 2165?

Fairfield, Fairfield East, Fairfield Heights and Fairfield West.

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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