Ambarvale crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 586 offences in Ambarvale in 2025-26, including 149 violent offences and 14 break-ins. That is about 8,078 per 100,000 of its 7,254 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Campbelltown council area.
Ambarvale is a suburb in the Campbelltown council area of New South Wales (about 191,285 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 49 out of 100 (moderate), 175th 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 assault (61st percentile), homicide (64th percentile), robbery (74th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 56.
In 2025-26: violent 1,403 per 100,000 (+7% vs five years earlier); property 2,616 per 100,000 (-20% vs five years earlier); break-ins 220 per 100,000 (-30% vs five years earlier); theft 1,082 per 100,000 (-16% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 59th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Campbelltown council area is 6.3% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 8.7% of occupied homes (4,543 public and 474 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 811 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 44.9 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 37.1% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in India, Bangladesh, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 6.3% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 7.9% of homes; about 44.2 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 37.7% born overseas. Confidence falls with distance from the last published figure, and the map's Estimates toggle shows every year back to 1994-95.
New South Wales publishes suburb-level counts: 586 offences were recorded in Ambarvale in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Campbelltown council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,403 | 2,683 | +7% |
| Property | 2,616 | 5,004 | -20% |
| Break-ins | 220 | 421 | -30% |
| Theft | 1,082 | 2,069 | -16% |
Of 595 Sydney suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, Ambarvale has the 84th highest recorded crime rate: about 8,530 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 3,900. Sydney suburb rankings.
Campbelltown council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 2560: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Ambarvale safe?
Ambarvale recorded about 8,530 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, 2.2 times the median of 3,900 for Sydney suburbs: the 84th highest rate of 595. In 2025-26 police recorded 149 violent offences (2,050 per 100,000 residents) and 14 break-ins there. These are offences recorded by police per resident: they describe the area as a whole, not the risk on any particular street, and places with a busy centre record more because offences are counted where they happen.
What is the crime rate in Ambarvale?
In 2025-26 police recorded 586 offences in Ambarvale, about 8,080 per 100,000 of its 7,254 residents (2021 Census), including 149 violent offences and 14 break-ins.
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